IPL 2024 PBKS vs DC Highlights: Curran, Livingstone star in Punjab win

IPL 2024 Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals Highlights: Punjab managed to get past the Capitals with a four-wicket win thanks to fifty from Curran and his 67-run stand with Liam Livingstone

Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone start in the IPL 2024 PBKS vs DC match. Catch the highlights here. Photo: Sportzpics

In today's first game of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Punjab Kings (PBKS) beat Delhi Capitals (DC) by four wickets at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh on Saturday, March 23.

Sam Curran scored 63 runs as Punjab, even after being put in a stranglehold by spinners, managed to chase down the target with ease. Liam Livingstone scored an unbeaten 38 off 21 balls. Earlier Delhi posted 174/8 in their 20 overs

Abhishek Porel, who came in as an impact player was the game-changer for the Capitals as he smashed an unbeaten 32 off just 10 balls, hitting the best Punjab bowler Harshal Patel for 25 runs in the 20th over. For the Kings, Arshdeep Singh apart from Harshal got two wickets while Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar and Kagiso Rabada took one wicket each. Shai Hope was the top-scorer for the Capitals with 33.

Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Rishabh Pant is back for the Capitals for the first time since the horrific car-accident in December 2022. Delhi picked four overseas batter in their Playing 11. The four overseas players for DC were Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Tristan Stubbs and Shai Hope. The four overseas players for Punjab Kings were Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada.

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IPL 2024: PBKS vs DC Playing 11

PBKS Playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Shashank Singh.

Punjab Kings substitute players: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harpreet Singh Bhatia

DC Playing 11: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ricky Bhui, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma.

Delhi Capitals Subsitute players: Abishek Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Vicky Ostwal, Praveen Dubey.

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PBKS vs DC head-to-head

Total matches played: 32

Punjab Kings won: 16

Delhi Capitals won: 16

No result: 00

Squads

Punjab Kings full squad

Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Sikandar Raza, Jitesh Sharma(w), Sam Curran, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Shivam Singh, Chris Woakes, Liam Livingstone, Rilee Rossouw, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Rishi Dhawan, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Ashutosh Sharma, Atharva Taide, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh

Delhi Capitals full squad

Rishabh Pant (captain), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara.

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IPL 2024, Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) Playing 11, live toss time, live streaming, telecast

Which teams will lock horns in the first match of the Indian Premier League 2024?

Punjab Kings will lock horns with Delhi Capitals in Match 2 of IPL 2024.

At what time will the PBKS vs DC live toss take place on Saturday (March 23)?

In IPL 2024, PBKS vs DC live toss will take place at 3:00 PM IST.

At what time will the PBKS vs DC live match start on March 22?

The Punjab vs Delhi live match will begin at 8 PM IST on March 23 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur.

Which TV Channels will live telecast the PBKS vs DC IPL 2024 match in India?

Star Sports has the broadcasting rights for the Indian Premier League. The live commentary in English will be available on Star Sports 1 HD/SD and with Hindi commentary on Star Sports Hindi HD/SD. The Star Sports channel will provide live commentary in Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil among others.

How to watch the live streaming of PBKS vs DC IPL 2024 match in India?

Jio Cinemas will live stream PBKS vs DC IPL match in India for free.

7:38 PM

PBKS vs DC Highlights, IPL 2024: Catch the second match live blog here

The second match of the day between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad is going on and you can follow the live coverage of that by Business Standard here.

Rishabh Pant. Photo: Sportzpics

7:29 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Livingstone wins it with a six for Punjab

Liam Livingstone faced two wides and then he played a dot ball before smashing young Sumit Kumar for a huge six. That would be the first win for the Kings.

7:19 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Warner drops important catch

Over Summary: 1 1 W W 0 2; Punjab Kings Score 165/4 after 19 overs

Harpreet Brar (2), Liam Livingstone (33); Khaleel Ahmed 4-0-43-2

Oh, David Warner!! Had he just held on to the catch on the last ball, it would have been amazing as Khaleel would have had three wickets and eight runs would have been needed in the last over.

7:15 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Khaleel Ahmed gets back-to-back wickets

The absence of Ishant Sharma has hurt the Capitals here even as Khaleel cleans up Curran with a slower length ball which hit the top of off.

Back-to-back wickets for Khaleel Ahmed here as Shashank Singh tried to play a pull shot on a slower bouncer and he was caught by Pant.

7:11 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Marsh taken to cleaners

Over Summary: 1 6 4 0 1 6; Punjab Kings Score 165/4 after 18 overs

Sam Curran (62), Liam Livingstone (31); Mitchell Marsh 4-0-52-0

It was Khaleel Ahmed in the last over, it's Mitch Marsh's turn to get the treatment from the Englishmen in this. Curran hits a six and a four and then Livingstone ends it with a six as well. Marsh goes for 52 in his four overs.

7:08 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: 28 needed off 18 balls

Over Summary: 1 0 1 4 4 1; Punjab Kings Score 147/4 after 17 overs

Sam Curran (51), Liam Livingstone (24); Khaleel Ahmed 3-0-39-0

We are back after the powerplay. Liam Livingstone getting two fours in a row against Khaleel Ahmed who has had an average day with the ball.

6:59 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Fifty for Curran

Over Summary: 1 1 2 1 0 1; Punjab Kings Score 136/4 after 16 overs

Sam Curran (50), Liam Livingstone (14); Axar Patel 4-0-25-0

Sam Curran has hit a fifty here and it has come at the most crucial time for the hosts as they now need 39 in the last four overs to win the match.

6:55 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Expensive over from Marsh

Over Summary: 4 0 4 Wd 2 1 6; Punjab Kings Score 130/4 after 15 overs

Sam Curran (46), Liam Livingstone (12); Mitchell Marsh 3-0-34-0

Two fours, one through the covers and one past the short fine leg. Then comes the pull shot from Livingstone and all of a sudden, it is Punjab who are at the top. 18 runs from the over.

6:50 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Kuldeep finishes a great spell

Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 0 1; Punjab Kings Score 112/4 after 14 overs

Sam Curran (35), Liam Livingstone (6); Kuldeep Yadav 4-0-20-2

A great spell from Kuldeep has ended here as he goes for only four runs in his last over and only 20 runs in his four overs. He also picked up two wickets.

6:48 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Runs hard to come by

Over Summary: 1 2 1 0 0 1; Punjab Kings Score 108/4 after 13 overs

Sam Curran (33), Liam Livingstone (4); Axar Patel 3-0-19-0

Runs are getting hard to come by for the Punjab Kings here as the spinners have dried up the scoring shots.

6:46 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Jitesh Sharma stumped by Pant

Over Summary: 1 1 W 1 1 1; Punjab Kings Score 103/4 after 12 overs

Sam Curran (30), Liam Livingstone (2); Kuldeep Yadav 3-0-16-2

There it is!! The second wicket for Kuldeep Yadav has come as he has outfoxed Jitesh Sharma who Pant has stumped.

6:44 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: 11 run from the over

Over Summary: 0 1 4 1 4 1; Punjab Kings Score 98/3 after 11 overs

Sam Curran (28), Jitesh Sharma (8); Sumit Kumar 1-0-11-0

Sumit Kumar is the new bowler and he has been hit for two fours even as Delhi burnt a review in this over.

6:31 PM

PBKS vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2024: Kuldeep gets the big wicket of Prabhsimran

Over Summary: L1 W 1 1 0 1; Punjab Kings Score 87/3 after 10 overs

Sam Curran (23), Jitesh Sharma (2); Kuldeep Yadav 2-0-11-1

That would be it then. Prabhsimaran's little cameo comes to an end here as he is caught trying to hit a big shot. Kuldeep has his first wicket of the match and Punjab is three down now.

6:28 PM