Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings suffered simply their fourth loss within the ongoing IPL season as Delhi Capitals stored their calm to chase down 207 within the last over. The defeat rendered Punjab Kings’ probabilities of a top-two end in disarray whereas Iyer broke an embarrassing captaincy report within the IPL.

Jaipur:

Punjab Kings misplaced a recreation within the ongoing IPL season after a month and at a essential juncture of their marketing campaign with top-two spot on the road as Delhi Capitals ended their marketing campaign on a excessive with Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs stood as much as the problem with the bat, chasing a rating in extra of 200. Punjab Kings bowlers have been discovered brief to defend a robust rating in absence of their key spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who missed the sport as a result of a niggle. 

From begin to those within the center order, not one of the Delhi Capitals batters let the required fee go up and helped Delhi obtain their first win since April 22 and finish on a excessive. This was Punjab Kings’ sixth defeat whereas defending a 200-plus rating, which is the joint-most by any workforce within the IPL, equalling Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) report.

On the opposite hand, Shreyas Iyer, the Punjab Kings captain, now has essentially the most variety of defeats as a skipper defending 200-plus scores within the IPL, surpassing MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, each of whom have been tied on three defeats. This was Iyer’s second defeat as captain defending a 200-plus rating this season, following that Sunrisers Hyderabad loss in Hyderabad the place the Orange Army made a mockery of a 245-run goal.

Captains to lose most matches whereas defending 200-plus scores

Shreyas Iyer – 4 (Punjab Kings – 2 {2025}, Kolkata Knight Riders – 2 {2024})

MS Dhoni – 3 (Chennai Super Kings – 2014, 2021, 2023)
Virat Kohli – 3 (Royal Challengers Bangalore – 2018, 2019, 2020)
Faf du Plessis – 2 (Royal Challengers Bangalore – 2022, 2023)
Sanju Samson – 2 (Rajasthan Royals – 2023)
Shubman Gill – 2 (Gujarat Titans – 2024, 2025)
Rishabh Pant – 2 (Lucknow Super Giants – 2025)

Teams to lose most matches whereas defending 200-plus scores

6 – Punjab Kings (in 20 matches)
6 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (in 27 matches)
5 – Chennai Super Kings (in 26 matches)
4 – Gujarat Titans (in 10 matches)
4 – Kolkata Knight Riders (in 19 matches)

However, Punjab Kings additionally grew to become the primary workforce to attain 200-plus on seven events batting first in a single T20 competitors breaking KKR (IPL 2024) and Sussex’s (T20 Blast 2024) report, who each had six scores. 

On the opposite hand, the Kings have to beat the Mumbai Indians of their last league stage conflict in Jaipur to remain in rivalry for a top-two spots with Gujarat Titans and RCB additionally within the operating.