New Delhi: Punjab Kings batsman Shashank Singh found himself in the middle of another fielding misstep, this time during the IPL 2026 match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.Shashank dropped a straight catch to KL Rahul off the bowling of Arshdeep Singh in the third over of the innings.
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The Punjab pacer, who had also missed several chances in the previous match against Lucknow Super Giants, smacked one of the sitters at deep square leg. KL Rahul pulled a short pass from Arshdeep straight at the fielder, but the opportunity wasted and the ball flew wide to the boundary.The moment left Arshdeep Singh visibly disappointed, while Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta was seen reacting with frustration.The broadcast camera also cut to the head coach
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In the dugout, he looked visibly upset with his hands on his head after missing the opportunity.Rahul, who was dropped by Shashank in the 12th over, made full use of the reprieve and kept the momentum going, racing to a half-century off just 26 balls.
This was also the fourth time that KL Rahul had scored 35 or more runs off the first 15 balls of an IPL innings, with his previous knocks coming twice in 2018 and once in 2019.
Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and elected to bat against table toppers Punjab Kings.The hosts, who are sixth in the standings, are unchanged from their previous match, and neither are Punjab Kings, who sit at the top with five wins in six matches.the difference:Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (C), KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka, Samir Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, and Mukesh Kumar.Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (centre), Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marko Janssen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vishak, Arshdeep Singh, and Yuzvendra Chahal.