IPL 2021: Mayank Agarwal hits 99 not out however Delhi Capitals win to high the desk

Agarwal is the third player to score 99 not out in the IPL

Indian Premier League, Ahmedabad

Punjab Kings 166-6 (20 overs): Agarwal 99*, Malan 26

Delhi Capitals 167-3 (17.4 overs): Dhawan 69*, Shaw 39

Delhi Capitals win by seven wickets

Scorecard. Table.

Mayank Agarwal scored 99 not out but could not prevent Delhi Capitals beating Punjab Kings to move top of the Indian Premier League table.

Opener and stand-in captain Agarwal dragged Punjab to 166-6 – a run-a-ball 26 on his IPL debut from England’s Dawid Malan the next highest score.

Agarwal led Punjab after KL Rahul, their skipper and top run-scorer, was hospitalised with acute appendicitis.

Delhi eased home, however, winning by seven wickets with 14 balls to spare.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit 69 from 47 balls to overtake Rahul as the tournament’s leading scorer.

Rahul will require surgery, having complained of severe abdomen pain on Saturday night.

Delhi, last year’s runners up, move above Chennai Super Kings to top the table by two points but…

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