NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings batsman Shashank Singh found himself at the center of yet another fielding failure, this time during the IPL 2026 clash between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.Shashank dropped a direct catch to KL Rahul off the bowling of Arshdeep Singh in the third over of the innings.
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“We didn’t play good cricket” – Mahela Jayawardene after MI’s biggest IPL loss vs CSKThe Punjab fielder, who had also converted several chances in the previous match against Lucknow Super Giants, sat at deep square leg. KL Rahul pulled a short delivery from Arshdeep straight to the fielder but the chance was wasted and the ball flew to the boundary.The moment left Arshdeep Singh visibly disappointed, while Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta also reacted with frustration.The broadcast camera also cut to head coach Ricky Ponting in the dugout, looking visibly upset with his hands on his head after the missed opportunity.Dropped by Shashank for 12, Rahul took full advantage of the reprieve and kept the pace going, racing to a half-century off just 26 balls.It was also the fourth time that KL Rahul had taken 35 or more catches from the first 15 balls of an IPL innings, with his previous such knocks coming twice in 2018 and once in 2019.Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and elected to bat against the table bowlers Punjab Kings.The visitors, who are sixth in the table, are unchanged from their previous game, as are Punjab Kings, who sit at the top with five wins from six matches.Teams:Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (C), KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan and Mukesh Kumar.Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (C), Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal.
