New Delhi: Punjab Kings batsmen Shashank Singh During the IPL 2026 clash between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday, found himself at the center of yet another fielding lapse.Shashank dropped a straightforward catch. KL Rahul In the third over of the innings, off Arsdeep Singh.The Punjab fielder, who had squandered several chances in the previous match against Lucknow Supergiants as well, grazed the sitter at deep square leg. KL Rahul pulls a short delivery from Arsdeep straight to the fielder, but the chance is wasted and the ball runs to the boundary.The moment clearly frustrated Arshad Singh, while co-owner of Punjab Kings Preity Zinta Also seen reacting in frustration.The broadcast camera head coach was also cut. Ricky Ponting In the dugout, where he looked visibly upset with his hands on his head after the missed opportunity.Rahul, dropped by Shashank for 12 runs, made the most of the recovery and kept the momentum going, reaching his half-century off just 26 balls.It was also the fourth time KL Rahul has scored 35 or more runs in the first 15 balls of an IPL innings, his previous innings having come twice in 2018 and once in 2019.Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel won the toss and elected to bat against table toppers Punjab Kings.The hosts, who are sixth in the table, are unchanged from their previous encounter and so are Punjab Kings, who are at the top with five wins from six matches.Teams:Delhi Capitals: Akshar Patel (C), KL Rahul, Patham Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, and Mukesh Kumar.Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Prabhasmaran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Vijay Kumar Veshak, Arsdeep Singh, and Yuzvinder Chahal.
