Karun Nair drops Shreyas Iyer twice in DC vs PBKS clash

After the staggering start to the Delhi Capitals' innings with the bat, they would have given themselves every chance to win that match where the opposition was chasing a massive 265 runs in their 20 overs. However, for the PBKS openers, it looked something of an easy task.

At the back of a staggering start from Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya, the Punjab Kings were at the top of the Delhi Capitals' bowling deck in the powerplay, having scored at nearly 20 runs per over. Shreyas Iyer looked to capitalize on the same and continued the onslaught in the middle overs.

Karun Nair ends DC hopes of a win over PBKS with two drops of Shreyas Iyer

Delhi Capitals substitute fielder Karun Nair was blunt to have dropped Shreyas Iyer twice in the span of just three balls. The mess was what could have never been imagined by anyone in that Delhi Capitals dugout.

Shreyas was already striking with fierce confidence, but when Vipraj kept one a little out of his reach, he struggled to clear the field at long off, and Karun Nair, running in, dropped a very simple chance as the ball pounced out of his hands.

In the very next overs, Shreyas went bang and hit the first one out of the ground. Kuldeep backed himself into the second ball, and Shreyas did not get the elevation he desired as he handed another simple chance to Karun Nair, who dropped it for the second time, now at long-on.

A brief trivia of PBKS innings in the record run-chase in T20s

Priyansh Arya, the dynamic left-handed batter for Punjab Kings, and his right-handed batting partner, Prabhsimran Singh, smashed 116 runs in the powerplay. After the powerplay finished, the two batters were dismissed in the next two overs by the Delhi spinners.

Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadhera helped Punjab through that middle phase as they kept the scoring rate high against the spinners. However, Karun Nair dropped Shreyas Iyer twice in two overs between the 15th and 16th overs, and it was just then that Iyer took the game away.

The Punjab Kings sealed their winning streak with Shreyas Iyer leading from the front as PBKS chased the highest ever score in the history of the IPL, breaking their own former record against the KKR, where they had chased 263 runs. The PBKS maintained their winning streak of 6 matches with a mammoth chase of 265.

Where does PBKS's record chase of 265 stand among the biggest chases in the IPL?

The Punjab Kings went on to chase 265 runs in their 20 overs and completed the chase with seven more balls to spare. After a game of immense drama, it became a record-breaking game as the match ended with 529 runs after 38.5 overs were bowled between the two teams.

This is the highest-ever successful chase in the history of the IPL, breaking their own former record against KKR in 2023 when Shreyas Iyer, the current skipper, was leading the Knights. They had then chased 263 runs.

The third highest chase remains 246 runs by the Sunrisers Hyderabad this time against the Punjab Kings back in the last season of 2025. Defending champions RCB are fourth on the list with a chase of 228 runs against the Lucknow Super Giants.

Lastly, the iconic fixture between the Rajasthan Royals and the Punjab Kings, where Rahul Tewatiya smacked Sheldon Cotrell for a record over, thus sealing a victory in a massive 224-run chase.

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