Young Abhishek Porel played a quick innings, helping Delhi Capitals (DC) reach a total of 174 runs with the loss of nine wickets. Despite Punjab Kings (PBKS) bowlers performing well, DC managed to post a competitive score in the first innings of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match on Saturday.
Abhishek Porel’s Explosive Batting Sends IPL Fans Into Frenzy
PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and chose to field first at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. Australian batters David Warner and Mitchell Marsh opened the innings for DC and started aggressively, forming a 39-run partnership.
DC skipper Rishabh Pant came to bat after the second wicket fell but could only manage to score 18 runs in the match, hitting two fours. It’s worth mentioning that Pant missed the last season due to injuries sustained in a car accident in December 2022.
You say impact, we say Porel 🤌pic.twitter.com/XoZaGmJERk
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 23, 2024
Check out how fans reacted to Poral’s explosive innings:
What an inning by Abhishek Porel, 31 (10) #DCvPBKS pic.twitter.com/TwSaCV4EE0
— djay (@djaywalebabu) March 23, 2024
ABHISHEK POREL, THE IMPACT PLAYER…!!!! 🔥
31* (10) – 4,6,4,4,6,1 in the final over against Harshal Patel. What a finish provided by the impact player, he took Delhi Capitals to a great total. 👏 pic.twitter.com/0sb4tuv0ww
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 23, 2024
Ravindra Jadeja smashed Harshal Patel for 37 runs in the final over in 2021.
Abhishek Porel smashed Harshal Patel for 25 runs in the final over in 2024. pic.twitter.com/pbOsMQsndN
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 23, 2024
21 YEAR OLD ABHISHEK POREL SMASHED 25 RUNS IN THE FINAL OVER…!!! 🤯🔥pic.twitter.com/OSCD5B4Z3X
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 23, 2024
Abhishek porel scored 25runs in final over🙏 pic.twitter.com/Fp55qGWQ31
— ….🌶 (@thalabheem033) March 23, 2024
Star Indian all-rounder Axar Patel contributed crucially with 21 runs off 13 balls, including two fours and a six. Towards the end of the innings, Abhishek Porel was brought in as an impact player instead of Ricky Bhui. Porel played an unbeaten and quick innings of 32 runs off just 10 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes, at an impressive strike rate of 320.
The hosts saw Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel take two wickets each in their four-over spells, conceding 28 runs and 47 runs, respectively. Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet, and Rahul Chahar each grabbed one wicket in their spells.
