New Delhi: Kings XI Punjab batsman Shashank Singh He once again found himself at the center of a defensive lapse during the IPL 2026 match between Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.Shashank directly catches the ball Kuala Lumpur Rahul In the third over of the third innings, Arshdeep Singh bowled.The Punjab fielder, who also created several chances in the last match against Lucknow Supergiants, bowled a sitter at deep square leg. KL Rahul played a short ball straight to the fielder from Arshdeep but the opportunity was squandered and the ball went towards the boundary.The moment left Arsdeep Singh visibly disappointed and co-owner of Kings XI Punjab Priti Zeta Frustrated reactions were also seen.The broadcast camera also cut to the head coach Ricky Ponting In the dugout, he put his hands on his head and looked frustrated after the missed opportunity.Rahul, who was dismissed by Shashank on 12, made the most of the opportunity and continued the momentum, scoring a half-century off just 26 balls.This is also the fourth time that KL Rahul has scored 35 or more runs in the first 15 innings of the IPL, after he had done so twice before in 2018 and 2019.Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the coin toss and chose to play against table-toppers Punjab Kings.The sixth-placed hosts are unchanged from their last game, as are Kings XI Punjab, who have registered five wins from six games.team:Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (centre), KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan and Mukesh Kumar.Kings XI Punjab: Shreyas Iyer (centre), Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal.
