{"id":8751,"date":"2026-04-26T05:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-2026-karun-nair-left-devastated-on-the-verge-of-tears-as-pbks-script-record-chase-watch-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T05:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:13:40","slug":"ipl-2026-karun-nair-left-devastated-on-the-verge-of-tears-as-pbks-script-record-chase-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-2026-karun-nair-left-devastated-on-the-verge-of-tears-as-pbks-script-record-chase-watch-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Karun Nair Left Devastated, On the Verge of Tears as PBKS Script Record Chase \u2013 Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130519311,imgsize-30010,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mnb-99.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Karun Nair Left Devastated, On the Verge of Tears as PBKS Script Record Chase \u2013 Watch\" title=\"Karun Nair\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Punjab Kings completed the highest successful run chase in IPL history on Saturday by chasing down 265 against Delhi Capitals in Delhi, but for Karun Nair, it turned into a night of missed chances and visible heartbreak on the field.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Nair appeared close to breaking down after dropping Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer twice in the space of four balls, mistakes that proved costly as PBKS pulled off the record chase in IPL 2026.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The first chance came on the last ball of the 15th over when Vipraj Nigam got Iyer to mistime a lofted shot straight towards long-off. Nair moved a few steps forward, settled under the ball and looked set to complete a simple catch, but the ball slipped out of his hands.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The miss left Vipraj stunned. He sat down on the ground, holding his head in disappointment as Delhi missed a key chance to get back into the game.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Just four balls later, Iyer survived again.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>On the second ball of the 16th over, Kuldeep Yadav bowled a length delivery and Iyer went for the pull. It was Kuldeep\u2019s wrong\u2019un, and the ball took the top edge before going high towards long-on.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Once again, Nair was under it, and once again, the catch went down.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>After the second drop, Nair looked visibly shaken and seemed on the verge of breaking down as Delhi watched another major chance slip away.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Iyer made sure those mistakes hurt DC. After getting two lifelines, he stayed calm and scored 71 off 36 balls, leading Punjab\u2019s chase and taking his side home with seven balls to spare.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Earlier in the innings, Punjab\u2019s openers Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya had already laid the base for the chase.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Prabhsimran made 76 off 26 balls with nine fours and five sixes, while Priyansh scored 43 off 17 balls with two fours and five sixes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>The pair added 126 runs for the opening wicket in just 6.5 overs and took PBKS to 105\/0 in the powerplay, the highest powerplay score of the season.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Punjab then lost three wickets quickly, but Iyer held the innings together and made full use of the dropped chances.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>His knock helped Punjab Kings chase 265, the highest successful run chase in IPL history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-karun-nair-on-verge-of-tears-as-dropped-catches-help-pbks-chase-265-vs-dc\/articleshow\/130519154.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab Kings completed the highest successful run chase in IPL history on Saturday by chasing down 265 against Delhi Capitals in Delhi, but for Karun Nair, it turned into a night of missed chances and visible heartbreak on the field.Nair appeared close to breaking down after dropping Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer twice in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}