PBKS chased down a record 264 runs against DC to remain unbeaten in IPL 2026.
DC was under siege in the second inning despite scoring a massive 264/2. After 14 overs, PBKS was cruising at 193/3, and the hosts desperately needed a breakthrough.
In the over, there was a chance for a double breakthrough, but Nair was unable to hold onto a long-off opportunity. Shreyas Iyer tried to hit Kuldeep Yadav in the following over, but he mistimed it to long-on, where Nair made another catch.
“It’s just not acceptable. Firstly, you aren’t getting matches. And now, when you have a chance as a fielder, at least do some fielding. If you drop catches even there, then the captain will think that since he dropped catches, let us not pick him.
All of this happens. Just because you are a batter, batting isn’t your only job. Picking catches and completing run-outs are also your jobs. "Sorry to say, but Karun Nair, you came in just to field, dropped two catches, and because of those two drops, you lost the game," Sehwag said while speaking to Cricbuzz.
“If I am the captain and he is a very important player and drops two catches, I can ignore that. But if he isn’t in the playing XI and asks me for a chance, I will say that you aren’t playing because of the dropped catches," Sehwag added.
The fever of dropping catches had not only hurt DC, but PBKS’ Shashank Singh had dropped KL Rahul early on in his innings, allowing Rahul to score 152* and take DC to 264 in 20 overs.