New Delhi: It was the sixteenth over within the second innings on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi Capitals fielder Karun Nair cupped his face in shock after which a wry smile appeared. Punjab Kings batter and captain Shreyas Iyer smiled, too. DC spinner Kuldeep Yadav might do nothing however set free a annoyed smile as nicely.Moments in the past, DC spinner Vipraj Nigam was on his haunches a annoyed man. Nair was shaking his head as he rushed ahead to retrieve the ball which had gone away from his grasp.Twice throughout three balls Karun Nair had stood behind the bowler’s head — at long-off and long-on, respectively, and let two possibilities go.Within the first occasion, Iyer, on 28, went for a giant hit, performed towards the flip, and the forefront went comfortably in the direction of Nair. The 34-year-old took a number of steps ahead, obtained his palms beneath however not protected sufficient.Two balls later, Shreyas, on 35 now, miscued a Kuldeep Yadav supply, noticed the ball headed in the direction of Nair, the Karnataka participant getting beneath it, just for it to hit the bottom.Making issues worse, presumably, was the truth that simply 5 deliveries in the past, substitute Nair had been a protected pair of palms at long-off, a lot nearer to the boundary rope, and despatched Nehal Wadhera again on 25.Iyer went on to stay unbeaten on 71 runs from 36 balls on the again of three fours and 7 sixes. That’s 43 runs greater than when he was dropped within the first occasion by Karun and 36 runs later than the second.DC captain Axar Patel’s frustration was evident within the post-match presentation. “We’re making the identical errors repeatedly. When you do not help the bowlers on such a wicket, I believe you should lose,” he mentioned as PBKS reached 265 runs with seven balls to spare for the very best profitable chase in IPL historical past, breaking their very own file within the course of.Karun Nair was not the one participant to have a disastrous day within the subject. Shashank Singh has been a fielding legal responsibility for Punjab this season. He let go of three catches towards the Lucknow Tremendous Giants and added another to that unlucky tally. Like Karun, the batter – KL Rahul on this case – capitalised.The reactions had been just like what would unfold later within the day on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Anxiousness of seeing the ball head in the direction of the fielder on one aspect coupled with pleasure of an on-coming ball and an impending wicket.KL Rahul pulled a brief Arshdeep Singh supply in the direction of Shashank. A flat-ish shot, snug peak for Shashank at sq. leg boundary. A reverse cup, nevertheless, went horribly unsuitable and the facial expressions modified instantly. Arshdeep’s celebrations and finger wagging turned to shock. Head-in-the-hands of the Delhi Capitals supporter switched to bounce. KL Rahul, in the meantime, regarded skywards in prayer.The prayers had been wanted as soon as once more within the tenth over. Vijay Kumar Vyshak got here in for his second over, KL Rahul had simply ticked previous the 50-run mark. The skin off supply was chipped again in a rush, Vyshak obtained down a contact on his comply with by way of however failed to carry on because the ball hit his shin and rolled away to security.KL Rahul went on to attain an unbeaten 152 runs from 67 balls with 16 boundaries and 9 sixes. He now holds the file for the very best particular person rating by an Indian within the IPL and third highest total – behind Chris Gayle (175*) and Brendon McCullum (158*).Once more, here is the mathematics for you. The 34-year-old scored 140 runs greater than when he was dropped within the first occasion by Shashank and 101 runs after the second occasion with Vyshak.A lot will, rightly, be fabricated from PBKS’ large chase heralded by the ‘sarpanch’, their never-say-die strategy and the sheer insanity of a crew scoring 264 runs and nonetheless dropping. However 529 runs, 49 boundaries and 33 sixes later, it was the 4 dropped catches that made the massive distinction.