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Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will be going through proper physio treatment, but the exact nature of the injury was still unknown. In diving to stop a ball in his successful over of 2/2, Ashwin hurt his left shoulder, and was assisted off the field by DC physiotherapist Patrick Farhart.

Delhi Capitals had scored 157/8 in the first innings with the help of Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis who scored 53 runs off just 22 balls. Though Mayank Agarwal nearly pulled off a match-winning innings with 89 runs off 60 balls, the game went into a Super Over in a nail-biting end.

Kagiso Rabada sailed the ship for DC, though Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi and Sheldon Cottrell made it look like Punjab had an easy win, before Marcus Stoinis forced the match into a Super Over.

“We had a tough day,” Agarwal told KXIP TV. “There are a lot of positives to take out. The way we came back was fantastic, the way we bowled with the new ball was terrific. It really hurts to not close off the game from the situation we were in, feels terrible.

“This is just the first game. We can get things rolling again. Let’s see how we will go in the coming games. I think to play a game like that first up was fantastic. Everyone was up for it. The guys really put in the effort. Definitely, we should have finished the game when we needed one run.”

It remains to be seen if R Ashwin is fit for the next game. DC skipper Shreyas Iyer said that Ashwin was feeling fine after the match, standing at the post-match presentation without a sling. However, DC physiotherapist Patrick Farhart will continue to assess the spinner’s shoulder and determine whether he can play in Delhi’s next match, which is against CSK on September 25.

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