IPL Pulse: Catch me if you can

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984 runs were scored yesterday, enough to make your stomach churn even if you enjoy run feasts. Here's Cricbuzz Pulse, your 2-minute scan of the IPL-verse to help digest all that.

PBKS extended their unbeaten run by hunting down

At Jaipur, on a canter

KL Rahul smashed a record-breaking 152 not-out

Wunderkind Vaibhav Sooryavanshi notched up his second IPL century

The teenager later pulled up short while fielding and had to be helped off

Lungi Ngidi was by ambulance after suffering a head injury while attempting a catch. Backtracking from mid-off trying to catch Priyansh Arya in the third over, Ngidi tumbled, landed hard and sustained a blow to the back of his head. The scenes were quite distressing, with play being halted for a prolonged period as medical staff and an ambulance made it on to the field. A statement later confirmed that Ngidi was thankfully stable and that he would be discharged soon.

The Capitals were allowed a concussion substitute but it wasn't Dushmantha Chameera as one might've expected. They had to contend with Vipraj Nigam, despite not being a like-for-like option by definition, since they had already fielded four overseas players.

The award goes to Shreyas Iyer for offering Karun Nair two simple catches in two overs. Both were dropped to all but seal DC's fate. Also winning the same award is Travis Head, who offered Dhruv Jurel two identical chances in the very first over, and he wasn't as lucky as Iyer.

The award goes to Riyan Parag for using eight bowling options.

The award goes to both KL Rahul and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for scoring tons in losing causes.

The award goes to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for smashing four sixes off Praful Hinge's first over after falling to him in the previous game.

The award goes to April 25, 2026 for witnessing at least 15 dropped catches. Most lost count after that.

Prabhsimran Singh is making a for PBKS at the top. Chasing a daunting 264, they plundered 116 in the Powerplay, with Prabhsimran blasting 71 off 23. When PBKS later broke their own record for the highest chase in T20s, the template felt familiar. In 2024, he had produced a similar assault in their chase of 262 against KKR. He is now marrying belligerence with consistency, and improving on both fronts.

"Nobody wants to see this happen to a player but we missed his [Ngidi's] four overs," lamented Venugopal Rao, DC's Director of Cricket, after they failed to defend 264.

"I've taken a beating due to the heat, just need to hydrate and recover... I hope I don't cramp later on," said KL Rahul, in what proved to be an unfortunate premonition. He handed the gloves to Tristan Stubbs and walked off after the Powerplay while signalling that he felt dizzy.

"If you don't support your bowlers and keep giving away so many chances, then I feel we deserved to lose," said Axar Patel after crucial catches were dropped.

"You can't really drop catches of them and you can't really give them second chances," said Riyan Parag. Theme of the day, it seems.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the first uncapped batter to hit two IPL hundreds.

Word is that some batters are planning to get out just shy of three figures if they're batting in the first innings. Seems like a logical conclusion, considering three first-innings centuries have gone in vain in just the last two days.

A mid-table tussle first between followed by a battle in the trenches between .

Another century will go vain.