Priyansh Arya's scintillating 34-ball 70 ends as he perishes to a T Natarajan short ball in PBKS vs DC IPL 2025 match [Watch]

Delhi Capitals (DC) left-arm seamer T Natarajan took the crucial wicket of Punjab Kings (PBKS) opening batter Priyansh Arya in the IPL 2025 match at Dharamshala on Thursday, May 8. The left-hander fell for 70 off 34 balls after top edging a rising slower delivery to Madhav Tiwari stationed at short third man.

Arya's dismissal was a much-needed breakthrough for DC, whose bowlers were punished to all parts of the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. The southpaw and Prabhsimran Singh put on 122 runs for the first wicket.

Watch the highlights of Arya's innings and the video of the dismissal here.

It was Arya's third 50+ score in IPL 2025. He has made a century this season that came against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Mullanpur. Overall, Arya has made 473 runs in 13 matches so far for PBKS in IPL 2025.

Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya tear into DC bowlers in Dharamshala

Earlier, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer's decision to win the toss and bat first was vindicated by the opening duo of Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya, who punished the DC bowlers to all parts of the HPCA Stadium. No bowler was spared as Arya and Prabhsimran made good use of the good batting conditions on offer to put PBKS on top in the first innings.

Prabhsimran reached his half-century a couple of balls before Arya's dismissal and DC were on the backfoot in a must-win match. The start of play in Dharamshala was delayed by one hour due to persistent rain. No overs were lost when play began at 8:30 p.m. IST.

At the time of writing, PBKS were 122/1 after 10.1 overs, with Prabhsimran and Shreyas Iyer at the crease. Play was initially stopped and later called off at Dharamshala due to a floodlight failure at the venue.