Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) treasurer and IPL chairman Arun Dhumal was seen gesturing the spectators to leave the Dharamsala stadium amid the escalating situation between India and Pakistan. With Pakistan shooting drones near Jammu Airport and many other nearby regions, blackouts triggered and there was a floodlight failure at the venue.
Only 10.1 overs were possible during the game in Dharamsala as a floodlight failure occurred and only one of them was functioning at the venue. After a prolonged wait, the officials decided to call off the contest, with the spectators and officials quickly evacuating the stadium.
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The toss also happened after a lengthy delay in Dharamsala
Meanwhile, the toss in Dharamsala also happened after a lengthy rain delay and the proceedings began at 8:30 pm IST, 15 minutes after the toss.
PBKS playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh.
DC playing XI: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan
The floodlight failure at the venue had immediately occurred after Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Priyansh Arya for 70 off 34 deliveries. The left-handed batter, who had clobbered six sixes built a 122-run stand with Prabhsimran Singh, who stayed unbeaten on 50 off 28 balls.
This is also the second game that the Capitals have been a part of which has been called off, with the match against the SunRisers Hyderabad facing abandonment due to rain.
