Stoinis smashed 53 off 21 balls to drag DC to 157/8 and when KXIP needed one to win off the last three balls, he took two consecutive wickets to take the game into the Super Over.
Mayank Agarwal played a fighting knock of 89 runs off 60 deliveries, while chasing a 158-run target, but couldn't finish the match, as he was dismissed on the second last ball of the 20th over.
Kagiso Rabada once again proved to be the 'King of Super Over' after Marcus Stoinis' star turn with both bat and ball ensured a thrilling Super Over win for Delhi Capitals in an IPL encounter against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday.
Both sides ended their respective 20 overs on 157/8 after which KXIP managed to score just two runs batting first in the Super Over. DC took three balls to go past that total and get off to a winning start in the season.
Delhi Capitals are yet to make an official announcement on his injury, but captain Shreyas Iyer revealed that in a conversation with Ashwin.
Rabada dismissed Rahul and Pooran in back-to-back deliveries of Super Over for just 2 runs as Delhi comfortably chased down the target to register win.
Writhing in pain, Ashwin's jersey became a temporary sling as he left the field along with Capitals' physio Patrick Farhat
Stoinis' 20-ball 50 is now the third-fastest half-century for Delhi Capitals as he equalled the feat of former cricketer Virender Sehwag who had pulled off a similar in 2012 against Rajasthan Royals.
Watson hailed Rayudu's match-winning knock of 71 runs in the opener of IPL 2020 against defending champions Mumbai Indians on Saturday in Abu Dhabi and the manner in the "incredible" way in which he negated the pressure from Jasprit Bumrah
Ashwin captained KXIP last season and this year he will be joining Indian team mates Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw and captain Shreyas Iyer, among others.
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