In deeply distressing scenes at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Capitals pace bowler Lungi Ngidi was reported as not responding after his horror fall on his head while attempting a catch during DC\u2019s IPL 2026 match against Punjab Kings on Saturday, according to Cricbuzz\u2019s live coverage. The South African pacer has been rushed to hospital for urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n
This is an extremely serious development. Thoughts from everyone associated with cricket are with Ngidi and his family right now.<\/p>\n
In the 2.3rd over of the PBKS chase, Ngidi attempted to take a catch off Priyansh Arya\u2019s toe-ended drive, tracked back, failed to reach the ball and came down directly and hard on his head on Arun Jaitley\u2019s baked-solid outfield. The fall was immediately alarming \u2014 the physio and doctor rushed out, a neck brace was applied on Hemang Badani\u2019s suggestion from commentary, and the ambulance came onto the ground.<\/p>\n
Earlier reports had indicated Ngidi was responding to the doctor at the ground. Cricbuzz\u2019s live coverage subsequently updated that he was not responding \u2014 a significant and deeply worrying deterioration in the medical picture. He has been stretchered off and taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
Lungi Ngidi, 30, is one of South Africa\u2019s premier fast bowlers and a key member of the Delhi Capitals pace attack in IPL 2026. He joined the DC squad as one of their primary overseas pace options and has been leading their bowling attack in the absence of Mitchell Starc, who only arrived in Delhi on Friday and was not playing today\u2019s match.<\/p>\n
Ngidi has represented South Africa across all formats and is known for his raw pace and ability to generate steep bounce \u2014 making him one of the most dangerous pacers in the world on hard, bouncy surfaces.<\/p>\n
DC vs PBKS continues at the Arun Jaitley Stadium with PBKS chasing 265 \u2014 set by KL Rahul\u2019s unbeaten 152, the highest score by an Indian batter in IPL history. Dushmantha Chameera has come on as Ngidi\u2019s replacement. The cricket continues but nobody at the ground or watching from home is thinking about the match result right now.<\/p>\n
We pray for Lungi Ngidi\u2019s recovery. Business Upturn will update this report the moment any official medical update is released by Delhi Capitals or the hospital.<\/p>\n
This article is based on Cricbuzz live coverage. All other details are from confirmed pre-match and match reports. Readers are advised to follow official Delhi Capitals communications for verified updates on Ngidi\u2019s condition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In deeply distressing scenes at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Capitals pace bowler Lungi Ngidi was reported as not responding\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":50319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50320,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50316\/revisions\/50320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}