Punjab Kings (PBKS) will lock horns with Delhi Capitals (DC) at the DY Patil Sports Academy on Monday. Both teams are in dire need of a win to keep their hopes of making it to the playoffs alive. The similarities between PBKS and DC stretch beyond an identical 12 points in as many games. Neither of them have won two games on the bounce in IPL 2022 pointing to familiar inconsistency.
Rishabh Pant and Co. will hope to hope to bank on their new-found confidence to trump Punjab, who are also coming from the back of a win. The batting has slowly hit the straps for Delhi with Mitchell Marsh also coming into the form. DC will hope to continue the same run with some backing from the bowlers.
Punjab, on the other hand, have struggled at times in an attempt to be too aggressive, which is also their strongest suit. PBKS rely heavily on Arshdeep Singh in the death overs and the youngster will have to deliver once again against a star-studded DC batting.
Match Details
Match 64: Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC)
Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Date & Time: 16th May at 7:30 PM IST and Local Time
Pitch Report
Chasing has been a preferred trend at the venue with the toss-winning captain opting to bat first just twice so far this IPL. 10 out of 18 games have been won by chasing sides.
Predicted Playing XI
Punjab Kings (PBKS): Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mayank Agarwal (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh
Delhi Capitals (DC): David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje
PBKS vs DC – Fantasy Team Prediction
Fantasy Team 1: Jonny Bairstow (vc), Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rovman Powell, Prithvi Shaw, Liam Livingstone, Kuldeep Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar
Fantasy Team 2: Jonny Bairstow, Rishabh Pant, David Warner (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Rishi Dhawan, Mitchell Marsh, Liam Livingstone (vc), Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Chetan Sakariya
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