Punjab Kings will face Delhi Capitals in their opening fixture of IPL 2024 at the newly formed stadium, Mullanpur, on 23rd March. It promises to be an exciting encounter between these two top sides.
The biggest attraction would be Pant returning to competitive cricket after recovering from a fatal accident. He has been named captain of the Delhi Capitals replacing David Warner.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings would look to start again on a positive note as they bought Harshal Patel to strengthen their bowling with Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, and Sam Curran.
Match Details
Details– IPL 2024, Match 2, Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings
Venue– Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur.
Date and Time– 23rd March, 3.30 PM IST
Last Meeting
Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings have close-fought matches in the IPL. They have met a total of 32 times with both winning 16 times each.
DC and Punjab Kings met twice in the 2023 edition of IPL. The first match saw Punjab Kings register a comfortable 31-run victory played at New Delhi. Prabhsimran Singh scored a century that led PBKS post 167 for 7 and restricted DC to 136 for 8.
The second match saw Delhi Capitals win by 15 runs in a high-scoring thriller at Dharmshala. DC made 213 for 2 in 20 overs while PBKS scored only 198 for 8 in 20 overs.
Pitch Report
This will be the first time that an IPL match will be played at this venue. This venue has hosted some Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy matches this season.
The pacers and spinners shared an equal number of wickets. As the game progresses, the spinners come into effect which becomes tough to bat on. It promises to be an exciting between top equally fought teams. A total of 23 matches have been played at this venue with the team batting first won 15 times while the batting second won only 8 times.
Captain that wins the toss would likely bat first, put on a total, and then restrict the opponent with their quality bowling.
Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS)- Predicted Playing XI
DC
David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (WK, C), Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Nortje.
PBKS
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Rabada, Rahul Chahar.
Fantasy Selection- DC vs PBKS
Team 1– David Warner, Prabhsimran Singh, Mitchell Marsh (C), Atharva Taide, Stubbs, Jitesh Sharma, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh (VC), Nortje.
Team 2– Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Mitchell Marsh, Liam Livingstone, Pant (C), Sikandar Raza (VC), Lalit Yadav, Sam Curran, Ishant Sharma, Rabada, Mukesh Kumar.
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