Dc vs pbks: 57 matches have been played in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League. Today the 58th match will be played between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. To stay in the race for IPL playoffs, Delhi Capitals will have to win at all costs against the Punjab Kings running in the form on Thursday. After three defeats and one draw in its last five matches, Delhi is in fifth place with 13 points in 11 matches. Akshar Patel -led team has managed to win only one match in the super over at their home ground Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi, who has won their first four matches, hopes that their fate will also change with the change.

Delhi batsmen disappointed in the last rain -affected match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. His first five batsmen had returned to the pavilion for 29 runs and the team could score 133 runs thanks to Ashutosh Verma’s innings. The decision to start the innings with Karun Nair in the last match was not effective and he could not even open the account.

 

South Africa’s Faf du Plessis was out while trying to hit fours and sixes on the pitch -friendly pitch. Meanwhile, KL Rahul, who has scored 381 runs so far, has been continuously failing to perform well. This letter was also dropped prematurely. However, Delhi still has a place in batting.

Punjab’s batting and bowling are strong. On the other hand, Punjab Kings have lost only three out of 11 matches and are third in the points table. There has been a lack of consistency in Delhi’s batting while Punjab openers have always given them a good start. Prabhasimran Singh has scored 437 runs so far. Captain Shreyas Iyer has also scored 405 runs including four half -centuries. He is the second batsman to hit the most sixes (27) in this IPL.

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Priyansh Arya has scored 347 runs while Nehal Vadhera and Shashank Singh have also done well. Delhi has a good bowling attack as Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel and Vipraj Nigam. On the other hand, Arshdeep Singh has taken 16 wickets for Punjab. Leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took 14 wickets against Chennai Super Kings, including a hat -trick. Apart from him, Marco Jansen, Ajmatullah Umarzai, Vijaykumar Visakh and Marcus Stoinis are also options.

Rahul Dev

Cricket Jounralist at Newsdesk

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