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Punjab Kings won 3 matches out of the last 5 matches. One match was stopped due to rain and they lost one match. The team is in a good mood. The spirit of winning is visible. Delhi Capitals form is going down a bit. They have zero wins in the last 5 matches. There were 4 losses and one match had no result. In the last match they lost to Mumbai Indians due to a poor seath bowling and batting performance.
Punjab Kings have become a very balanced team. Batsmen like Shreyas Iyer, Prabhsimran Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis and Shashank Singh are in form. Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis will be important in all-round roles. In bowling, there are experienced bowlers like Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson and Yuzvendra Chahal. The team has won the last 3 matches and is fully prepared for a top 2 finish.
Delhi Capitals' season has been a bit up-down but they also have strong players. Batsmen like Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk and Tristan Stubbs can turn the match. Axar Patel and Darshan Nalkande are important in the all-rounder role. Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Natarajan and Mukesh Kumar are good options in bowling. The team will have to show consistency if they have to stay close to the playoffs.
A total of 33 head-to-head matches have been played between the two teams in the IPL history. Punjab has won 17 and Delhi has won 16. Meaning the clash is equal. In 2024, Punjab won the match by 4 wickets. In 2023, Punjab won once by 31 runs and Delhi won once by 15 runs.
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(wk), Shreyas lyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Mitchell Owen, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Players: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan
Injury Update: None
Faf du Plessis (c), Abishek Porel(wk), Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Mukesh Kumar
Impact Players: KL Rahul, Sediqullah Atal, Karun Nair, Tripurana Vijay, Manvanth Kumar L
Injury Updates: None
If Delhi Capitals wins the toss and bats first, then the powerplay score can be between 50-60 and the total score of the first innings is likely to be around 180-190.
If Punjab Kings wins the toss and bats first, then Punjab Kings’ powerplay can be between 45-55 and the total score can still be around 175-185.
In both scenarios, the predicted winner of the match is Batting First team.
Karun Nair is not playing in the last few games for Delhi Capitals there is a solid chance of his comeback in the playing 11 in this match. The reason being less batting depth in Delhi after Axar Patel’s miss out in the last match. Karun Nair’s recent form has been a bit weak. His best score in the last 5 matches was 31. But he is an experienced player and knows how to play under pressure. The pitch is good on a ground like Jaipur where Karun can play a big innings. A comeback is expected from him in this match.
Arshdeep has been the best bowler of PBKS this season. He has taken 16 wickets in 11 matches. In a recent match, he took 3 wickets against LSG in Jaipur. However he did nothing in the last game but he is not to miss players in games like this. Both his swing and yorker are solid. He becomes even more dangerous on low stands like Jaipur where the ball moves around in the first few overs. A strong performance is expected from Arshdeep again.
In this match, the team which will bat first has more chances of winning. The ball seams in the second innings and there is movement in the air as well. On this same ground, Punjab Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 10 runs in the last match when they batted first. In that match, Punjab made a solid total and then put a lot of pressure with their bowling. Similarly, if any team makes around 180 in this match, it will not be difficult to defend. So the team which wins the toss and bats first will get a little edge and can win the match.
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