The fixture was supposed take place at the MCA Stadium, Pune but, due to the rise in covid cases in the DC camp, the fixture was shifted to Brabourne Stadium.
DC player Mitchell Marsh and Physio Patrick Farhart have tested positive. The former has been admitted to a hospital.
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DC lost by 18 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 16 runs. Dinesh Karthik starred in the match for RCB.
As fo PBKS, they lost to SRH by 7 wickets. Forme PBKS players Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran helped them over the line.
The last match at this stadium produced 427 runs, in the match between KKR and RR. Chahal went on to take a hattrick and a 5fer that match. Expect a similar kind of a match, when the two hard hitting teams meet.
The PBKS strategy is clear, go after the bowling from the start. This makes it an entertaining contest, even for the neutrals. Expect a high scoring match with the short boundaries. The team winning the toss will opt to bowl first but, dew did not affect the last match, so batting first is an option too.
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant(C and wk), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje.
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal(C), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh.
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan: The Indian left hand batsman will be playing against his former side DC. This season, Dhawan is the second highest run getter for PBKS, only behind Liam Livingstone. Unlike last time, Dhawan will hope to give a quick start to PBKS this time around.
Liam Livingstone: The big hitting Englishman has smashed the bowlers all over the ground, scoring 224 runs in 6 innings, with a strike rate of 185! This shows the threat Livingstone possesses. He can take the game away from the opponents in the span of 2 overs. His bowling will also come in handy vs the DC players.
Rahul Chahar: With the spin and the performance of Yuzvendra Chahal last time on this ground, Chahar will hope to do something similar against a struggling DC middle order. Except for Warner, Pant and Shaw, no other batsman has scored more than 100 runs for DC. Chahar will hope to exploit the struggling middle order.
Delhi Capitals
David Warner: The Australian has been in tremendous form this season, scoring 131 runs in just 3 innings. Plus, PBKS is one of his favorite opponents. He is just 55 runs away from scoring 1,000 runs vs PBKS. He and Prithvi Shaw will look to provide a fast start to DC.
Prithvi Shaw: The explosive opener has scored 176 runs, highest for DC this season in 6 innings. He has gelled well with Warner, getting a 50 run opening stand in the last 2 matches. The onus will be on him to start off on the front foot and disrupt the PBKS bowling plans.
Kuldeep Yadav: The left arm leggie has picked up 11 wickets in just 5 matches. This also includes a 4fer against his former team Kolkata Knight Riders. With PBKS going well in the middle, the match up between Kuldeep and Liam Livingstone would be a crucial one, which may decide which way the match turns.
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