Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals
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29th Match:
The match between PBKS and DC is the twenty ninth meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on May 2nd 2021.
PBKS vs DC History:
The teams competed against each other 27 times, till date. Out of them, PBKS won 15 times and lost 12 times including a super over defeat in a tied game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against DC are LWL*LW.
PBKS Home:
The teams competed 7 times at the home ground of PBKS. The home team won 6 times and lost just once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against DC are WWWWW.
DC Home:
The teams faced each other 11 times at the home ground of DC. The host won 6 times. On the other hand, visitors won 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against PBKS are WLWWW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 9 times at the neutral venue. PBKS won 4 times, whereas DC won 5 times including a super over win in a tied game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against DC are LWL*LW.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Punjab Kings:
PBKS is at the fifth in the table and may come at the fourth or fifth position in the table with earning 2 points after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are WLWLL.
Delhi Capitals:
DC is at second rank in the table and may earn 2 points and will come at the top position in the table after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC are WLW*WW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Ahmedabad shows the weather would be mostly clear in the beginning of the match and after that pretty clear till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be 0% to 1% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 31 to 36 Celsius. The wind would be between 4 to 7 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate and the temperature would decrease with the match progress.
Toss and Pitch:
Record of Last IPL:
Teams prefer to field first 6 times in 12 matches. The selection behaves neutral to the teams, as the team won thrice including a super over victory and lost thrice, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WW*LLL.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 6 times out of 12 matches, won thrice and lost thrice, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLWWL.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 6 times including a tied game and lost 6 times as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WW*LLW.
The first batting team won the matches 6 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won also 6 times including a victory in one over eliminator.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LL*LLW.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 134 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 165 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 134, and the highest total was 201 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 102 runs, whereas the highest was 191 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.10 and 28.84 is for the second innings.
Record of IPL 2021:
Teams prefer to field first 4 times in all 4 played matches. The selection behaves neutral to the teams, as the team won 2 outings and lost twice, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWLW -.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 0 times out of 3 matches.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are – – – – -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches twice and lost twice, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWLW -.
The first batting team won the matches twice. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, also won twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLWL -.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 171 runs. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 155 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 123 runs, and the highest total was 179 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 126 runs (chased down the target), and the highest total was 170 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.08 and 29.85 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against PBKS at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
PBKS got 3 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has an above average record, as the team won twice, though one victory in one over eliminator in a tied game and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are WLW* – -.
DC had 4 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has an average record, as the team won twice and lost twice, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC at the venue are WLLW -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Punjab Kings:
The team may go with D. Malan in place of N. Pooran, M. Singh in place of injured K. Rahul and J. Richardson in place of C. Jordan.
Punjab Kings Eleven: P. Singh, C. Gayle D. Malan, D. Hooda, M. Singh, S. Khan, H. Brar, C. Jordan, J. Richardson, R. Bishnoi, M. Shami
Delhi Capitals:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Delhi Capitals Eleven: P. Shaw, S. Dhawan, R. Pant, M. Stoinis, S. Hetmyer, S. Smith, L. Yadav, A. Patel, K. Rabada, A. Khan, I. Sharma
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
