Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings
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32nd Match:
The match between DC and PBKS is the thirty-second meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on April 20th 2022.
DC vs PBKS History:
The teams competed against each other 28 times, till date. Out of them, DC won 13 times including a super over victory in a tied game, whereas PBKS won 15 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against PBKS are WWLW*W.
DC Home:
The teams faced each other 11 times at the home ground of DC. The host won 6 times. On the other hand, the visitors won 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against PBKS are WLWWW.
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.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. DC won 6 times including a super over win in a tied game, whereas PBKS won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against PBKS are WWLW*W.
Teams and Ranks:
Delhi Capitals:
The team completed 226 games, out of them the team won 102 times and lost 119 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the eighth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 4 points (in total), victory will place the team at the sixth position with 6 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team in current (eighth) position with 4 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC are LWLLW.
Punjab Kings:
The team completed 215 games, out of them the team won 101 times and lost 114 times.
The team is at the seventh place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 6 points (in total), victory will place the team in any of the fourth to sixth position with 8 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team in eighth position with 6 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are LWLWL.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be partly cloudy throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be 0% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 32 to 35 Celsius. The wind would be between 6 to 13 km/h. The speed of wind would increase and the temperature would decrease, gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 6 times in 18 games. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 4 times and lost 2 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WWWLL.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 6 times and lost 6 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LLWLW.
The first batting team won the matches 10 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 8 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWLWL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 10 times and lost 8 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWLW.
DC:
The team won the toss 2 times in 4 games, and the team won once and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the DC at the venue, while winning the toss, are WL – – -.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the DC at the venue, while losing the toss, are WL – – -.
PBKS:
The team won the toss 0 times in 3 games.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while winning the toss, are – – – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while losing the toss, are LWL – -.
The team never got a chance to chase a target, till date.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 178 runs in 2010. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 211 runs in 2022 at the ground.
The first innings lowest total was 151 runs in 2010, and the highest total was 217 runs in 2022. For the second inning, the lowest total was 115 runs in 2010, whereas the highest was 211 runs in 2022.
The batting average of the first innings is 33.07 and 26.05 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:
DC:
The team had an average record as the team won 2 times and lost twice in 4 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC at the venue are WWLL -.
PBKS:
The team had a below average record as the team won once and lost twice in 3 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are LWL – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Delhi Capitals:
The team would like to go with T. Seifert in place of ill M. Marsh.
Delhi Capitals Eleven: P. Shaw, D. Warner, T. Seifert, R. Pant, L. Yadav, R. Powell, A. Patel, S. Thakur, K. Yadav, M. Rahman, K. Ahmed
Punjab Kings:
The team would like to go with B. Howell in place of O. Smith.
Punjab Kings Eleven: P. Singh, S. Dhawan, J. Bairstow, L. Livingstone, J. Sharma, S. Khan, B. Howell, K. Rabada, R. Chahar, V. Arora, A. Singh
*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.
