Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals
Blog Highlights @
64th Match:
The match between PBKS and DC is the sixty-fourth meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on May 17th 2023. The stadium is a home ground for PBKS for IPL 2023 (for last two (2) games).
PBKS vs DC History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 31 times, till date. Out of them, PBKS won 16 times, whereas DC won 15 times including a super over victory in a tied game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against DC are WLLLL.
@ PBKS Backyard:
The teams faced each other 11 times at the home ground of PBKS. The host won 8 times. On the other hand, the visitors won 3 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against DC are WWWWL.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (PBKS):
The team completed 235 games, out of them the team won 111 times and lost 124 times.
The team is at the eighth place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 12 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the fourth or fifth place with 14 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the eighth (same) place with 12 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are WLLWL.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for PBKS are LLLLW.
The Visiting Team (DC):
The team completed 247 games. Out of them, the team won 111 times and lost 131 times with five (5) without any result (No Result).
The team is at the tenth (last) place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 8 points (in total), victory will bring the team at the ninth place with 10 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the tenth (same) place with 8 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC are LLWWL.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for DC are LWWLL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Dharamsala shows the weather would be mostly clear till the first half and then partly cloudy till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 0% to 3% as of now, so there would be rare chances of rain. The temperature would be between 22 to 24 Celsius. The wind would be between 9 to 12 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate throughout the engagement and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 1 time in 9 games. The selection favored the team, as the team won.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are W – – – -.
The teams never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2011.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 4 times and lost 4 times, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LLWWL.
The first batting team won the matches 5 times, Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWLLW.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 5 times and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWWL.
The Home Side (PBKS):
The team won the toss 3 times in 9 played games. The team won 2 times and lost 1 time.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLW – -.
The team never lost any encounter after choosing to bat first, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWLWL.
The side has never been sent to the field after losing the toss, till date.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 170 runs in 2011. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 193 runs in 2010.
The first inning lowest total was 120 runs in 2012, and the highest total was 232 runs in 2011. For the second inning, the lowest total was 116 runs in 2011, whereas the highest was 195 runs in 2010.
The batting average of the first innings is 36.77 and 21.23 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 3 times at the venue. The home side won twice and the foreign side won once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against DC at the venue are WLW – -.
The host never won the toss against DC, till date.
The home team never got a chance to chase the target against DC, till date.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (PBKS):
The team has an above average record at the venue. The team won 5 times and lost 4 times out of 9 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are WWLWL.
The Visiting Unit (DC):
The team has a below average record at the venue. The team won 1 time and lost 2 times out of 3 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC at the venue are LWL – -.
The side never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Punjab Kings:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Punjab Kings Eleven: S. Dhawan, + P. Singh, L. Livingstone, J. Sharma, S. Curran, M. Shahrukh Khan, S. Raza, H. Brar, R. Dhawan, R. Chahar, A. Singh, + N. Ellis
Delhi Capitals:
The team may go with an unchanged unit.
Delhi Capitals Eleven: D. Warner, P. Salt, M. Marsh, R. Rossouw, A. Patel, + M. Pandey, A. Khan, P. Dubey, K. Yadav, M. Kumar, I. Sharma, + K. Ahmed
*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. *Notes: "***" means the match was tied and the first super over was also tied and the match was decided through the second super over. *Notes: “+” indicates an impact player. *Notes: Image was taken from a google search. *Notes: https://www.punjabkingsipl.in/photos/ipl-2023-dc-vs-pbks-match-59
