Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings | Match 32

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Match 32, April 20 2022, Wednesday - 07:30 PM (IST)

Delhi Capitals Vs Punjab Kings

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Match Info
Match	DC vs PBKS, 32nd Match, Indian Premier League 2022
Date	Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Time	7:30 PM
Venue	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires	Tapan Sharma, Rod Tucker
Third Umpire	Anil Kumar Chaudhary

 

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The overview:

A slew of COVID cases in the Delhi Capitals camp has created a bit of mayhem ahead of their clash against Punjab Kings. Mitchell Marsh and four members of the Delhi Capitals support staff had tested positive; a fourth round of RT-PCR tests conducted on Tuesday morning, had returned negative results. Further decisions will be made after another round of tests on the morning of the game. The clash, however, that was scheduled to be played in Pune has now been moved to Mumbai.

The Capitals haven't had the best of starts so far with just two wins in five games, slipping to a 16-run loss against RCB in their last match. David Warner and Prithvi Shaw have given them valuable starts, but the middle order has failed to kick on to build on the foundation. Incidentally, the duo have added 67(45), 93(52) and 50(28) in their three outings so far. DC were looking towards Mitchell Marsh to recover from the hip-flexor injury - that he had picked up in Pakistan last month - to fill the gap in the middle, having used four batters in five matches at the important No.3 slot. No one returned anything significant. But now with COVID catching up to Marsh, they will have to look elsewhere for answers once again. It will be a test for DC's bowlers to counter the aggression of Punjab's batsmen.

PBKS are the most aggressive side in the powerplay, scoring at 9.81 an over. They occupy four of the top seven PP totals, with other teams struggling given the assistance the pacers have received. That said, their scoring rate in the death overs is in stark contrast, scoring at 9.22 - the lowest among all sides, despite having assistance from dew. After a good powerplay, they have consistently lost wickets in the middle, which has set them back in the bid for a strong finish. Barring Liam Livingstone, most other batters have struggled to maintain any momentum for a strong finish. He is Punjab's top-scorer with 224 runs, striking at 185.12, but their next-best is Shikhar Dhawan, who has 205 runs, but has been striking at 128.93. Shahrukh Khan and Odean Smith have particularly struggled to hit the right tempo at the death, which has not worked too well for them.

When: DC vs PBKS, April 20, 19:30 IST

Where: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

What to expect: All teams, like has been the trend, will opt to chase if given the chance. They seem to be more comfortable what they're working with, with or without the dew.

Head to head: Punjab Kings lead the head-to-head 15-13, although since 2018, they're on par with each other with four wins each in 8 games.

Team Watch:

Delhi Capitals

Tactics & Matchups: Marsh being ruled out may have DC bringing back Anrich Nortje or Tim Siefert to boost the batting. We may see Kuldeep being introduced in the powerplay to negate the Dhawan threat. Mustafizur may be kept for after Dhawan departs, if Nortje plays, given the opener's propensity to score against the Bangladesh pacer.

Probable XI: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, TimSiefert/Anrich Nortje, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed

Punjab Kings

Tactics and Matchups: PBKS will unleash Rabada against an in-form Warner early, who has dismissed the left-hander 5 times. Warner only averages 19.20 against the South African, but has a record 11-plus fifty-run scores against Punjab. He has scored 945 runs in 21 innings at 49.74, so Punjab will really hope to see the back of him early in the contest.

Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh

Did you know?

Rabada will be up against his former franchise DC for the first time in IPL. He has 7 wickets at 20.57 at an ER of 8. He has picked at least one wicket every game.

Punjab find themselves at the bottom of the bowling charts.

In eight innings among them, the overseas trio of Rovman, Seifert and Marsh have hit 69 runs at average of 8.63, SR of 93.24 and a highest of 21.

What they said:

"I think we're just batting well in patches. We lost early wickets. Livi (Livingstone) brought us back. If you see, we went from around 60/4 to about 130/4 in the middle if I'm not mistaken. We've batted well in that patch. It is never ideal when you lose four wickets in the last over. We're batting well in patches. If we can just glue it together, we'll be okay." - Kagiso Rabada

Squads:

Delhi Capitals Squad: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed, Anrich Nortje, Mandeep Singh, Srikar Bharat, Sarfaraz Khan, Tim Seifert, Lungi Ngidi, Ashwin Hebbar, Praveen Dubey, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Chetan Sakariya, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal

Punjab Kings Squad: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh, Benny Howell, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sandeep Sharma, Rishi Dhawan, Baltej Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Prerak Mankad, Ishan Porel, Atharva Taide, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Ansh Patel, Raj Bawa