To put it simply, in the tournament so far, when Delhi Capitals’ openers bat well then they win. When they have an off-day they lose. Against CSK, Prithvi Shaw’s 72 was outdone by Shikhar Dhawan’s 85 as they cruised to victory with 8 balls to spare. However, against Rajasthan Royals, they contributed a combined 11 and in spite of 51 from captain Rishabh Pant, Delhi went down by 3 wickets. With the ball, Avesh Khan has been the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3-32 and 2-23. Chris Woakes and Kagiso Rabada have also been impressive.
Punjab Kings performances with the bat have been poles apart. In their opening game, KL Rahul hit 91, Deepak Hooda 64 and Chris Gayle 40 as they beat Rajasthan. However, against CSK, the top 5 batsmen contributed 25 runs between them leaving only Shahrukh Khan with 47 as they crumbled in setting a target. Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh have been the bowlers of note, both players having taken 4 wickets in the tournament so far.
Kagiso Rabada emerged from quarantine to play for Delhi Capitals in their last game and there must be a temptation to do the same with fellow countryman Anrich Nortje who is now out of quarantine. For Punjab Kings, we are yet to see Chris Jordan take the field in his fifth IPL season.
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DC vs PBKS T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, IPL 2021
Delhi Capitals take on Punjab Kings in Sunday’s second game. Both teams have won one and lost one so far after playing Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals with mixed fortunes against each side. Delhi saw off CSK but came unstuck against the Royals, whereas Punjab Kings were woeful against CSK but did enough against Rajasthan. Read on as we preview this clash of the 2021 IPL. The match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai and will get underway at 19:30 local time.
To put it simply, in the tournament so far, when Delhi Capitals’ openers bat well then they win. When they have an off-day they lose. Against CSK, Prithvi Shaw’s 72 was outdone by Shikhar Dhawan’s 85 as they cruised to victory with 8 balls to spare. However, against Rajasthan Royals, they contributed a combined 11 and in spite of 51 from captain Rishabh Pant, Delhi went down by 3 wickets. With the ball, Avesh Khan has been the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3-32 and 2-23. Chris Woakes and Kagiso Rabada have also been impressive.
Punjab Kings performances with the bat have been poles apart. In their opening game, KL Rahul hit 91, Deepak Hooda 64 and Chris Gayle 40 as they beat Rajasthan. However, against CSK, the top 5 batsmen contributed 25 runs between them leaving only Shahrukh Khan with 47 as they crumbled in setting a target. Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh have been the bowlers of note, both players having taken 4 wickets in the tournament so far.
Kagiso Rabada emerged from quarantine to play for Delhi Capitals in their last game and there must be a temptation to do the same with fellow countryman Anrich Nortje who is now out of quarantine. For Punjab Kings, we are yet to see Chris Jordan take the field in his fifth IPL season.
Rajasthan Royals defeating Delhi Capitals sent shockwaves around the world. Not due to Rajasthan winning without Ben Stokes, but more so due to Rishabh Pant’s men showing they were fallible after such a comprehensive win against CSK. Much is expected of Pant’s side this year and it will be a big surprise if they fail to bounce back in this game.
Punjab Kings have delivered the highest and lowest scores of the tournament so far. Their effort against Chennai Super Kings made each of the opposition bowlers look like the best ever seen in the IPL. Only one bowler, Shardul Thakur, had an economy rate above 5.67. As a result, CSK cruised to their target inside 16 overs, and it will take a lot from the leadership team of captain KL Rahul and coach Anil Kumble to build them back up.
DC vs PBKS T20 Match Live streaming
TV channels: The match can be watched live on Star Sports in India, Sky Cricket in the UK and Willow TV in the USA
Live Streaming: Fans in India can stream the match on Disney+ Hotstar.
DC vs PBKS Match Toss Prediction
After they failed miserably with the bat against CSK, it would take a very brave KL Rahul to choose to bat first. As usual, we expect Rahul or Pant to opt to chase.
DC vs PBKS Match Pitch Report
The Wankhede Stadium is the ground providing the best surface for batting at present. We expect significant runs on both sides in this game.
Weather Report
High of 33 at the start of the game, it won’t dip below 30 during both teams’ innings.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2021.
DC Team News & Playing 11
DC Team News
We expect Anrich Nortje to be picked for this game with Tom Curran the unfortunate player to be left out. Apart from that, Delhi Capitals should keep faith with the team which so ruthlessly dispatched Chennai Super Kings in their opening game of IPL 2021.
DC Key Players
Shikhar Dhawan - player of the match in their first game, Dhawan will be keen to return to top form immediately after a blip against Rajasthan Royals. We wait to see if he can repeat his 106* against the same opposition from last year.
Rishabh Pant - his run out in the last game was the point where the pendulum swung away from Delhi Capitals. This not only shows how important he has become to his team but also how key a wicket he is for the opposition.
Kagiso Rabada - the 2020 IPL Purple Cap winner returned from quarantine by picking up the wickets of Sanju Samson and Rahul Tewatia. Fast, aggressive and intimidating, Rabada is a threat to all batsmen.
DC Team Form
Consistently inconsistent, you have to go back 10 games to find the last time they won 2 IPL matches back to back. However, there is something about them this year.
DC Predicted Playing 11
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (c) (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Ravi Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan
DC vs PBKS Dream11 Team Prediction, Captain, Vice Captain
Wicket-keeper
The two captains KL Rahul (10.5) and Rishabh Pant (9.5) will be our wicketkeepers. Both are more than capable of winning the game by themselves with the bat alone.
Batsmen
Shikhar Dhawan (10), Chris Gayle (9.5) and Prithvi Shaw (9) are our batsmen. The Delhi Capitals openers have already shown us in one game what they can do.
All-rounders
We’ve selected Chris Woakes (8.5), Deepak Hooda (8.5) and Lalit Yadav (8) as our all-rounders. Woakes could not get a game for England during their winter tours but is making himself a fixture in Delhi Capitals’ side.
Bowlers
Mohammed Shami (9), Kagiso Rabada (9) and Arshdeep Singh (8.5) make up our bowling attack. All three are averaging 2 wickets per game so far in the 2020 IPL.
Captain/Vice-captain
Shikhar Dhawan will be captain, his deputy will be KL Rahul
DC vs PBKS Dream11 Team Prediction
Batsmen:Shikhar Dhawan(c), Chris Gayle, Prithvi Shaw
All Rounder:Chris Woakes, Deepak Hooda, Lalit Yadav
After any big defeat the pressure is on the management to ring the changes, but Kumble and Rahul know better than to resort to any knee-jerk reaction. We expect them to keep faith with the team which got them up and running, before spectacularly failing, in this game.
PBKS Key Players
KL Rahul - if he opened the bowling as well then he probably would be the most important player for any team in the history of the IPL. However, opening the batting, keeping wicket and captaining is still a large task and the team look to him to set an example at the top of the order.
Mohammed Shami - 19 wickets in the 2019 IPL and 20 wickets in the 2020 IPL, his 4 wickets in 2 games have put him on track to go beyond 21 in this year’s tournament. His economy rate at 6.75 is also impressive.
Arshdeep Singh - the young left-arm bowler is keeping up with his more experienced bowler with 4 wickets so far in the tournament. In each game he has taken a wicket of an opener.
PBKS Team Form
It’s very hard to make a case for a team being in good form after posting only 106-8 in their last game. When you add their successive defeats at the end of the 2020 IPL, it looks like the win against Rajasthan may have been the exception to the rule.
PBKS Predicted Playing 11
KL Rahul (c) (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Murugan Ashwin, Riley Meredith, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
DC vs PBKS Team Form in Last Five Matches
DC : LWLWL
PBKS : LWLLW
DC vs PBKS Head to Head
After 26 IPL matches, Punjab have the clear advantage.
DC vs PBKS Head to Head Stats in IPL T20
Matches Played
DC Won
PBKS Won
Tie
No Result
26
11
15
0
0
DC vs PBKS Betting Odds
Delhi Capitals are favourites to be the side to bounce back from defeat in the last game
Who will win DC vs PBKS IPL T20 Match?
Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul are far and away expected to be the best batsmen on show
We are backing Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant with the bat for Delhi Capitals. Pant was impressive in the last game but has so much more still to give.
For Punjab Kings we are backing KL Rahul, Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal. We all know how crucial Rahul is for his team and are backing him to deliver again.
We are backing Kagiso Rabada, Chris Woakes and Ravi Ashwin to cause problems for the Punjab Kings batsmen. Rabada has a Purple Hat to retain and he looked keen to do so in the last game.
For Punjab Kings we have gone with Mohammed Shami, Jhye Richardson and Arshdeep Singh. Shami and Singh have delivered so far, Richardson needs to up his game and support the others in the bowling attack.
Both teams will be looking to shrug off their defeats in their last games and it will come down to which team can move on, forget about it and concentrate on the match in front of them. We expect KL Rahul’s Punjab Kings to give a significantly better account of themselves but not to be strong enough to derail Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals. They often respond to defeat with a win and we think it will be the same strong response here.
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Ch Ravasa
Delhi need a good knock from their captain pant if they hav to wwin this match
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Skmohiddin
Delhi captials are looking much stronger than punjab, delhi will win easily this match
Apr 18, 2021
19:30 IST / 14:00 GMT
Wankhede Stadium - Mumbai, India
Delhi need a good knock from their captain pant if they hav to wwin this match
Delhi captials are looking much stronger than punjab, delhi will win easily this match