PREVIEW - PBKS VS DC

Inconsistent PBKS, DC search crucial win to stay in contention

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Both PBKS and DC have not won two consecutive games this season.
Both PBKS and DC have not won two consecutive games this season. © BCCI

The Overview

The similarities between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals stretch beyond an identical 12 points in as many games. Neither of them have won two games on the bounce in IPL 2022 pointing to familiar inconsistency. Come Monday, at the fag end of the season, one of the two will set that dubious record straight at the DY Patil Stadium.

Both Punjab and Delhi are coming into the contest on the back of resounding wins - PBKS dented Bangalore and their playoffs hopes, while Delhi stalled Rajasthan Royals march into top-two with an eight-wicket statement win. What Punjab's big win over RCB did though was not only boost their NRR, but also offer Delhi a new lease of life by giving them back the control of their fate in the competition. Even though they're outside of top-four currently with two games in hand each including this, theoretically both are in with a chance to make it to the playoffs with just one more 'W'. After a bunch of seasons of struggle, fast-evolving calculations and prayers at the business end of the tournament, this feeling might be alien to Punjab, and frankly a luxury both teams would rather not want to fall back upon.

Monday's clash is also the one between two of the most aggressive batting line-ups of this season. Delhi and Punjab are the top-two sides respectively with the highest Powerplay run-rate this season. DC also have the best boundary percentage (20.6) while Punjab are third on that list (19.1). Approximately seven per cent of both the teams' runs have come in sixes. This is largely due to the red-hot form of two ex-SRH openers - David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan - now leading the run-charts for their respective new teams. Punjab showed faith in a misfiring Jonny Bairstow - incidentally another SRH import - and the Englishman has repaid the faith with twin fifties since Mayank Agarwal selflessly relinquished the opener's slot for him. The lack of runs from their captain's bat though hasn't quite pinched Punjab as much, courtesy the firepower they pack in their top-five. Liam Livingstone has proven to be the best 11.5 Cr Punjab spent at the auction table - recording the second-best strike rate of 180.75 in IPL 2022 and hitting the third-highest number of sixes (29), only behind Jos Buttler (37) and Andre Russell (32).

In the season's earlier encounter, Delhi's spin trio spun a web around PBKS' slam-bang batting approach and managed to tie them down to a humble 115 to set up a big win. However, in the six games since, Delhi's spinners haven't been able to make use of the worn-out tracks as much, picking just six wickets of which five came in the game against KKR. A major factor has been Kuldeep Yadav's dwindling returns with just 5 wickets in the second half at an average of 37.2 as compared to the 13 in the first at 14.31, and his economy jumping to nearly 10 from 7.86. In contrast, Punjab's pace duo of Arshdeep Singh and Kagiso Rabada boast of the joint-best economy of 9.9 in death overs this IPL even though the South African has done the bulk of wicket-taking in that phase.

When: Monday, May 16 at 7:30 PM IST

Where:Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

What to expect: The weather's clear for the game day. Chasing has been a preferred trend at the venue with the toss-winning captain opting to bat first just twice so far this IPL. 10 out of 18 games have been won by chasing sides.

Head-to-Head

PBKS 14-15 DC. Delhi enjoy the ever so slightest edge over Punjab in what has been dubbed the 'North Indian derby'. However, since 2018 Punjab have won five of the nine contests between the two.

Team Watch

Punjab Kings

Tactics & Match-ups: With 1005 runs in 22 innings - 12 of which were half-century knocks - Warner is the leading run-scorer against Punjab in the IPL. To curb any chances of early fireworks from his bat, Punjab will undoubtedly let Rabada have a go at him, having already dismissed the Australian five times in T20 cricket. Delhi's last five opening partnerships anyway read: 0, 5, 0, 16 and 0 with the team struggling to find an able replacement for typhoid-struck Prithvi Shaw.

Probable XI:Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Raajpaksa, Liam Livingstone, Mayank Agarwal (C), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Ashdeep Singh

Delhi Capitals

Tactics & Match-ups:Likewise, Delhi would also want to see the back of Punjab's top-scorer this season, Dhawan, early. To that effect, they might hand an over or two with the new ball to Kuldeep, who has dismissed the southpaw twice. Dhawan averages only 17 against the left-arm spinner, who is currently Delhi's top wicket-taker this season (18).

Probable XI:Srikar Bharat/Mandeep Singh, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (C, wk), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Anrich Nortje

Did you know?

- PBKS have five 60+ Powerplay totals while DC has three such totals in IPL 2022

- With 1133 runs in 29 innings at an average of 47.2, Mitch Marsh is the top run-getter at one-drop position in T20 cricket since 2021.

- Rabada is currently on 97 wickets from just 61 IPL games, and could potentially overtake Lasith Malinga as the fastest to 100 tournament wickets (70 matches).

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