Tata IPL 2022 – DC vs PBKS, match preview, predicted lineups

Delhi Capitals play Punjab Kings on Wednesday in Tata IPL 2022 as the season moves ahead. Both teams will be looking for a win here.

Date & Time : 20th April 2022, 7:30 PM IST

Venue : Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Delhi Capitals are lagging behind in terms of points in the table and they will look to get some points in their kitty moving forward. They need to play their brand of cricket.

DC have David Warner up the order in form while bowling wise they have the trio of Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel & Lalit Yadav. Delhi have been able to set high totals and they must do that while restricting as a bowling unit.

Delhi have so far won against MI & KKR. They have lost to GT, LSG & RCB.

On the other hand, PBKS too are having a mixed campaign with them looking to try & win more games as they come. Punjab are currently 7th in the points table with 6 points from 6 games.

Punjab batting wise will be relaxed knowing an in form Shikhar Dhawan at the top. Apart from that they have another in form batter in Liam Livingstone. In bowling they require more with the exception of Rahul Chahar.

PBKS have so far won against RCB, CSK & MI. They have lost to KKR, GT & SRH.

In terms of the head to head, Punjab seems to have the upper hand with 15 wins as compared to Delhi’s 13 out of the 28 played between the two.

For the wicket, It will aid the batters with good bowlers reaping rewards with their efforts.

Team news and possible lineups

There are no fresh injury concerns for both sides at the moment.

DC XI : Warner, Shaw, Powell, Pant (C&WK0, L. Yadav, S. Khan, Thakur, A. Patel, Rahman, K. Yadav, K. Ahmed.

PBKS XI : Dhawan, M. Agarwal (C), Livingstone, Bairstow, O. Smith, J. Sharma (WK), Rabada, S. Khan, Arora, R. Chahar, A. Singh.

Prediction

The team winning the toss shall have an advantage.