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The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) has started from Friday. Double header matches will be played on the second day of the tournament. In the first match of the day, Shikhar Dhawan-led Punjab Kings will face Delhi Capitals captained by Rishabh Pant. This match will be played at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh. The match will start at 3:30 pm Indian time.
Know head to head record
If we look at the head-to-head statistics between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, neither team is inferior. Both the teams have faced each other 32 times so far in the Indian Premier League. Of these, Punjab Kings have won 16 matches, apart from this Delhi Capitals have also won 16 matches.
How was the performance last season?
Last season, Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals clashed twice. Meanwhile, both the teams won the match 1-1. In the 59th match of IPL 2023, Punjab Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 31 runs. Whereas in the 64th match, Delhi defeated Punjab by 15 runs. The captains of both the teams are returning after a long time, so both will try to start the season with a win.
pitch report
For the first time, an IPL match will be played at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. The wicket seems slow here. Low scoring matches have been seen here in domestic cricket. Since the match between Delhi and Punjab will be played during the day, the wicket is expected to be slow. Here the team winning the toss can choose to bat. Bowlers need to be precise in their line and length on the Mullanpur ground. Let us tell you that this stadium was established in 2021.
Probable playing-11 of both the teams
PBKS: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhasimran Singh, Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan/Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
DC: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (captain), Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kumar Kushagra/Abhishek Porel (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Enrique Norcia, J Richardson.