IPL 2021: Match Preview, Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals would be competing against each other in the 11th match of IPL 2021 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Sunday. Both the teams will be searching for their 2nd win of this season.

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Match Number: 11th match of IPL 2021.

Match Between: Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Delhi Capitals (DC).

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. 

Timing: Sunday, 18th April 2021, 7:30 PM IST.

Squads:

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(wk/c), Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Tom Curran, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Steven Smith, Anrich Nortje, Sam Billings, Lukman Meriwala, Praveen Dubey, Aniruddha Joshi, Vishnu Vinod, Manimaran Siddharth, Shams Mulani, Ripal Patel.

Punjab Kings: KL Rahul(wk/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Riley Meredith, Arshdeep Singh, Moises Henriques, Mandeep Singh, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jalaj Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Utkarsh Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar.

Team News:

Delhi Capitals:  R Ashwin could open the bowling for Delhi Capitals as he has dismissed Chris Gayle 5 times and Mayank Agarwal 3 times. The addition of Anrich Nortje could strengthen the Delhi Capitals bowling.

Probable XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk/c), Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Kagiso Rabada, R Ashwin, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan.

Punjab Kings: All the players are available for selection for Punjab Kings' side. As Mumbai supports more pace bowling, Chris Jordan can come in place of Riley Meredith.

Probable XI: KL Rahul (wk/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Murugan Ashwin, Chris Jordan/Riley Meredith, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

Some Facts:

1. In 26 head-to-head matches between the two teams, Punjab Kings have won 15 matches.

2. Both Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan have a great record against Mohammad Shami in the IPL.