🏏IPL Match 32: Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. 🏏

IPL Match 32: Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings.

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IPL 2022 match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. They will play against each other for the first time in this season of the Tata IPL.

The thirty-second match of the TATA IPL 2022 will see the clash between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings.

Delhi Capitals will be squaring off against Punjab Kings for the first time in the thirty-second match of this season of the Tata IPL.

Delhi Capitals is currently placed at the eighth position on the points table of this season of the Tata IPL whereas Punjab Kings is currently placed at the seventh spot on the points table.

Delhi Capitals played five matches in this season of the Tata IPL where they managed to win two matches while Punjab Kings played six matches in this season where they won three games.

Delhi Capitals played their last game against Royal Challengers Bangalore where they lost the game by 16 runs. David Warner and Rishabh Pant smashed 66 runs and 34 runs for Delhi Capitals in that game.

On the other hand, Punjab Kings played their last game against Sunrisers Hyderabad where Sunrisers Hyderabad beat them by 7 wickets. Liam Livingstone managed to score 60 runs for Punjab Kings in that game.

These two teams have played 20 matches against each other in the history of IPL so far where Delhi Capitals managed to win 9 matches while Punjab Kings won the remaining games.

Average 1st innings score:

The average first innings score on this wicket is 186 runs.

Record of chasing teams:

The team batting second has great records here. They have maintained a winning percentage of 60 on this ground.

DC vs PBKS Tata IPL 2022 Match 32 Weather Report:

The temperature is expected to hover around 32-34°C on the matchday with 57-59% humidity and 21-23 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of precipitation during the game.

DC vs PBKS Tata IPL 2022 Match 32 Pitch Report:

The pitch at the Brabourne Stadium generally assists both bowlers and batsmen, with the dew factor coming to play deep in the match. The short boundaries and a quick outfield are expected to thrill the batsmen once again. This match can be a high scoring match as Brabourne has so far assisted batters the most in IPL 2022.

IPL 2022 Match 32 Probable XIs:

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Yash Dhull, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal (c), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh

David Warner is a left-handed batsman from Delhi Capitals. He has smashed 131 runs in this tournament so far and can make a healthy impact once again here.

Prithvi Shaw is a right-handed batsman from Delhi Capitals. He has stacked 176 runs in this tournament so far and will be among the crucial picks for this game.

Liam Livingstone is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler from Punjab Kings. He has hammered 224 runs and taken 2 wickets in this tournament so far.

Kagiso Rabada is a left-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler from Punjab Kings. He has scored 38 runs and picked up 6 wickets in this tournament so far.

Shikhar Dhawan is a left-handed batsman from Punjab Kings. He has knocked 205 runs in this tournament so far and will be a safe pick for this match as well.

A slew of COVID cases in the Delhi Capitals camp has created a bit of mayhem ahead of their clash against Punjab Kings.

Mitchell Marsh and four members of the Delhi Capitals support staff had tested positive; a fourth round of RT-PCR tests conducted on Tuesday morning, had returned negative results.

Further decisions will be made after another round of tests on the morning of the game.

The clash, however, that was scheduled to be played in Pune has now been moved to Mumbai.

The Capitals haven't had the best of starts so far with just two wins in five games, slipping to a 16-run loss against RCB in their last match.

David Warner and Prithvi Shaw have given them valuable starts, but the middle order has failed to kick on to build on the foundation.

Incidentally, the duo have added 67(45), 93(52) and 50(28) in their three outings so far. DC were looking towards Mitchell Marsh to recover from the hip-flexor injury - that he had picked up in Pakistan last month - to fill the gap in the middle, having used four batters in five matches at the important No.3 slot.

No one returned anything significant.

But now with COVID catching up to Marsh, they will have to look elsewhere for answers once again. It will be a test for DC's bowlers to counter the aggression of Punjab's batsmen.

PBKS are the most aggressive side in the powerplay, scoring at 9.81 an over.

They occupy four of the top seven PP totals, with other teams struggling given the assistance the pacers have received.

That said, their scoring rate in the death overs is in stark contrast, scoring at 9.22 - the lowest among all sides, despite having assistance from dew.

After a good powerplay, they have consistently lost wickets in the middle, which has set them back in the bid for a strong finish.

Barring Liam Livingstone, most other batters have struggled to maintain any momentum for a strong finish. He is Punjab's top-scorer with 224 runs, striking at 185.12, but their next-best is Shikhar Dhawan, who has 205 runs, but has been striking at 128.93.

Shahrukh Khan and Odean Smith have particularly struggled to hit the right tempo at the death, which has not worked too well for them.

All teams, like has been the trend, will opt to chase if given the chance. They seem to be more comfortable what they're working with, with or without the dew.

Head to head: Punjab Kings lead the head-to-head 15-13, although since 2018, they're on par with each other with four wins each in 8 games.

PBKS will unleash Rabada against an in-form Warner early, who has dismissed the left-hander 5 times. Warner only averages 19.20 against the South African, but has a record 11-plus fifty-run scores against Punjab.

He has scored 945 runs in 21 innings at 49.74, so Punjab will really hope to see the back of him early in the contest.

Rabada will be up against his former franchise DC for the first time in IPL. He has 7 wickets at 20.57 at an ER of 8. He has picked at least one wicket every game.

Punjab find themselves at the bottom of the bowling charts.

In eight innings among them, the overseas trio of Rovman, Seifert and Marsh have hit 69 runs at average of 8.63, SR of 93.24 and a highest of 21.

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