🏏IPL 2025 - Match 58: PBKS vs DC on 8th May at Dharamsala🏏 - Page 11

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Punjab Kings have won the toss and have opted to bat

8:15pm It's time for the toss. Axar and Shreyas are out in the middle. Shreyas, being the home captain, has the coin and he gives it a flick. Tails is the call but heads it is. Punjab Kings will bat first.

PB won toss and they will bat first

It's time for the toss. Axar and Shreyas are out in the middle. Shreyas, being the home captain, has the coin and he gives it a flick. Tails is the call but heads it is. Punjab Kings will bat first. Shreyas says the outfield is wet and they want to thus bat first. The fans are happy with the decision and that is a motivation, he smiles and adds.

Shreyas Iyer: We'll bat first considering the outfield. The fans are happy with the decision. If you see the trend in IPL, the players who are in form and win you matches win you the championship. That's a great motivating factor. The team is in high spirits.

They sent Anjum Chopra at toss to speak to Axar Patel I feel.

DC - Madhav in place of Vipraj.

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan

DC bench: Ashutosh Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mukesh Kumar, Vipraj Nigam, Tripurna Vijay

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh

PBKS bench: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Pravin Dubey, Yash Thakur

Axar said he wanted to field anyway because of the weather. They expect the wicket to be good throughout and knowing the target will help their batters plan, he reckons. They have tried to keep a positive vibe in the dressing room by remembering that despite a lull in form, they are still well-placed. Vipraj Nigam is out, with Madhav Tiwari coming in.

The trend in the IPL has been of teams with in-form players winning the IPL, and with the crowd being electrifying throughout, it gives them great pleasure to come and play here. Important to tick the boxes right, he mentions. Results, obviously count, but also important to stick to your routines and processes, he concludes. Same batting line-up for PBKS.