Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals, 64th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Dream start for Punjab

Warner dismissed by Livingstone for a first-ball duck! Sarfaraz Khan initially took the strike but Warner decided to face the first ball instead. And he ends up slicing it to Chahar at backward point.

Toss and teams:

Mayank Agarwal wins the toss and PBKS will bowl first. Punjab are unchanged while DC make two changes - Khaleel Ahmed replaces Chetan Sakariya while Sarfaraz Khan comes in for KS Bharat.

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner, Sarfaraz Khan, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed.

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Mayank Agarwal (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

Build-up

Punjab Kings have 12 points, as do Delhi Capitals. There is a lot riding on this game, with the winner having a very good chance of reaching 16 points and finishing in the top four. There is also the possibility of four teams finishing with 16 points, which will bring the NRR into play in such a scenario. Deepu Narayanan has detailed them here.

Coming to this match, there are plenty of similarities between PBKS and DC. Not only have they got similar points, neither of them have won two games on the bounce in IPL 2022 pointing to familiar inconsistency. Meanwhile, Both Punjab and Delhi are coming into the contest on the back of resounding wins. This clash is also the one between two of the most aggressive batting line-ups of this season. Delhi and Punjab are the top-two sides respectively with the highest Powerplay run-rate this season. DC also have the best boundary percentage (20.6) while Punjab are third on that list (19.1). Approximately seven per cent of both the teams' runs have come in sixes. Here's the full preview by Purnima Malhotra.