After CSK, SRH, PBKS were knocked out of IPL 2025 playoffs race, only 7 teams are in the contention for the playoffs. Check the IPL playoffs format, and qualification scenarios of 7 teams here
MI who were initially set to land in Dharamsala today, but their travel was put on hold after the IPL began discussions about relocating the match
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) Playing 11 Prediction: DC are expected to try some changes against PBKS in the hope of getting back into the top four on the points table
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (In IPL since 2023): Avg 1st Inns score - 209/6, Lowest Total Defended - 167, Highest Target Chased - 188; 200+ Totals: 3 times in 5 matches | Sixes Per Match - 21
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Delhi Capitals sit fifth in the table, having secured six wins and suffered four losses from eleven matches.
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Currently, PBKS is in third spot on the points table with 15 points, and a washed-out match will take them to 16 points in 12 matches
The toss for the IPL 2025 match between PBKS and DC will take place at 8:15 PM IST
Following India's strikes on Pakistan and PoK, airports across North India, including Dharamsala, have been shut till May 10. The Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians match is scheduled for May 11.
According to Arun Dhumal, the IPL chairman, the Thursday evening fixture between PBKS and DC is currently scheduled to go ahead.
The closure of the local airport has made air travel impossible, and the nearest alternative, Chandigarh airport, is also shut
Check the team rankings of RCB, PBKS, MI, SRH, KKR, LSG, DC, CSK, RR, GT on IPL 2025 points table. Virat Kohli is currently holding the orange cap while purple cap is with GT's Prasidh Krishna
Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting revealed it was skipper Shreyas Iyer's tactical call to promote Josh Inglis to number 3 to counter Lucknow Super Giants' tearaway pacer Mayank Yadav. To everyone's surprise Inglis, who has batted mostly in the middle order this season, walked in during the very first over after opener Priyansh Arya fell cheaply and immediately set the tone for PBKS' innings. The Australian wicketkeeper-batter smashed a 14-ball 30, which included four sixes -- three of them coming in successive deliveries off Mayank in the second over. "It was actually a move that the captain came up with," Ponting told the media after PBKS' 37-run win. "He thought on that sort of pitch, against that bowling attack, that it would be the right thing to, if a wicket fell early, to send Inglis in. We felt that Mayank would bowl early on. If you look at the way he bowls, he generally bowls reasonably short. And that's one of Inglis' great strengths, as you saw tonight. Those pull .
On a balmy late Sunday evening, Arshdeep Singh did what he does best -- swing it in favour of Punjab Kings with three top-order wickets against Lucknow Super Giants. And he doesn't want to look too far ahead as staying in the present has yielded rich dividends for him. "I am just enjoying the present. We are just taking it day by day," Arshdeep said after his 3 for 16 stopped LSG on its tracks during a tough chase of 237 in an IPL match. Arshdeep has now taken 16 wickets from 11 games and is third in the leading wicket-takers' list behind Prasidh Krishna (19 wickets) and Josh Hazlewood (18 wickets) this season. "For a change, there was movement in the starting overs. I really enjoyed it. In the second innings, it gets colder and the temperature drops down and it swings a bit," Arshadeep spoke about the high-altitude venue on the lap of the spectacular Dhauladhar mountain range. Arshdeep is happy that he could account for all three in-form batters of LSG in Mitchell Marsh, Aiden ..
Punjab Kings, with this win, have jumped to the number two spot in the points table with 15 points
Punjab Kings surpassed their own record of 232 runs vs RCB in IPL 2011 to take second spot on the list
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Rajat Patidar-led RCB are currently the favourites to become the first team to book their place in the playoffs of IPL 2025 as CSK and RR bow out of contention
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Playing 11 Prediction: LSG are expected to try some changes against PBKS in hopes of getting back into the top four of the points table