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
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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
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The pitch at Dharamsala has historically proven favourable for stroke-makers. The surface offers good bounce and carry, making it conducive to free-flowing strokeplay
In matches between PBKS and LSG, Lokesh Rahul and Marcus Stoinis lead the run charts with 107 runs each
The Punjab Kings have secured Owen's services for INR 3 Crores as a replacement for Glenn Maxwell, who was ruled out due to a finger injury.
The fight for the top four is fierce, particularly among the leading teams. At least three franchises remain in contention to surpass the 20-point mark.
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Team captain Shreyas Iyer confirmed Maxwell's injury during the toss ahead of their clash against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on April 30, revealing that the Australian cricketer had sustained an injury
Punjab Kings' hat-trick hero Yuzvendra Chahal revealed that he relied on his instincts and tweaked his line after observing that the pacers' slower balls were gripping the surface during their IPL clash against Chennai Super Kings. The leg-spinner, who conceded 23 runs in his first two overs, came back to deliver a game-changing penultimate over. He first dismissed MS Dhoni (11) and then went on to claim the wickets of Deepak Hooda (2), Anshul Kamboj (0), and Noor Ahmad (0) -- sealing his second IPL hat-trick in spectacular fashion. "I knew Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni) was there, so was (Shivam) Dube. But I had a feeling that I would get a wicket in this over. I didn't think much whether they would hit me for six, I just planned to bowl my best and keep changing my lines, Chahal said in a post-match interaction with skipper Shreyas Iyer, in a video posted on the IPL website. Chahal finished with figures of 4/32 as CSK were bowled out for 190 in 19.2 overs, slipping to a four-wicket defeat
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined INR12 lakh for maintaining a slow-over rate during his team's win over Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League here. "As this was his team's first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Shreyas Iyer was fined INR 12 Lakh," an IPL media advisory stated on Thursday. Iyer and Prabhsimran Singh scored fluent fifties after Yuzvendra Chahal's hat-trick as Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by four wickets to eliminate the five-time champions from the play-off race here on Wednesday.