Axar Patel has not been named in the team for Match 66 between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Delhi Capitals (DC), taking place at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on May 24.
PBKS have already qualified for the IPL 2025 playoffs and will be looking to secure a win to move to the top of the points table. On the other hand, DC are out of the tournament and will aim to finish their campaign on a high by winning their final league match.
Toss Update
DC skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bowl first. He stated that the team has included an extra batter to strengthen the batting as they are aiming to finish at the fifth spot in the IPL 2025 points table. Meanwhile, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer acknowledged that the job is not yet complete for his team and emphasised the importance of seizing every possible opportunity as the race for top-two heats up.
Yuzvendra Chahal misses out for PBKS
Axar Patel continues to sit out due to illness, which means Faf du Plessis stood in once again as the captain for Delhi Capitals. DC have brought in Sediqullah Atal and Karun Nair while leaving out Abishek Porel. For PBKS, Josh Inglis and Marcus Stoinis returned to the playing XI while Yuzvendra Chahal, Mitchell Owen, and Xavier Bartlett miss out for the clash against DC.
What did the captains say?
Faf du Plessis, DC captain
We will have a bowl. I think today it is 50-50. Just the make up of the side. We are playing an extra batter. It helps while chasing. It has been very frustrating. We started well. Then went on a roller coaster. We have played enough T20 cricket to understand. We played well in the last game for the first 17 overs. Then lost focus. We are playing for the fifth spot. We had our goals to get into top four.
Shreyas Iyer, PBKS captain
Defintely happy faces. I am not satisfied and content. We want to build momentum from here. Each and every individual is performing for the team. Job half done as of now. Important to stay in the present and seize every possible chance. Inglis and Stoinis come back into the side.
Playing 11s
Punjab Kings
Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh
Impact Subs: Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Kyle Jamieson, Xavier Bartlett
Delhi Capitals
Faf du Plessis(c), Sediqullah Atal, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukesh Kumar
Impact Subs: KL Rahul, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurna Vijay, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Darshan Nalkande
