IPL 2022: DC vs PBKS – Match preview, prediction and Fantasy XI

Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings will face each other in their next match of IPL 2022. The DC vs PBKS match of IPL 2022 takes place on April 20 (Wednesday) at Brabourne, CCI. Let’s have a look at the match preview, prediction and Fantasy XI.

DC vs PBKS: Match Preview

Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in last match. DC did bat first and RCB scored 189-5. Glenn Maxwell smashed a fabulous knock of 55 runs and Dinesh Karthik scored an unbeaten 66 runs. Delhi Capitals opener David Warner piled up 66 runs for the team and Rishabh Pant later hit 34 runs. Most of the batters lost their wickets cheaply and DC could only reach 173-7 in 20 overs.

Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last match of IPL 2022. They did bat first and PBKS was bowled out for 151. Umran Malik had scalped 4-wicket haul and Bhuvneshwar Kumar hunted 3 crucial wickets. Liam Livingstone played a good knock of 60 runs. From SRH, Abhishek Sharma scored 31 runs for the team. Rahul Tripathy added 34 runs. Aiden Markram smashed an unbeaten 41 runs and Nicholas Pooran smashed unbeaten 35 runs.

DC vs PBKS: Match prediction

Delhi Capitals did lose their previous game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore and is currently at the eighth position in the points table with two wins in five games. Anrich Nortje might be back in the XI if he is fit as the other bowlers conceded a lot in the previous fixture. Punjab Kings lost their previous game against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both the teams are almost at a same level and it’s going to be an intensely competitive match.

DC vs PBKS: Fantasy XI

David Warner from Delhi Capitals smashed 131 runs in this tournament so far and can make a good impact once again here.

Prithvi Shaw  from Delhi Capitals stacked 176 runs in this tournament so far and will be among the crucial picks for this game.

Liam Livingstone from Punjab Kings hammered 224 runs and taken 2 wickets in this tournament so far.

Kagiso Rabada  from Punjab Kings scored 38 runs and picked up 6 wickets in this tournament so far.

Shikhar Dhawan from Punjab Kings mustered 205 runs in this tournament so far and will be a top pick for this match as well.

Axar Patel has made some great contributions with the bat that includes a match-winning knock of 38 runs off 17 deliveries in the first match against MI.

Kuldeep Yadav picked 11 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 14.72, an economy of 8.23, and a strike rate of 10.7.

Rahul Chahar has taken 9 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 19.22, an economy of 7.20, and a strike rate of 16.

Rishabh Pant made 144 runs at an average of 36 and a strike rate of 146.93. He’s a good pick.

Shardul Thakur in 5 matches picked 4 wickets and mustered 70 runs, this makes him a descent pick.

Mayank Agarwal in 5 matches scored 84 runs and is leading Punjab Kings. Hopefully, he’ll make an impact.

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