TATA IPL 2025 - Match 58 - Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) - Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: May 8
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TATA IPL 2025 - Match 58 - Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) - Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: May 8
Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the TATA IPL - Indian Premier League, Match 58 - Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC), which will be played on the 8th of May at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala.
Match 58 - Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) (Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala)
Current Form Punjab Kings:
Punjab Kings are currently placed at the 3rd position on points table with 7 wins and 3 losses to their credit.
The NRR for Punjab Kings is 0.376.
The top run scorer for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League is Prabhsimran Singh with 437 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League is Arshdeep Singh with 16 scalps under his belt.
Punjab Kings have won their previous match against Lucknow Super Giants by a huge margin of 37 runs.
Punjab Kings batted first and they posted a total of 236 for 5 in 20 overs. Priyansh Arya got out without troubling the scorers much. After his dismissal, Prabhsimran Singh and Josh Inglis went all guns blazing. They smashed 91 and 30 runs respectively. Shreyas Iyer and Shashank Singh also contributed healthily as Punjab Kings once again entered the 200+ club in the tournament.
During the chase, Lucknow Super Giants lost top 3 batters cheaply including Nicholas Pooran. Rishabh Pant also continued his bad form in the tournament and got out after a score of 18. Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad smashed the bowlers to all parts and collected quick runs but failed to win the game for LSG as they eventually fell short by 37 runs.
Current Form Delhi Capitals:
Delhi Capitals on the other hand are currently placed at the 5th position on points table with 6 wins and 4 losses to their credit.
The NRR for Delhi Capitals is 0.362.
The top run scorer for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League is KL Rahul with 381 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League is Mitchell Starc with 14 scalps under his belt.
The previous match of Delhi Capitals against Sunrisers Hyderabad was washed off due to rain and the points were shared between both the teams.
In their last outing, Delhi Capitals lost against Kolkata Knight Riders by 14 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and they posted a total of 204 for 9 in 20 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine got their team off to a flier. Gurbaz made 26 while Narine scored 27 runs. Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi also chipped in with knocks of 26 and 44 runs respectively. The real boost to the innings was provided by Rinku Singh, who smashed 36 runs off 25 balls to help Kolkata Knight Riders get to a tall total of 204 in their innings.
During the chase, Delhi Capitals got off to a terrible start and they were reduced to 60 for 3 in the 7th over with majority of their key players back into the pavilion. Axar Patel then changed the outlook of the game with a brilliant knock of 43 runs in 23 balls. Once he got dismissed, wickets kept falling in regular succession and Delhi Capitals couldn't really make a comeback. Sunil Narine bowled exceptionally well. He picked up 3 wickets for 29 runs to help restrict Delhi Capitals to 190 for 9 in 20 overs, as Kolkata Knight Riders won the game by 14 runs.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Delhi Capitals
KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari
Punjab Kings
Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Punjab Kings
Who will win?- Punjab Kings
Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Priyansh Arya (Punjab Kings), KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Yuzvendra Chahal (Punjab Kings), Vipraj Nigam (Delhi Capitals)
Most Sixes – Priyansh Arya (Punjab Kings), KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals)
Player of the Match- Priyansh Arya (Punjab Kings)
Team Scores Batting first – Punjab Kings 190+, Delhi Capitals 180+
Match Handicap: Punjab Kings
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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