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After losing their respective previous games, the Wicketkeeper Captains will now look to get back to winning ways in the 11th match of IPL 2021.

For a change, bowlers have started dominating at Wankhede! The last two matches have been a total contrast to what we usually see at this ground. Delhi Capitals were blown away by a Unadkat special. The top-three Delhi batters recorded single-digit scores and their  innings was rescued by their Captain (51 off 32 balls), he was all set to give the perfect finish to his side but got run-out at the wrong time and Delhi Capitals finished 147/8 in their 20 overs.

Delhi bowlers had a terrific start with the ball and at one time, they had Royals 42-5. After that Miller came and gave the RR old Killer-Miller vibes in his 62 off 43 balls, Chris Morris showed his Million-dollar worth in hitting 36 off 18 balls to get his side the win. Jaydev Unadkat was adjudged man of the match for his performance.

Punjab Kings also had a very similar start but this time around there was no magic recovery as no other batter rubbed shoulders with Shahrukh Khan (47 off 36 balls) who was the best performer for the Kings. They could just manage 106 runs in their 20 overs. In their bowling department, Shami got two gifted wickets from CSK in an otherwise terrible game for Punjab.

Key Players to Watch/Key Stats

Delhi Capitals

• Shikhar Dhawan –  Dhawan has 733 runs from 24 innings vs PBKS at an average of 34.9. If we consider Fantasy prospective, he has been part of the dream team on both occasions so far.
• Prithvi Shaw –  Shaw missed out in the last game. Against Kings XI he has 47 runs from 5 innings at an average of 9.4.  The way this season IPL has gone so far, players with sub-standard records against certain opponents have done well so far, so you never know.
• Ajinkya Rahane – Rahane averages 32.5 against Kings with 455 runs from his 17 innings. His further goes up to 44.6 while batting second. He needs runs with Steve Smith waiting for a chance.
• Rishabh Pant – Pant has 144 runs from his 9 innings at an average of 18. With the captaincy responsibility, he would look to up the ante when he comes Kings this time around.
• Marcus Stoinis – Stoinis has a good history of performing against his previous team. Also, guess what, he was part of the Kings’ camp earlier. While playing against them he has 3 wickets and 136 runs from 4 innings at an average of 68. 
• Ravi Ashwin – Ashwin has the number of Universe Boss. In T20 he has dismissed him 8 times so far. Against Kings, he has 18 wickets from his 17 innings.
• Chris Woakes –  As we wrote in our previous preview, Woaksey will be one to watch out for and he was been brilliant so far. Against Kings XI, he has 6 wickets from his 3 innings.
• Kagiso Rabada – After returning to the playing 11, Rabada will be eager to get his favourite Purple Cap back. While playing against Kings, he has 8 wickets from his 5 innings.

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Punjab Kings

• KL Rahul – KL has 211 runs against Delhi at an average of 22.7 from his 7 innings. If KL scores, Punjab does well. Onus will be on him to lead his side after a one-sided loss.
• Mayank Agarwal –  Surely just a matter of time until he is back among the runs. He will be a good choice of C/VC in Grand Leagues. In 8 matches against Capitals, he has 166 runs with an average of 20.75.
• Chris Gayle – Universe Boss averages 43.5 against Delhi with 479 runs from 15 innings. He has smashed DC all over in the IPL. His battle with Ashwin will be key.
• Nicholas Pooran – Nicky P has scored back-to-back ducks, but that does not necessarily mean that he is out of form. He will be a good pick in Grand Leagues teams. In 2 innings he has 53 runs at an average of 26.5. 
• Deepak Hooda – Hooda is batting at a crucial position. Against Delhi, he has 96 runs from his 6 innings at an average of 17.85 but these records have come batting lower down the order.
• Mohammad Shami – Shami has 8 wickets from his 4 innings vs DC at a strike rate of 11.4. He was not entirely impressive in the last match, and still got 2 wickets. So, watch out for him.

Stats and Facts

• Overall Played 26 | DC Won 11 | PBKS Won 15
• Jaydev Unadkat bowled 3 overs in the powerplay for the first time since IPL 2011.
• Both the captains got run-out in the last match.
• Arshdeep Singh – Arshdeep has bowled once against Delhi and was not among the wickets.
• Murugan Ashwin – Murugan Ashwin just has 1 wicket from his 4 innings against Delhi.

Predicted Playing XI

Anrich Nortje will be returning in action in place of Tom Curran. Nortje has bowled just once against Kings and did not get any wickets.

Delhi Capitals: 1. Prithvi Shaw, 2. Shikhar Dhawan, 3. Ajinkya Rahane, 4. Rishabh Pant (c & wk), 5. Marcus Stoinis, 6. Chris Woakes, 7. Ravichandran Ashwin, 8. Lalit Yadav, 9. Kagiso Rabada, 10. Anrich Nortje, 11. Avesh Khan

Punjab Kings: 1. KL Rahul (c & wk), 2. Mayank Agarwal, 3. Chris Gayle, 4. Deepak Hooda, 5. Nicholas Pooran, 6. Shahrukh Khan, 7. Jhye Richardson, 8. Murugan Ashwin, 9. Riley Meredith, 10. Mohammed Shami, 11. Arshdeep Singh

Wankhede Mumbai Pitch Report and Conditions

This pitch report is from PBKS vs CSK.

Ian Bishop in his pitch report said “We have a fresh pitch for today’s game. There’s a nice green tinge. I think it will be a good surface, it may not have as much seam movement and may not be as tacky. What we have seen in the last game here is good skills from the pacers where the Rajasthan bowlers took the pace off the ball, bowled cutters, and hit good lengths with it. You can use that or you can do what Delhi did, they bowled that nice hard length into the surface, swung and seamed the ball and that worked for them. The dew starts to fall in the back-end of the contest and yorkers will have to come in big time if you are a bowling side”.

Fantasy Nuts need to check the pitch report before the toss to find which deck is being used.

Dream11 Prediction

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Match Prediction

PKBS has a better record on paper but Delhi looks better team overall, and we back them to win.

Written by Shekhar Singh. Follow Shekhar on Twitter today.