Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to bowl first against Punjab Kings in Mumbai. Steve Smith and Lukman Meriwala were included in the playing XI for the first time in the season by Delhi while Jalaj Saxena came in for Murugan Ashwin for Punjab. Both DC and PBSK come into the match looking for their second win of the season. KL Rahul hits his 23rd IPL fifty in this match in 45 balls. This one has been a little slow. An interesting thing also happens during this match birthday boy KL Rahul missed a milestone of completing 5000 runs in T20 format by one run.
Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings suffered their first loss of the Indian Premier League 2021 season in their last match. Punjab Kings were completely outplayed by Chennai Super Kings while DC suffered a narrow loss to Rajasthan Royals. Both teams will look to rectify the errors when they on each other at the Wankhede Stadium.
