Credit: BCCI/IPL
Punjab Kings (PBKS) will play Delhi Capitals (DC) in match 64 of the IPL 2023 at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. This match will be a must-win game for Punjab to stay in contention for the playoffs race, and although Delhi are already getting knocked out from the IPL 2023 playoffs race, have pride on stake to finish on a good note in this IPL season.
The last time when these two sides faced each other, PBKS defeated DC by 31 runs with the help of a spin web constructed by Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar, who ended up picking six wickets together for their side and notably, Prabhsimran Singh went on to record his maiden IPL hundred at Delhi.
Numbers and Stats ahead of PBKS vs DC game:
1 - Axar Patel needs one more wicket to surpass Anrich Nortje and become the third-highest wicket-taker for DC in the IPL.
Most wickets for DC in the IPL:
Amit Mishra - 106
Kagiso Rabada - 76
Anrich Nortje / Axar Patel - 50
2 - Sam Curran needs two more sixes to complete the milestone of smashing 100 sixes in T20 cricket.
2 - Punjab Kings have won two out of three matches against Delhi Capitals in the IPL at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.
PBKS vs DC in the IPL at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala:
2011: PBKS won by 29 runs
2012: DC won by 6 wickets
2013: PBKS won by 7 runs
3 - Arshdeep Singh needs three more wickets to surpass Mohammed Shami and become fourth highest wicket-taker for PBKS in the IPL.
Most wickets for PBKS in the IPL:
Piyush Chawla - 84
Sandeep Sharma - 73
Axar Patel - 61
Mohammed Shami - 58
Arshdeep Singh - 56
3 - Shikhar Dhawan needs three more sixes to complete the milestone of smashing 150 sixes in the IPL.
Most sixes by an Indian batsman in the IPL:
Rohit Sharma - 255
MS Dhoni - 239
Virat Kohli - 229
Suresh Raina - 203
Robin Uthappa / Sanju Samson - 182
Ambati Rayudu - 170
KL Rahul - 168
Yusuf Pathan - 158
Yuvraj Singh - 149
Shikhar Dhawan - 147
17 - David Warner needs 17 more runs to surpass his own record for having the most runs against an opponent in the IPL.
Most runs against a team in the IPL:
David Warner - 1075 vs KKR
David Warner - 1059 vs PBKS
Shikhar Dhawan - 1057 vs CSK
Rohit Sharma - 1040 vs KKR
Virat Kohli - 1030 vs DC
50 - Arshdeep Singh will be playing his 50th match in the IPL.
53.75 - Shikhar Dhawan averages 53.75 with the bat in T20s at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. Dhawan has scored 215 runs from six innings in T20 cricket at that venue.
Most runs by a batsman in T20s at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala:
Shaun Marsh - 334
Adam Gilchrist - 295
Tamim Iqbal - 233
Shikhar Dhawan - 215
Rohit Sharma - 205
Dhawan played only one IPL match at the HPCA Stadium which was in 2011 against PBKS.
Dhawan won the Player of the Match award for his brilliant contribution of 95*(57) for the Deccan Chargers vs Punjab Kings match in 2011 at Dharamsala.
