Delhi Capitals have gone a step nearer to a spot within the IPL 2022 playoffs with an emphatic 17-run defeat over Punjab Kings on Monday (Might 16). This triumph propelled DC to the fourth place within the staff standings and as their web run charge is on the optimistic facet, a win towards Mumbai Indians of their final league-stage fixture is more likely to see them finish within the high 4.
With the essential matches approaching, DC would need their gamers to be match and in type. Following the sport towards PBKS, DC skipper Rishabh Pant was requested concerning the health standing of Prithvi Shaw, who had missed the previous few video games on account of typhoid. Though the opener was discharged earlier than the PBKS conflict, he didn’t discover a place within the enjoying XI.
DC would need Prithvi Shaw’s availability for playoff matches
“I feel he’s 50/50. We’ll know in just a few days’ time,” stated Pant on Shaw’s availability. In the meantime, in Shaw’s absence, DC tried KS Bharat as an opener alongside David Warner however that transfer didn’t a lot dividends. In the meantime, Sarfaraz Khan opened the innings towards PBKS and scored a fiery 16-ball 32. Nonetheless, he’s anticipated to make means for Shaw as soon as the latter regains health.
In the meantime, that is the primary time DC have received successive video games this season. The observe was on the slower facet as DC have been restricted to a paltry 159/7 of their allotted 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh was the main contributor with the bat as he scored 63 runs. PBKS’ chase was derailed by spin twins Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav within the center overs. Pacer Shardul Thakur completed with a four-fer as PBKS fell quick by a good margin.
“All through the match we have now been dropping one, and profitable one recreation. That’s one thing we needed to alter as a staff and we acquired it,” acknowledged Pant after the sport. In the meantime, DC’s final league-stage recreation is towards Mumbai Indians on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday (Might 21). It will be a digital knockout conflict for Rishabh Pant’s males they usually should go away no stones unturned to emerge victorious.
