PBKS vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025: Punjab Kings 85/0; Arya, Prabhsimran eye quick start against Delhi Capitals – Sportstar

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Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals lock horns in Dharamsala in the IPL.
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the IPL 2025 match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala.
Natarajan. OUT! Priyansh is gone. Slower delivery, Priyansh tries to play the cross, get an outside straight short third. 
Kuldeep again. SIX! Arya has absolutely smoked this one! He steps out and goes over long-on for a 96-metre maximum. The umpires are changing the ball after that hit. SIX! Arya steps out again, and this time goes much straighter down the ground to make it two sixes in two balls in this over. Arya miscues the pull next ball, but it lands safely in the midwicket region. FOUR! This is played with soft hands by Prabhsimran, who beats the fielder at point and finds the boundary. 
Prabhsimran seems to have hurt his hamstring while running and is now being checked by the physios. Tucked away through the leg-side by Prabhsimran for another single, and he brings up his 28-ball fifty. Thirteen runs from the over and Punjab on the charge. 
Madhav Tiwari into the attack. FOUR! Wide outside off, Prabhsimran swings at it and ends up slicing it behind point and finds the boundary. FOUR! This is deliberately and cunningly done. Played with soft hands by Prabhsimran, and he finds the third-man rope. A couple more for Prabhsimran as he guides this through to backward point. Punjab brings up 100 runs in just 8.5 overs. 
Kuldeep Yadav into the attack. A misfield at deep square-leg allows Prabhsimran to come back for a second. This one is going down leg-side, and called wide. Beaten! Arya steps out, but is beaten in flight, and gets an inside edge past the keeper for a single. Cut off the back foot by Prabhsimran for a single. FOUR! Switch-hit unfurled, and Arya finds the boundary behind square-leg. Ten runs from the over, and Punjab is off to a rollicking start. 
Axar continues. SIX! Arya goes on the back foot, and just clears long-off for a maximum. Arya brings up his second IPL fifty, off 25 balls. 
T. Natarajan into the attack to bowl the last over of PowerPlay. He starts off with his trademark slower delivery, and Prabhsimran gets a single. Natarajan beats Arya on two consecutive deliveries, getting the ball to move away from the left-hander. Short and slow, and slapped by Prabhsimran to mid-on. Good work in the deep by debutant Madhav Tiwari to keep it down to a couple of runs. 
Axar Patel into the attack. FOUR! Prabhsimran shimmies out, gets to the pitch of the ball and carves it through covers for a boundary. Outside edge next ball, and Prabhsimran gets an outside edge lookin to push the ball and collects three runs. SIX! On leg-stump, and Arya slog sweeps this over backward square-leg for another maximum. That’s 15 runs from the over. 
Chameera continues. Pulled away by Arya, and excellent piece of work in the field by Rizwi at midwicket to keep it down to a dot ball. SIX! This is pulled in front of square by Arya for a stunning six. A couple more for Arya as he pushes this through extra-cover. FOUR! Lucky runs for Arya. Inside edge, and the ball runs away to the boundary off the thigh. SIX! Arya brings out the pull shot again, and clears wide long-on on this occasion. Fifty up for the Kings in just four overs. 
FOUR! Too straight from Starc, and Prabhsimran whips this to the midwicket boundary off his pads. A couple of dot balls to follow, as Starc first digs in a bouncer, and then pitches it on a good length. FOUR! Lucky boundary. Prabhsimran swung across the line, and the ball went off the inside edge, missing leg-stump on the way to the boundary. Starc comes around the wicket. FOUR! Too full and driven through the covers by Prabhsimran for a third boundary this over. 
Dushmantha Chameera from the other end. Beaten! Angles away from Arya, who has a waft at it and misses. Tucked to square-leg by Arya for a single. Shortish, and Prabhsimran guides this behind point for a single. Shortish again, and flicked to deep square-leg by Arya for one more. Steered behind point again by Prabhsimran for another single. The buzzer goes off as Chameera oversteps, and that’s a no-ball. Arya to face the Free Hit. FOUR! Yorker length, but Arya manages to pick it over cover-point and he finds another boundary. 
Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh make their way to the middle. Mitchell Starc will begin proceedings with the ball. 
Starc comes over the wicket to Arya. FOUR! Back-of-a-length delivery on the pads and tucked away to the fine-leg boundary by Arya. FOUR! This is short and wide, and punched over cover by Arya for consecutive boundaries. On leg-stump again, back-of-a-length, and tucked back to the bowler by Arya for a dot ball. Fuller, and Aryan opens the face of the bat to run it through point, but the fielder dives and stops it; just a single. Prabhsimran also tucks this to fine-leg for a single to get off the mark. Full on leg-stump and pushed o mid-on by Arya for another single to end the over. 
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan
Punjab Kings wins the toss and opts to bat against Delhi Capitals.
“We are going with the same batting lineup,” says Shreyas Iyer. 
“Madhav Tiwari comes in for Vipraj,” reveals Axar Patel. 
Toss at 8:15 PM IST
Start time – 8:30 PM IST
Inspection going on right now. 
There will be a ground inspection at 8 PM IST. Stay tuned for further updates. 
“Drizzle has stopped. Ground staff have brought on the rollers to remove water from the covers,” our reporter in Dharamsala tells us. 
The covers are intact. The rain continues and so does the wait. “Heavy drizzle now,” pings Anish. 
Toss has been delayed due to rain. 
“Covers coming on again,” our reporter, Anish Pathiyil, tells us from Dharamsala. 
Batting 1st: Abishek Porel, Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
Bowling 1st: Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar/T Natarajan, Dushmanta Chameera.
Impact Player options: Dushmanta Chameera/Faf du Plessis, Darshan Nalkande, Tripurana Vijay, Sameer Rizvi.
Batting 1st: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett.
Bowling 1st: Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Azmatullah Omarzai, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Player Options: Prabhsimran Singh/Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Azmatullah Omarzai, Yash Thakur.
The drizzle has stopped for now and the covers are coming off. 
Our reporter at the venue tells us that there is a light drizzle in Dharamsala currently. 
Matches played: 4
Punjab Kings won: 2
Delhi Capitals won: 2
Last result: Delhi Capitals won by 15 runs (May, 2023)
A Punjab Kings win will increase its chances to finish in the top two. For Delhi Capitals, a loss will mean it will have to rely on the other results to go its way to stay alive in the playoff race. 
Matches played: 33
Punjab Kings won: 17
Delhi Capitals won: 15
Tied: 1
Last result: PBKS won by 4 wickets (March, 2024)
With the Indian Armed Forces striking terror targets across the border, and airlines halting operations in some parts of northern India till May 10, questions swirled around the fate of Punjab Kings’ upcoming home fixture against Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala.
However, even as the situation evolves, the game is set to go ahead as per schedule.
And under the lights on Thursday, PBKS and DC will meet in a contest that will have major implications on their playoff chances.
Read Anish Pathiyil’s preview: 
PBKS vs DC, IPL 2025: Under the lights on Thursday, Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals will meet in a contest that will have major implications on their playoff chances.
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey, Musheer Khan, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash, Mitchell Owen. 
Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Darshan Nalkande, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari, Sediqullah Atal. 
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