PBKS vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025: Rain threat looms in Dharamsala as Punjab Kings faces Delhi Capitals – Sportstar

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Updated : May 08, 2025 19:01 IST
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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.
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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