IPL 2025, PBKS vs DC Live: Faf du Plessis Leads Delhi as Shreyas Iyer Returns; DC Opt to Bowl in Jaipur

IPL 2025, PBKS vs DC Live: Delhi Capitals captain Faf du Plessis won the toss in the IPL 2025 match with Punjab Kings and elected to bowl first at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

The match will be a big one for Punjab as the franchise aims to make its way into the top two slots for IPL 2025 playoffs.

Delhi skipper Axar Patel does not play in the last clash against Mumbai Indians as his absence was due to a bad flu. In his absence, the franchise's ace batsman, Faf du Plessis led. Patel also misses out in today's match due to apparent sickness.

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In the IPL history, both teams competed against each other 34 times, while Punjab is ahead in the rankings with 17 wins against Delhi's 16. One of the matches has no result.

It will be interesting to see today if Delhi completes the score or if the Kings extend their lead over their rivals.

In today's match, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer will be in the spotlight. This season's right-hander also became the very first captain to lead three franchises in the playoffs. The 30-year-old had previously captained Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals to the playoffs.and Delhi Capitals to the playoffs.

Iyer showing impressive captaincy skill, has also made big contributions with the bat this year. In 12 IPL 2025 matches, the right-hander has amassed 345 runs which includes 4 half centuries. He narrowly missed out on getting a well-deserved hundred against Gujarat Titans by just three runs. Shreyas was able to score an unbeaten 97 off just 42 balls, included 5 fours and 9 sixes.

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PBKS vs DC, IPL 2025: Full Squads

Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera, Mitchell Owen, Kyle Jamieson, Vishnu Vinod.

Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul, Mustafizur Rahman, Sediqullah Atal, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Kuldeep Yadav, T. Natrajan, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.

PBKS vs DC, IPL 2025: Confirmed Playing XI

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatuallah Omarzai, Harpeet Brar, Arshdeep Singh.

Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis (C), Sediqullah Atal, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukesh Kumar.

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