The toss of the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals at Dharamsala was delayed on Thursday due to rain. Punjab Kings need a win in this match to become the first team to qualify for the playoffs while Delhi Capitals will also look for a victory to keep them in contention.
So far, two matches of this season have already been washed out with Punjab’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden getting abandoned while Delhi Capitals match against Sunrisers Hyderabad was also called off.
What was predicted?
Early morning thunderstorms and afternoon showers have been marked on the forecast for Dharamsala on May 8, Thursday. However, no rain is expected later on in the evening when the temperatures will dip below 19 degrees Celsius as the skies are predicted to remain clear, according to Accuweather.com.
What happens if the rain washes out the fixture?
In case of a washout, both teams split one point each. This will mean PBKS will have 16 points from 12 matches while Delhi Capitals will also have 14 from the same number of matches. If the match goes on as scheduled, it’ll still have 60 minutes buffer time before overs are reduced.
A minimum of 5 overs is required to get a result with the cut-off time for this being 10.56 PM with the game needing to be finished by 12.06 AM on Saturday.
Squads:
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), 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(w), 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
