As the IPL 2025 playoff race heats up, Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Delhi Capitals (DC) face off in a high-stakes encounter at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala, on Thursday evening. With just two points separating the teams and limited time left in the league stage, both sides will be pushing hard to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Set in the cool, high-altitude conditions of Dharamsala, the match promises an intense battle. PBKS enter the game with momentum after an impressive batting display at this very venue against Lucknow Super Giants. On the other hand, DC are desperate to bounce back from a three-match winless streak, having only secured one point from a recent rain-affected game.

Predicted Playing XIs:

Punjab Kings (PBKS):

• Priyansh Arya
• Prabhsimran Singh
• Shreyas Iyer (c)
• Josh Inglis (wk)
• Shashank Singh
• Nehal Wadhera
• Marcus Stoinis
• Azmatullah Omarzai
• Marco Jansen
• Yuzvendra Chahal
• Arshdeep Singh 

Impact Sub: Vijaykumar Vyshak
 

Delhi Capitals (DC):

• Faf du Plessis
• Abishek Porel
• Karun Nair
• KL Rahul (wk)
• Axar Patel (c)
• Tristan Stubbs
• Ashutosh Sharma
• Vipraj Nigam
• Mitchell Starc
   
• Dushmantha Chameera
• Kuldeep Yadav

Impact Sub: T Natarajan
 

Full Squads:

Punjab Kings (PBKS):
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 (DC):
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