The TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 is at the business end of the season, with Match No.55 set to be played by the Punjab Kings (PBKS) and the Delhi Capitals (DC), in the most picturesque stadium in world cricket, at the HPCA Cricket Stadium, Dharamshala. This is going to be a reverse fixture, and it is the first game at this venue.
The last time PBKS vs DC happened was a high-scoring affair, and Shreyas Iyer’s side chased down the highest-ever total in the history of the T20s. KL Rahul scored a brilliant 152 at the Arun Jaitely Stadium, and DC scored 264/3 in their 20 overs, while PBKS chased down 265 with 7 balls to spare in the game.
IPL 2026: PBKS vs DC Preview
Punjab Kings, since then, have come a long way and have lost three matches in a row. They will not like to lose another match and create a problem for their qualification scenario for the playoffs; they need just two wins in the remaining four matches, in order to seal the top 2 spot of the points table, and one to qualify tonight.
Delhi Capitals, after their loss to the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), have practically been eliminated from the league. Another loss tonight will seal their elimination, becoming the third team after Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and the Mumbai Indians (MI). DC had a brilliant start to their campaign, but once again, they failed to keep the momentum towards the middle phase of the league and the business end.
The PBKS vs DC clash has always been a high-scoring match, as both teams have some amazing batting prowess on their side. It was displayed the last time these two sides met. The two franchises in total have met 36 times, with PBKS having a slight edge, winning 18 games, DC winning 16, and one match has ended in a no result.
The pitch for the PBKS vs DC clash is set to be a batting paradise, as in recent IPL matches, the average first-innings score is 209 since 2023. Batting first is a preferable option as teams won four out of five games while batting first, despite the possibility of dew later in the evening.
PBKS vs DC Toss Result Today IPL 2026 Match 55
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl first. Axar Patel, “We will be bowling. That’s the thing that’s going right (winning the toss), in the matches, we haven’t won those crucial moments, either with bat, ball or in the field, otherwise we haven’t played that badly. We will play our brand of cricket and don’t worry about the result. Win or lose, we’ll look to play a good brand of wicket. It’s a fresh wicket, the new ball might do a bit and we want to let them bat first. Five changes for us.”
PBKS Playing XI vs DC Today IPL 2026 Match 55
Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Ben Dwarshius, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
DC Playing XI vs PBKS Today IPL 2026 Match 55
KL Rahul(w), Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel(c), Madhav Tiwari, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Auqib Nabi
PBKS vs DC Impact Players Today IPL 2026 Match 55
Punjab Kings Impact Players: Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Praveen Dubey, Xavier Bartlett
Delhi Capitals Impact Players: Sameer Rizvi, Vipraj Nigam, Ashutosh Sharma, Pathum Nissanka, Tripurana Vijay
