Delhi Capitals, who are second on the points table, have had an advantage over the Punjab Kings in the last five games of the Northern Derby.
Punjab Kings have blown hot and cold in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as they have lost four games, but have lost quite convincingly and have won three games, two of them beating two of the top four sides currently, the Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. While their Sunday's opponents Delhi Capitals have been flying high with five wins out of the seven games they have played.
The Delhi Capitals have enjoyed a little dominance over the Punjab Kings in their last five encounters, winning three of them, one of them came earlier this season. The Delhi side will have the advantage going in into the Sunday game being the form side.
Head-to-head: 27 games; PBKS - 15, DC - 12
The Punjab Kings and the Delhi Capitals have faced each other 27 times in the 13 seasons since the inception of the IPL in 2008 and the Kings have won 15, while the Delhi Capitals have won 12 of the 27 encounters.
The Delhi Capitals won the first encounter of this season as they chased down 196 runs pretty comfortable with 10 balls remaining. Shikhar Dhawan led Delhi Capitals' reply after Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul's twin 60-plus scores. He starred with an innings of 92 runs off 49 runs after a blazing start by Prithvi Shaw who scored 31 runs off just 17 balls.
Virender Sehwag leads the most runs list
Former Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings batsman Virender Sehwag is the leading run-scorer in the PBKS vs DC clashes with 330 runs. He is followed by the former Punjab Kings batsman David Miller, who has 322 runs to his name against the Delhi side.
Sandeep Sharma is the leading wicket-taker
Former Punjab Kings pacer Sandeep Sharma is the leading wicket-taker in the PBKS vs DC clashes with 14 scalps. Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan, who has played for both sides also has 14 wickets to his name in this fixture and current Delhi Capitals left-arm spinner Axar Patel, who has also played for the Punjab Kings has 13 wickets to his name.
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