PUN vs DEL (Punjab vs Delhi), Match 29 - Match Information
Match: Punjab vs Delhi, Match 29
Date: 2nd May 2021
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Match Officials: Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (IND), Anil Dandekar (IND) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND), Referee: Shakti Singh (IND)
PUN vs DEL, Punjab vs Delhi Fantasy Tips & Predictions | The Fantasy Gully Show - Episode 29
PUN vs DEL, Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad is a balanced pitch. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 27 matches is 167 runs. The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad is a balanced one with decent assistance for both batters and bowlers on offer.
The pacers have earned 66% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea.
PUN vs DEL, Head to Head
In the 27 matches played between these 2 teams, Punjab have won 15 matches and Delhi have won 11 matches. Batsmen of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
PUN vs DEL Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
KL Rahul
With 331 runs in 7 matches, KL Rahul is the leading run getter this season and has given consistent fantasy points in all his 7 matches. Fantasy points scored by him read 132, 33, 89, 8, 84, 18 and 142.
Earlier in the reverse fixture this season, KL Rahul had scored 61 against Delhi and thus will be looking confident in this match as well.
He was seen to be struggling to bat at this venue earlier in the IND/ENG T20 series but with a classy 91* against Bengaluru in the last match, Lokesh Rahul has certainly got that monkey off his back.
With a Fantasy Gully rating of 9.9 he is the highest rated player for this fixture.
Shikhar Dhawan
With 311 runs Shikhar Dhawan is the leading run getter for Delhi and became the first player among all the players this season to score 300 runs. Consistency was the one thing which was missing from Dhawan in the last season but this season, he has given at least 40 fantasy points in 6 out of his 7 matches which proves that this season he is more consistent.
Earlier this season Dhawan had scored 92 against Punjab and thus he will be looking to repeat the same. In fact, his last 5 scores against Punjab read 92, 106*, 0, 56 and 30 which again proves that he can give loads of fantasy points against Punjab in this fixture as well.
A ground like Ahmedabad is perfect for someone like Dhawan as he hits more fours than sixes and since the dimensions are big at this venue, Dhawan can give a lot of boundary bonus as well.
Chris Gayle
With Mayank Agarwal injured and Prabhsimran Singh struggling with runs in the last match, Punjab can look at the option of opening with Gayle and if that happens, Gayle can give more returns as he will get to face more deliveries inside the powerplay and thus can dominate from the start.
Gayle has scored 157 runs in his last 4 matches against Delhi and thus has given an average of 45+ fantasy points in these matches.
He can be a good pick at this venue as hitting sixes here is not easy as the dimensions are big but someone like Gayle can make it look easy and thus can give a good boundary bonus.
PUN vs DEL Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Avesh Khan
With 13 wickets in 7 matches, Avesh is the leading wicket taker for Delhi this season. He has given consistent points throughout the season and is averaging 57 points per match this season.
So far Pacers have dominated this venue and have taken bulk of the wickets and this can certainly work in favor of Avesh Khan as he does bowl fast and hardly misses his line and length.
Since the ground dimensions are also huge, he can land up at least a wicket as he bowls in the middle and death and batsman tend to go after him a lot and end up getting caught in the deep.
Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Shami has taken 8 wickets in 7 matches this season and has given good fantasy returns in 5 out of these 7 matches. His points scored this season read 29, 40, 58, 7, -2, 67 and 62.
Earlier this season, Shami was wicketless in the match against Delhi, but barring that match in all his other 4 matches against Delhi in the Indian T20 league he had taken 8 wickets and thus gave an average of 50+ fantasy points in those matches.
Given that the Pacers are getting a lot of assistance on this surface, he can be the go-to bowler for this fixture.
Ravi Bishnoi
With two 2-wicket hauls in his 3 matches, Bishnoi has scored 50+ fantasy points in 2 out of his 3 matches and thus is looking in good rhythm.
He is coming from a very successful Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in which he took 11 wickets in 7 matches with being wicketless in just 1 match and thus guaranteed fantasy points in almost every match.
Given that he bowls leg spin he can be effective against the right handers (Shaw/Smith/Stoinis) of the Delhi batsmen and as far as bowling to the left handers (Dhawan/Pant/Hetmyer) is concerned, it was observed that that he bowls a lot of googlies to them and thus can be effective against left handers as well.
PUN vs DEL Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Lalit Yadav
Lalit Yadav has been a surprise package as in his recent 2 matches he scored 22 runs and took 3 wickets and has scored 76 and 66 fantasy points, respectively.
As context, he did have a great SMAT earlier this year in which he scored 152 runs with the bat and took 7 wickets in just 5 matches and thus averaged 70+ fantasy points per match in that series. Even if he performs half what he did in that series (as IPL is a different league all together than domestic), he can still end up with an upwards of 40 fantasy points.
His form can be summed up by the fact that he has given an average of 72 fantasy points in his last 10 T20 matches.
Axar Patel
With 5 wickets in 3 matches, Axar has given guaranteed returns in all his matches as fantasy points scored by him are 62, 29 and 72 and thus was part of the Dream team on all 3 occasions.
He will be facing his former team Punjab and it will be interesting as to how he performs as in his 3 matches against them he has taken 1/27, 1/14 and 2/22 and thus has been in sublime touch with the ball.
Talking about his batting, he is yet to bat this season, but he can be more than handy with the bat. Also, since this match is at Ahmedabad, he has a psychological advantage, and this could bring his best game with the bat if at all his batting arrives.
PUN vs DEL Dream11 Prediction: Top Players of the Last Match
The Top Point Getters for Punjab are Harpreet Brar with 157 match fantasy points. KL Rahul with 132 match fantasy points and Ravi Bishnoi with 76 match fantasy points.
The Top Point Getters for Delhi are Prithvi Shaw with 117 match fantasy points. Lalit Yadav with 76 match fantasy points and Axar Patel with 62 match fantasy points.
PUN vs DEL Dream11 Prediction: Captain and Vice-Captain
KL Rahul has an average of 65 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.91 and a medium XFactor.
Shikhar Dhawan has an average of 60 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.01 and a high XFactor.
Avesh Khan has an average of 67 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.65 and a medium XFactor.
Mohammed Shami has an average of 34 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.56 and a medium XFactor.
Ravi Bishnoi has an average of 55 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.21 and a medium XFactor.
PUN vs DEL Dream11 Fantasy Team Suggestion
Wicket-Keeper: R. Pant
Batters: S. Dhawan, P. Shaw and C. Gayle
All-Rounders: L. Yadav and A. Patel
Bowlers: A. Khan, M. Shami, R. Bishnoi, H. Brar and C. Jordan
Captain: S. Dhawan
Vice-Captain: A. Khan
PUN vs DEL (Punjab vs Delhi), Match 29 Preview
Match 29 of the "Indian T20 League, 2021" will be played between Punjab and Delhi (PUN vs DEL) at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad.
Punjab have played 7 matches in the series and they are currently ranked sixth on the points table, while Delhi have also played 7 matches in the series and they will be looking to strengthen their hold of the top spot.
In their previous encounter in this series, Shikhar Dhawan was the Man of the Match and Mayank Agarwal scored the highest fantasy points for Punjab with 102 match fantasy points while Shikhar Dhawan topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Delhi with 135 match fantasy points.
In the last match played by Punjab against Bengaluru, Punjab beat Bengaluru by 34 runs. The top fantasy player for Punjab was Harpreet Brar who scored 157 fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Kolkata, Delhi beat Kolkata by 7 wickets. The top fantasy player for Delhi was Prithvi Shaw who scored 117 fantasy points.