IPL 2025: Under the captaincy of Akshar Patel, Delhi Capitals started in season 18. The team had won the initial 4 matches continuously, after which it seemed that Delhi could become the first team to make a place in the playoffs. But after this, the team continued to rise up and down in the points table, then after the postponement of IPL, Mitchell Starc returning home proved to be a big setback for Delhi. Delhi won its last match of the season by 6 wickets against Punjab Kings on Saturday.

Delhi Capitals bought India’s Tej T Natarajan for IPL 2025 for Rs 10 crore 75 lakh, the team would have spent such a huge amount because he would expect Natarajan that he would be his important bowler. A bowler can put a maximum of 4 overs in T20, but the bowler who bought Delhi in such a huge amount, he did not even take 4 overs in the entire season.

T Natarajan scored 18 balls in IPL 2025

Delhi Capitals also bought Mitchell Starc with T20 Natarajan, fans felt that both of them would be the main fast bowlers of the team. Stark even bowled brilliantly, but due to the postponement of IPL, he had to return home and he did not return again. Talking about Natarajan, he put only 3 overs throughout the season. He played only 2 matches and put 3 overs in a single match.

T Natarajan spent 3 overs against Gujarat Titans in the match played on 18 May, in which he scored 49 runs from an economy of more than 16. He proved to be very expensive, Delhi Capitals lost this match badly by 10 wickets. Sai Sudarshan scored an unbeaten 108 and Shubman Gill scored 93 not out.

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Delhi Capitals won 7 matches in 14 matches and lost 6 matches, one match was inconclusive. With 15 points, Delhi finished its journey at the fifth position in the points table. In the last match played on Saturday, Sameer Rizvi played the match winning innings for Delhi. He scored an unbeaten 58 runs in 25 balls. Delhi won the target of 207 runs in 19.3 overs and won by 6 wickets.

Questioning teams in IPL 2025 playoffs

Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.

Pbks vs dc pitch report: Today, an important match will be played between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. Today, we can get the first team to qualify in the playoffs of IPL 2025, but the weather in Dharamshala is impaired and it can add to the fun of the game. The effect of weather will also be seen on the pitch. Let us report you with the weather report and tell which team will win the playoff ticket today.

How will today’s weather be in Dharamshala?

Today, on May 8, the possibility of rain in Dharamshala is up to 65 percent. The toss will be 7 o’clock and during this time the chances of rain will increase to 70 percent. It is certain that the match will definitely be affected by rain, it is expected that today the match should be held because today a team will win the playoff ticket.

Pitch report of Dharamshala Stadium

The pitch of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium is helpful for batsmen. The effects are seen here, but after the rain, the pitch here can help the bowlers. It will not be easy to play the shot here after the rain, the outfield can also be slow. However, the field is small, which lives in favor of batsmen. Spinners can get good help here as compared to fast bowlers. If more than 180 runs were scored here in the first innings, the team that chased the target will be difficult.

How is the IPL record of HPCA Stadium

A total of 14 matches of IPL have been played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium in Dharamshala. Here the team that batting first has won 9 times and the first bowling team has won 5 times. The biggest score in this stadium is 241, which was made by RCB against Punjab last year.

The most successful run chase on this ground is 178 runs, which was achieved by Deccan Chargers in 2010 15 years ago. The biggest personal score is 106 runs, which was scored by Gilchrist in 2011. Amit Mishra took 4 wickets here in 2011 for 9 runs, which is the best spell.

Which team will become the first team to qualify in IPL 2025 playoffs

Today is an important match for Punjab Kings, because the team captained by Shreyas Iyer defeated Akshar Patel & Team, then it will become the first team to reach the playoffs of IPL season 18. Right now there are 15 points after 7 wins in 11 matches of Punjab, if won today, the team will get 17 points.