Why Axar Patel Is Not Playing For DC vs PBKS In IPL 2025 For 2nd Consecutive Match – Explained

Captain of Delhi Capitals, Captain Faf du Plessis, won the draw and chose to play in his Indian Premier League match against the kings of Punjab here on Saturday. Karun Nair, who was appointed on Saturday in the Indian team for the test of tests in England, returned to the DC playing XI. Regular captain Axar Patel no longer plays. While Faf du Plessis did not disclose the details on the reason why Axar missing again, he had missed the previous DC match against the Mumbai Indians because he was “really sick”. This match took place on May 21. He had a flu. It is very likely that he did not recover.

PBKS has already qualified for the playoffs with eight victories in twelve games and is currently third in the points table. They beat the Royals of the Rajasthan in the previous match and wish to obtain a place in the Top 2 with a victory here.

On the other hand, the DC is eliminated after the defeat against the Indians of Mumbai in the previous match. They will be eager to end their season on a positive note.

“We are going to have a bowl. I think that today is 50-50. Just the composition on the side. We play an additional shot. It helps continuing. We were very frustrating. We started well. Launch.

“Really happy faces. I am not satisfied and satisfied. We want to take momentum from here. Each individual performs for the team. The work halfway for the moment.

Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (C), Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (W), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh.

Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis (C), Sediqulah Atal, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs (W), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukesh Kumar.

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