The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala is known for its batting-friendly surface, offering a good balance between pace and bounce. The pitch typically favors stroke play, and batters can expect even bounce, allowing them to play their shots confidently. Considering the recent matches played at this venue, high-scoring encounters have been common. Teams have posted substantial totals, and the pitch has assisted stroke-making. Given the batting-friendly nature of the pitch, the team winning the toss might opt to bat first, aiming to set a commanding total on the board.
Ground- HP Cricket Stadium, Dharmasala
Pitch Behaviour- Batting
Best Suited- Pacers + Swingers
Matches- 9
Average-175
Batting 1st Won- 5
Chasing Won- 4
Home Ground- Punjab Kings
This Venue: PKBS- 5/9 | DC- 1/3
Batting 1st Team Won- 4/8
Pacers:- 71 Wickets (8 Match)
2nd Inn- 37W || 1st Inn- 34W
RAF-70W || LAF- 1W
Spinners:- 20 Wickets
2nd Inn- 6W || 1st Inn-14W
ROB- 8W LBS- 4W, LAO- 8W
Last 3 T20I Matches at this Venue:(Last IPL at this venue was played in 2013)
SL: 146/5, IND: 148/4(16.4) (Pace: 8 Spin: 1)
SL: 183/5, IND: 186/3(17.1) (Pace: 6 Spin: 2)
NZ: 142/8, AUS: 134/9 (Pace: 9 Spin: 5)
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
IMPACT PLAYERS:-
Atharva Taide (LHB+LAO)
Kagiso Rabada (RAF)
Matthew Short (RHB+ROB)
Rishi Dhawan (RHB+RAM)
Harpreet Bhatia (LHB)
Wicket-Keeper
Prabhsimran Singh– 115 Runs (2 M)
1st- 12, 103
2nd- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 103, 12, 9, 42, 9, 26, 46, 4, 0, 0, 60, 23, 0, 2
Prabhsimran Singh: VS
Axar Patel: 16 R, 18 B, 0 W,
Mitchell Marsh: 17 R, 4 B, 0 W,
A Nortje:
Kuldeep Yadav: 42 R, 26 B, 0 W,
Khaleel Ahmed: 32 R, 21 B, 1 W,
Ishant Sharma: 18 R, 19 B, 1 W,
C Sakariya:
BATSMAN
Jitesh Sharma– 81 Runs (3 M) 131SR
1st- 32, 5
2nd- 44
1st Inn- 37 Avg || 2nd Inn- 23 Avg
•Venue- #
•Form- 5, 21, 49*, 21, 24, 25, 41, 2, 25, 4, 27, 21, 19, 12
Jitesh Sharma: VS
Axar Patel: 13 R, 15 B, 2 W,
Mitchell Marsh:
A Nortje: 6 R, 6 B, 0 W,
Kuldeep Yadav: 28 R, 21 B, 0 W,
Khaleel Ahmed: 16 R, 6 B, 0 W,
Ishant Sharma: 5 R, 4 B, 0 W,
C Sakariya: 5 R, 4 B, 0 W,
Shikhar Dhawan– 33 Avg (18 M) 557 Runs 140SR
1st Inn- 31 Avg (12 M) 369 Runs
2nd Inn- 38 Avg (6 M) 188 Runs
•Venue- 54 Avg (6 M) 215 Runs 127SR
1st- 95, 3, 2 2nd- 30, 3, 82
•Form- 7, 57, 30, 28, 1, 8, 99*, 86, 40, 3, 8, 7, 28, 3
Dhawan: VS
Axar Patel: 14 R, 14 B, 0 W,
Mitchell Marsh: (ODI): 52 R, 40 B, 0 W, (T20D): 16 R, 12 B, 0 W,
A Nortje: (ODI): 0 R, 2 B, 0 W, (T20I): 1 R, 1 B, 0 W, (T20D): 3 R, 5 B, 0 W,
Kuldeep Yadav: 34 R, 37 B, 2 W,
Khaleel Ahmed: 23 R, 26 B, 1 W,
Ishant Sharma: 36 R, 30 B, 2 W,
C Sakariya: 8 R, 7 B, 0 W,
Sharukh Khan– 35 Runs (4 M)
1st- 15, 4, 12, 4° 2nd- # •Venue- #
•Form- 2°, 21, #, 2, 6, 0, 7, 23, 22, 4, 11, 11, #, 0w, 46
All-Rounder
Liam Livingstone– 25 Runs (5 M) 83SR, 0W
1st- 14, 2, 5
2nd- 1, 3
•Venue- #
•Form- 4, 15+0w, 82*, 40+0w, 23+1w, 10+1w, 2+0w, 1+0w, 0w
L Livingstone: VS
Axar Patel: 2 R, 3 B, 1 W,
Mitchell Marsh:
A Nortje: (ODI): 22 R, 5 B, 1 W, (T20I): 1 R, 2 B, 0 W,
Kuldeep Yadav: (ODI): 6 R, 5 B, 0 W, (T20D): 1 R, 3 B, 1 W,
Khaleel Ahmed: 2 R, 5 B, 0 W,
Ishant Sharma: 15 R, 12 B, 2 W,
C Sakariya:
Sikandar Raza– 11 Runs (1 M) 0W
1st- 11*
•Venue- #
•Form- 11*+0w, 13+1w, 36+0w, 57+1w, 5, 1+0w, 16+1w, 18+2w
Sam Curran– 75 Runs (6 M) 6W 8.3EC, 18SR
1st- 1w1m | 2nd- 5w5m | 3m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 20+0w, 4+0w, 0w, 29+1w, 1w+21, 55+0w, 0w+10°, 3w+6
S Curran: VS
Axar Patel: 5 R, 5 B, 0 W,
Mitchell Marsh: 3 R, 3 B, 2 W,
A Nortje: (ODI): 8 R, 13 B, 2 W, (T20I): 1 R, 3 B, 0 W, (T20D): 6 R, 8 B, 0 W,
Kuldeep Yadav: 4 R, 7 B, 0 W,
Khaleel Ahmed: 27 R, 11 B, 0 W,
Ishant Sharma:
C Sakariya: 11 R, 4 B, 0 W,
BOWLER
Harpreet Brar– 5W (4 M) 27 Runs, 8.5EC, 20SR
1st- 0w1m | 2nd- 5w3m | 2m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 2+4w, 17*+1w, 0w, #, 0w, 2w+13, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1, 11+0w
Nathan Ellis– 2W (2 M
1st- # | 2nd- 2w2m | 1m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 2w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 17+4w, 2w, 20+1w, 1w
Rahul Chahar– 8W (8 M) 7.1EC, 24SR
1st- 1w3m | 2nd- 7w5m | 3m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w
Arshdeep Singh– 4W (5 M) 9.2EC, 22SR
1st- 3w2m | 2nd- 1w3m | 3m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 2w,
BENCH:-
Rishi Dhawan- 12 Runs (6 M) 1W
1st- 1w3m | 2nd- 0w2m | 4m- #
•Venue- 72 Runs (4 M) 4W, 8EC, 19SR
1st- 4w3m | 2nd- 1w1m | 1m- #
•Form- 0w, 19+0w, 1w, 1°, 0w, 39+0w, 0+1w, 45+1w, #, 27+4w
Kagiso Rabada- 1W (2 M) 9.8EC #EXP
1st- 1w1m | 2nd- 0w1m | 0m- #
•Venue- 0W (1 M)
1st- 0w1m | 2nd- # | 0m- #
•Form- 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w
Atharva Taide- #
•Venue- #
•Form-13, 66, 29, 4, 0, 11, 4, 51+0w
Matthew Short- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 27, 11, 8, 34+0w, 36, 1, 3+0w, 108*+0w, 0+1w, 0+0w
Gurnoor Brar- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 0w, 1w
Delhi Capitals
David Warner (C), Phil Salt, Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar
IMPACT PLAYER:-
Pravin Dubey (RHB+LBS)
Lalit Yadav (RHB+ROB)
Priyam Garg (RHB)
Rovman Powell (RHB+RAM)
Ripal Patel (RHB+RAM-F)
Wicket-keeper
Phil Salt– 21 Runs (1 M)
2nd- 21
•Venue- #
•Form- 21, 17, 87, 0, 59, 0, 5, 0, 25, 38, 35, 7, 12, 8, 22, 39, 1
Salt: VS
S Curran: 36 R, 35 B, 2 W,
L Livingstone:
Arshdeep Singh: 1 R, 1 B, 0 W,
K Rabada: 4 R, 6 B, 0 W,
Nathan Ellis: 26 R, 20 B, 0 W,
R Chahar:
BATSMAN
David Warner– 50 Avg (24 M) 1059 Runs 144SR
1st Inn- 63 Avg (12 M) 630 Runs
2nd Inn- 39 Avg (12 M) 429 Runs
•Venue- 28 Avg (4 M) 114 Runs 134SR
1st Inn- #
2nd Inn- 29, 79, 0, 6
•Form- 54, 0, 22, 2, 0, 21, 57, 19, 51, 65, 37, 56, 23, 36*
D Warner: VS
S Curran: (ODI): 19 R, 24 B, 0 W, (T20I): 2 R, 4 B, 0 W, (T20D):40 R, 39 B, 1 W,
L Livingstone: 0 R, 1 B, 1 W,
Arshdeep Singh: 59 R, 37 B, 0 W,
K Rabada: (ODI): 155 R, 124 B, 0 W, (T20I): 35 R, 32 B, 2 W, (T20D): 89 R, 51 B, 3 W,
Nathan Ellis: 15 R, 8 B, 0 W,
R Chahar: 62 R, 35 B, 0 W,
Rilee Rossouw– 5 Runs (1 M)
2nd- 5
•Venue- #
•Form- 5, 35, 35*, 8, 14, 0, 30, 42, 16, 10, 52, 13, 15, 121
R Rossouw: VS
S Curran: (T20I): 4 R, 4 B, 0 W, (T20D): 2 R, 1 B, 0 W,
L Livingstone:
Arshdeep Singh(T20I): 0 R, 5 R, 3 W,
K Rabada: 7 R, 3 B, 1 W,
Nathan Ellis: 17 R, 21 B, 2 W,
R Chahar: 5 R, 4 B, 0 W,
Manish Pandey– 29 Avg (24 M) 550 Runs 117SR
1st Inn- 20 Avg (8 M) 143 Runs
2nd Inn- 34 Avg (15 M) 407 Runs
•Venue- #
•Form- 0, 27, #, 1, 1, 34°, 21, 50, 26, 0, 0
Manish Pandey:VS
S Curran: 24 R, 24 B, 1 W,
L Livingstone:
Arshdeep Singh: 9 R, 10 B, 1 W,
K Rabada: 14 R, 16 B, 2 W,
Nathan Ellis: 1 R, 3 B, 0 W,
R Chahar: 24 R, 24 B, 1 W,
All-Rounder
Mitchell Marsh– 98 Runs (5 M) 127SR 2W, 8.3EC, 51SR
1st- 15, 63
2nd- 15, 2*, 3
1st- 2w3m | 2nd- 0w1m | 3m- #
•Venue- 39 Runs (2 M) 1W
1st- #
2nd- 15, 24
1st- 1w2m | 2nd- # | 1m- #
•Form- 3+0w, 5°+3w, 26+2w, 63+4w, 25+0w, 2+0w, 2w+0
Mitchell Marsh: VS
S Curran: (ODI): 20 R, 8 B, 0 W, (T20I): 20 R, 14 B, 0 W,
L Livingstone: 7 R, 9 B, 0 W,
Arshdeep Singh: 19 R, 8 B, 0 W,
K Rabada: (ODI): 27 R, 13 B, 1 W, (T20I): 23 R, 13 B, 0 W (T20D): 16 R, 9 B, 1 W,
Nathan Ellis: 40 R, 27 B, 0 W,
R Chahar: 9 R, 9 B, 1 W,
Axar Patel– 25 Runs (7 M) 117SR 10W 5EC, 16SR
1st Inn- 23 Runs (2 M)
2nd Inn- 2 Runs (2 M)
1st- 6w4m | 2nd- 4w3m | 0m- #
•Venue- 2 Runs (1 M) 0W
1st- # | 2nd- 0w1m | 1m- #
•Form- 1+1w, 21+2w, 8+0w, 27+0w, 29+1w, 2w+19*, 21+1w
BOWLER
Aman Khan– 16 Runs (1 M)
2nd- 16
•Venue- #
•Form- 16, 2*, #, 51, 4, 0, 18, 8, 4, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 14+1w, 0w
Kuldeep Yadav– 8W (7 M) 8.5EC, 16SR
1st- 5w3m | 2nd- 3w4m | 2m- #
•Venue- 0W (1 M)
1st- 0w1m | 2nd- # | 1m- #
•Form- 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w
Ishant Sharma– 7W (12 M) 8.5EC, 39SR
1st- 5w7m | 2nd- 2w5m | 8m- #
•Venue- 3W (3 M) 3.55EC
1st- 1w2m | 2nd- 2w1m | 1m- #
•Form- 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w
Khaleel Ahmed– 10W (8 M) 7.9EC, 18SR
1st- 5w4m | 2nd- 5w4m | 4m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w
Mukesh Kumar– 1W (1 M)
1st- 1w1m | 0m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w
BENCH:-
Pravin Dubey- 1W (1 M) 16 Runs
1st- 1w1m | 0m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 1w+16, 26+3w, 1w, 37*+0w, 2w, 4w, 33+0w, 0w
Lalit Yadav- 36 Runs (4 M) 2W 7.6EC, 21SR
1st- 2w3m | 2nd- 0w1m | 3m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 12+1w, 4*, 1w+4, 2+0w, 38, 17+1w, 29+2w, 3w, 59
Anrich Nortje- 1W (2 M) 7.7EC
1st- # | 2nd- 1w2m | 1m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w+24*, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w
Ripal Patel- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 10°, #, 23, 11*, 5, 1w, 4, 16, #, 17, 16, 6, #, 4, 25
Priyam Garg- 7 Runs (3 M)
1st- 0, 4
2nd- 3
1st Inn- 23 Avg || 2nd Inn- 11 Avg
•Venue- #