PBKS vs DC Dream11: Lineups, pitch report and score predictions for IPL 2026 match

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Punjab Kings have lost three straight after a brilliant six-win start this season.
• Delhi Capitals are virtually eliminated, with five losses in their last six games.
• A DC defeat on Monday could confirm their exit from the IPL 2026 playoffs.

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PBKS vs DC IPL 2026 at Dharamshala: Match Preview

Shreyas Iyer's side rattled off six wins from their first seven outings and looked every bit like genuine title contenders. Three consecutive defeats later, that early confidence has taken a visible knock.

Monday's match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala is a chance to stop the slide before it does lasting damage to their playoff hopes.

For Delhi Capitals, the situation is considerably grimmer. Four wins and seven defeats from eleven matches leave them with a maximum possible tally of 14 points, and the path to achieving even that requires winning every remaining game while hoping other results fall their way. They have lost five of their last six, and the confidence inside the camp is unlikely to be high. 

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PBKS vs DC: Predicted playing XI and starting lineups

PBKS predicted XI: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Barlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player- Vijaykumar Vyshak.

DC predicted playing XI: KL Rahul (wk), Prithvi Shaw, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Abhishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan 

Impact Player: Sameer Rizvi

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Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium: Pitch report for PBKS vs RR

The HPCA New Cricket Stadium is considered a balanced pitch, which helps both bowlers and batters. While fast bowlers get assistance from the surface with some early swing, batsmen can go all out if they survive the early onslaught. 

PBKS vs RR: Dream 11 Fantasy XI

Wicket-keepers: Prabhsimran Singh (vc), KL Rahul

Batters: Shreyas Iyer (c), Cooper Connolly, Nehal Wadhera, T Stubbs.

All-rounder: Marco Jansen, Axar Patel

Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi, Arshdeep Singh,

PBKS vs RR: Score Prediction and Winner

If PBKS bats first: 210-215 runs

If DC bats first: 200-210 runs

Match winner prediction: PBKS to win.

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