Delhi Capitals will take on Kings XI Punjab in the second match of IPL 13 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai tonight. 

Both Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab will look to kick off their campaigns on a winning note. Delhi Capitals who reached play-offs last season have a team of young and talented players. Shreyas Iyer led them very well in IPL 2019 and this time he will be more confident to lead this team.

In the batting Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, and Iyer will be the key while in bowling Kagiso Rabada will be the leader along with R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma.

On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab too will look for a bright start under new captain KL Rahul who has been the best batsman of IPL for the last two seasons. He will have Glenn Maxwell, Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, and Nicholas Pooran for the support in batting.

In the bowling department Punjab have T20 specialist Chris Jordan, experienced Mohammad Shami, and Sheldon Cottrell who will be playing his first IPL and in spinners, they have a lot of options in Mujeeb ur Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchit, K Gowtham, M Ashwin and young sensation Ravi Bishnoi. 

All the major stats and facts ahead of the second match between Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab in Dubai : 

Head to Head :

Matches - 24

Delhi Capitals won - 10

Kings XI Punjab won - 14

12 - KL Rahul will become the 12th player to captain Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League. 

100 - Rishabh Pant needs to hit six more sixes to become the first batsman to hit 100 sixes for Delhi Capitals in the IPL. 

100 - Amit Mishra needs 3 more wickets to become the first bowler to take 100 wickets for Delhi Capitals in the IPL. 

2000 - KL Rahul needs 23 more runs to complete 2000 runs in the Indian Premier League. 

5000 - Ajinkya Rahane needs 12 more runs to achieve the milestone of 5000 runs in T20 cricket.