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Zimbabwe all-rounder and Punjab Kings batter Sikandar Raza<\/a> lauded Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana<\/a> and said the young pacer is much more trickier to read than Sri Lanka great Lasith Malinga<\/a>. Sikandar said that Pathirana, who is playing in the IPL 2023 for Chennai Super Kings, is more trickier bowler than Malinga as his bowling action comes lower. “Pathirana is a quality talent. I remember that [Lasith] Malinga was hard enough to face but Pathirana is just a bit trickier. His arm comes lower. Malinga was side on, I remember. On that wicket, with those cutters and his 145kph pace, you just didn’t know what’s coming. Alhamdulillah, to be able to score those runs! I was just trying to find a boundary so I was lucky to get those three runs. I hit it into a gap. I guess when it’s your day, luck favours you in weird ways,” the Zimbabwe player said.<\/p>\n Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shikhar Dhawan<\/a> won the toss and opted to bowl against Delhi Capitals (DC) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Delhi are already eliminated from the play-offs race and the wooden spooners will play for pride. On the other hand, a defeat against Delhi tonight won’t mean an end to Punjab Kings’ campaign but they’ll then have to heavily rely on other outcomes falling in their favour.<\/p>\n Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Atharva Taide<\/a>, Liam Livingstone<\/a>, Jitesh Sharma<\/a>(w), Sam Curran<\/a>, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar<\/a>, Rahul Chahar<\/a>, Kagiso Rabada<\/a>, Nathan Ellis<\/a> and Arshdeep Singh.<\/p>\n PBKS Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh<\/a>, Sikandar Raza, Matthew Short, Rishi Dhawan<\/a> and Mohit Rathee<\/a>.<\/p>\n Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner<\/a>(c), Prithvi Shaw<\/a>, Philip Salt<\/a>(w), Rilee Rossouw<\/a>, Axar Patel<\/a>, Aman Hakim Khan, Yash Dhull<\/a>, Kuldeep Yadav<\/a>, Anrich Nortje<\/a>, Ishant Sharma<\/a> and Khaleel Ahmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n DC Impact Subs: Mukesh Kumar<\/a>, Abishek Porel<\/a>, Ripal Patel<\/a>, Praveen Dubey and Sarfaraz Khan<\/a>.<\/p>\n