Purani Delhi-6 vs East Delhi Riders, 40th T20I — Delhi Premier League

Who will win PD vs EDR?

Cric First AI picks Purani Delhi-6 · confidence 60/100

• PD won the toss, chose to bowl; EDR bats first under lights.
• PD sit 2nd with 11 points from nine games this season.
• Aryan Gaur smashed 75(42) and 65(37) in his last two knocks.
• Arun Jaitley: 183 average first-innings score, 175 chasing, this DPL season.

Sources agree on form lines and conditions but split on the ideal toss call at this venue.

Result: EDR won by 10 runs. Prediction missed.

Toss and conditions

Purani Delhi-6 won the toss and chose to bowl first; East Delhi Riders bat first. PD also chose to bowl when these two met earlier this season at the same ground.

Sends Arpit Rana and Sujal Singh out first, leaving Aryan Gaur's chase for later under dew.

94% humidity and heavy cloud raise dew odds, which should ease PD's chase for Aryan Gaur later.

Key factors

Projected score and key matchup

First innings: 182-190 (chasing) — Venue's healthy first-innings average points to a target near 180, well within PD's reach if Gaur fires.

Arpit Rana v Pankaj Jaiswal: Rana's been EDR's most reliable scorer; Jaiswal is PD's leading wicket-taking threat with the new ball.

Players to watch

Head-to-head and form

Historic meetings have swung EDR's way on big chases, but PD arrive with the stronger 2026 form line.

Purani Delhi-6: PD sit 2nd with 11 points from nine games, fresh off a 20-run win.

East Delhi Riders: EDR's five points undersell them after a seven-wicket win over Outer Delhi Warriors.

The story so far

Purani Delhi-6 walk in on a high, having beaten North Delhi Strikers by 20 runs with Aryan Gaur crashing 75(42) alongside Dev Lakra's 66(40) as they posted 211/6; that result has them sitting second on the table with 11 points from nine games. East Delhi Riders occupy the lower half with five points but arrive off a confident seven-wicket win over Outer Delhi Warriors. The two sides have already met once this season at Arun Jaitley, where PD again chose to bowl first and Arpit Rana anchored a fifty-plus stand — a pattern that suggests PD's team think-tank trusts its bowling unit to defend, not just chase, at this ground.

Arun Jaitley's own numbers complicate the toss logic: this DPL season has averaged 183 batting first against 175 chasing, a mild lean toward posting rather than pursuing. PD going against that grain suggests they're banking on 94% humidity and thick cloud cover producing dew later, which would blunt East Delhi's spinners and hand Aryan Gaur a cleaner chase. The contest's pivot sits in two match-ups: Pankaj Jaiswal, PD's most consistent wicket-taker, against an in-form Arpit Rana at the top, and Ashish Meena's three-wicket burst potential against PD's middle order once the ball is in hand second time around.

The chase: PD need 119

With only 119 on the board and a fast, humid Kotla surface, Purani Delhi-6 hold a clear advantage in this chase.

A modest 119 on a fast, humid Kotla night is firmly in the chasing team's favour, especially with dew likely to kick in. Purani Delhi-6 just need one small partnership at the top to take the sting out of this.

Conditions: Fast & bouncy Kotla track, 94% humidity and broken clouds — dew could ease the chase further.

• Target only 119 after EDR folded to 118/6 in 10 overs.
• Fast, bouncy Kotla surface plus high humidity points to easy chase.
• PD's top order has the strike-rates to finish this inside 15.

Aryan Gaur v Mayank Yadav: Whoever wins the first three overs between Gaur and Mayank likely decides how comfortable this 119-chase becomes.

• Early wicket for EDR changes the equation instantly on this total.
• Gaur getting starts but not finishing has been a recurring issue.
• Rohit Yadav's recent form makes his overs a gamble either way.