May 17 at the International Cricket Stadium Dharamshala has been lucky every time for the Punjab Kings. Kings XI Punjab have played their two matches on May 17-17 in Dharamshala out of the nine matches played so far in the IPL. So far, Punjab has won both these matches played on May 17. If you look at the IPL matches held in Dharamshala so far, the Punjab team has played nine matches. Of these, 16 and 18 April in 2010, 15 and 17 May in 2011, and 17 and 19 May in the year 2012, while in the year 2013, Punjab played matches on 16 and 18 May. Punjab has won five out of nine matches played in Dharamshala. In the match played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 17, 2011, in Dharamshala, the Punjab team scored 232 runs while batting first.
Adam Gilchrist scored a century in this match, while RCB, chasing the score, could only score 121 runs. And on May 17, 2012, there was a match between Punjab and Chennai Super Kings. Batting first in this, the Chennai team had given the target of 120 runs to Punjab after losing seven wickets. At the same time, the Punjab team, chasing a small score, won the match by scoring 123 runs and losing four wickets. And now after 10 years, on May 17, 2023, the Punjab Kings XI team will clash with the Delhi Capitals. However, going by past records, the Dharamshala ground has been lucky for the Punjab Kings and May 17 has been a lucky day.
(pc amarujala)
