Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Delhi Capitals in the 47th match of the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens Kolkata on Monday. KKR would have been disappointed after losing their last game against Punjab Kings despite putting on a par score of 261 runs on the board.
Delhi Capitals have found a fresh lease of life since Jake Fraser-McGurk has made his IPL debut. The Australian scored a scintillating knock of 84 off just 27 balls against Mumbai Indians.
We take a lot at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Delhi Capitals: W W L W W
DC have been doing a fine job in the last five matches and must have grown in confidence with their consistent performances. Tristan Stubbs’ form is also a huge positive for the team whereas Rishabh Pant continues to lead from the front.
Kolkata Knight Riders: L W L W L
Kolkata Knight Riders’ batters have done a decent job but their bowlers need to back them. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine batted at their best in the previous game against PBKS and they will look to give another good start against DC.
Head to Head: Matches: 34, Won by KKR: 17, Won by DC: 16, Abandoned: 1.
Players to watch out for: Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, and Tristan Stubbs will be the crucial players for DC.
Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, and Sunil Narine will hold the key for KKR.
KKR Squad: Shreyas Iyer, Phil Salt, K.S. Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford (WI), Manish Pandey, Andre Russell (WI), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine (WI), Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc (AUS), Dushmantha Chameera (SL), Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG).
DC Squad: Rishabh Pant, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui, Shai Hope, Prithvi Shaw, Harry Brook, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara, David Warner, Pravin Dubey, Axar Patel, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Sumit Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jhye Richardson, Rasikh Salem.
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