Axar Patel-led Delhi Capitals (DC) will be aiming for an improved batting effort in the middle overs when they face Ajinkya Rahane’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.
Delhi Capitals have struggled with their top-order performance and batting against spinners at their home ground. Despite Abishek Porel showing good timing in the previous match, he couldn’t convert it into a substantial score, while Faf du Plessis’s return from injury was rusty and Karun Nair failed to make an impact.
KKR, meanwhile, have managed just seven points so far and are placed seventh in the standings, having failed to collect any points from their last three matches, including two losses and a no-result.
Rahane will be desperate to arrest the slide and keep their playoff hopes alive, with another defeat making the task tougher. Their batting lacks a settled look, with Quinton de Kock and Rahmanullah Gurbaz being rotated in the opening slot alongside Narine, while the side has relied heavily on Rahane and youngster Angkrish Raghuvanshi to score runs. Bowling has been another area of concern, with KKR failing to break opening stands, allowing teams to post big totals – as seen in the last game where PBKS added 120 for the opening wicket.
DC vs KKR: Pitch Report
The pitch which was used for RCB’s match was two-paced. It will be interesting to see what will be in store for this fixture. In the last few matches, the pitches at Kotla has been a bit tricky, completely different from what it was in the last season.
DC vs KKR: Predicted XIs
Delhi predicted XI: Abhishek Porel, Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Triston Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma
Impact Sub: Mukesh Kumar
KKR predicted XI: Rahamanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Impact Sub: Angkrish Raghuvanshi
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DC vs KKR: Weather update
Expect a hot and dry evening in Delhi for the DC vs KKR match, with no significant threat of rain. Dew could become a factor later in the game.
DC vs KKR: Livestreaming details
The DC vs KKR match will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi. The match will start at 7:30 pm. The match will be telecasted on Star Sports Network and live streaming will be on JioHotstar.
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DC vs KKR squads
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (c), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Dushmantha Chameera, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Chetan Sakariya.
