In the 48th match of the IPL 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (DC vs KKR) will be played on Tuesday evening (April 29) at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. It will be their first meeting this season.

Delhi Capitals are in the fourth position in the IPL 2025 points table with 12 points after nine games, recording six wins and three losses. Meanwhile, the seventh-placed Kolkata Knight Riders, the defending champions, are struggling with seven points after nine games, recording three wins, five losses, and a no-result in their last fixture. While DC won only once in their last three games, KKR are winless in their last three matches, including a no-result.

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IPL 2025, Match 48: DC vs KKR - Playing XIs Status

Delhi Capitals’ main bowlers, Mitchell Starc and Kuldeep Yadav, have struggled in the last few matches, as other bowlers’ support is very much required. Meanwhile, DC batters are producing a lack of big knocks. However, against the struggling KKR, DC are unlikely to make any big changes.

Defending champions KKR are on the back foot. Their batting is the major issue, while the battle between South African Quinton de Kock and Afghan Rahmanullah Gurbaz is still on. KKR batters are failing to play good knocks, and Andre Russell’s weak batting form makes the situation worse for them. Also, there is a special question for KKR: Can we see Anrich Nortje once again? 

IPL 2025, Match 48: DC vs KKR Probable Playing XI

Delhi Capitals Predicted Playing XI: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, Tristan Stubbs, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (Captain), Ashutosh Sharma/Mukesh Kumar (Impact Sub), Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera 

Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI: Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Rinku Singh, Vaibhav Arora/Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Impact Sub), Venkatesh Iyer, Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje/Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakravarthy.