DC vs KKR Match Preview

On Thursday evening, the Delhi Capitals will face the Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 28 of the 2023 Indian Premier League. The Capitals are four points out of first place and have lost all five of their games this season. The Knight Riders are seventh with two wins in five games. So far in the tournament, the Delhi Capitals have been soundly defeated in all of their games. They need to improve their bowling attack to have a chance in this game. Kolkata Knight Riders have lost their last two games to Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, but we believe they have enough batting talent to win this match.

DC vs KKR Match Details

Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 28th Match

Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium – New Delhi

Date & Time: 20th April 2023 at 07:30 PM IST 

Live Streaming: Jio Cinema

DC vs KKR Venue Stats

Avg 1st inn score	177
Avg 2nd inn score	159
Win% batting 1st	48
Win% batting 2nd	52

DC vs KKR Pitch Report

You have to go back to 2018 to find the last time the par score was over 180 in T20s at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. There will be some assistance for the pace bowlers from the wicket.

DC vs KKR Weather Report

Partly cloudy conditions are forecast on Thursday evening in Delhi with the humidity levels increasing to 50% in the second innings of the match.

DC vs KKR Last Five Matches

DC ( Delhi Capitals )	W L L W W
KKR ( Kolkata Knight Riders )	L W L L W

DC vs KKR Head-to-Head Stats

	Matches Played	DC Won	KKR Won	Tie	NR
Overall	32	15	16	0	1
Last 5	5	3	2	0	0

Injury News

No Injury. Will be added when there is an update.

DC vs KKR Probable Playing XIs:

Delhi Capitals Probable Playing XIs

David Warner (c), Mitchell Marsh, Yash Dhull, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Aman Khan, Abishek Porel (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman

Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing XIs

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Narayan Jagadeesan, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Shardul Thakur, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy

Topmost Picks for DC vs KKR Dream11 Prediction:

Top Picks – Delhi Capitals

• Anrich Nortje – The South African pace bowler has gone wicketless in his last three appearances but took 2-39 in his first game of the tournament at this venue earlier this month.
• Manish Pandey – The middle-order batter top scored for Delhi Capitals against Royal Challengers Bangalore with 50 runs from 38 balls on Saturday.

Top Picks – Kolkata Knight Riders

• Venkatesh Iyer – In spite of finishing on the losing side against Mumbai Indians, Venkatesh Iyer still took the Player of the Match Award with six fours and nine sixes.
• Nitish Rana – The skipper made only five runs in the last match after hitting 45 and 75 in the previous two fixtures. He is a fine attacking batter.

Suggested Playing XI N0.1 for DC vs KKR Dream11 Team:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, David Warner(C), Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur(VC), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Suyash Sharma

Suggested Playing XI N0.2 for DC vs KKR Dream11 Team:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana(VC), Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Axar Patel, Mitchell Marsh(C), Anrich Nortje, Varun Chakravarthy

Captain and Vice-Captain Options:

Captain – David Warner, Mitchell Marsh

Vice-captain – Shardul Thakur, Nitish Rana

Wicketkeeper – Rahmanullah Gurbaz

DC vs KKR Probable Winners:

With Kolkata Knight Riders losing two in a row and Delhi Capitals losing all five of their matches so far in this campaign, both teams are desperate to get the win on Thursday evening. Anrich Nortje and Mustafizur Rahman have both underperformed for Delhi Capitals and they need to start producing more wickets to give their team a chance of success this year. With Venkatesh Iyer in excellent form, we are backing Kolkata Knight Riders to get the win in this game. Considering the team combination, Kolkata Knight Riders are expected to win this match.