IPL 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals
In the 41st match of IPL 2021, Delhi Capitals will take on Kolkata Knight Riders for an amazing contest. Delhi Capitals are almost through the PlayOffs whereas Kolkata Knight Riders have to win their last 4 matches to make it to the Playoffs. Besides this, Delhi Capitals is placed at the second position in the points table and Kolkata Knight Riders are still in the top four.
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Head to Head Record
Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders has always been a close encounter because of the two teams with the strongest lineups.
- Matches Played: 27 matches
- DC Won: 12 matches
- KKR Won: 14 matches
- Tie: 0 matches
However, this time Delhi Capitals have a chance to get this record in their favour because of their team strength.
Dubai International Cricket Stadium Record
The pitch can slow down into a rolling and spinning one, mixed with some rough and low bounce spells aimed into the pads.
- Matches Played: 95
- Matches won by Batting first team: 38
- Matches won by Chasing team: 56
- No Result: 1
Kolkata Knight Riders
After losing a nail biter against Chennai Super Kings, the road to PlayOffs has become tougher for Kolkata Knight Riders. They have just won 4 matches out of the 10 that they have played. For them, now every match will be a do or die as if they lose another one then it will be tough for them to qualify for the next round.
Predicted Playing XI
Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Eoin Morgan
(C), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson
Bench Strength
Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Tim Southee.
Players to watch out
The young guns are performing exceptionally well for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Along with them, Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell can prove to be dangerous for Delhi Capitals. Their mystery spinners, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy have also performed well in their previous matches.
Delhi Capitals
With 8 wins in 10 games, Delhi Capitals has been the first team this season to qualify for the playoffs. However, they still need to finish well so that they get two chances to qualify for the finals of IPL 2021. The Rishabh Pant led team has been doing well this season and will be looking forward to new challenges.
Predicted Playing XI
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (C and WK), Shimron
Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan
Bench Strength
Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Pravin Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Ben Dwarshuis, Kulwant Khejroliya,
Players to watch out
The South African pace duo of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje has been the key for Delhi Capitals. Besides them, a strong middle order of Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer showed their class in the last game against Rajasthan Royals. Apart from them, their openers have also done well for the team in this IPL.
Final Prediction
The Delhi Capitals have been the team to beat this season. Their lineup has been one of the best and they have dominated every opposition this IPL. On the other hand, Kolkata is having a journey of Ups and Downs this season as their team hasn’t done well. So we predict that Delhi Capitals will beat Kolkata Knight Riders comfortably and will get the “Q” in front of the name in the points table which means “Qualified for the Playoffs”.