On Tuesday, April 29, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, the Delhi Capitals (DC) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will square off in a pivotal Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match. In terms of both teams’ chances of qualifying for the playoffs, it will be a crucial game.
Match Preview:
This will be their first meeting in the ongoing campaign, and both sides will be keen on returning to winning ways in today’s clash.
DC are coming in the back of a defeat by six-wickets at home to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, where Krunal Pandya played the starring role with the bat, scoring 73 runs in 47 balls and also taking one wicket as well to help the Bengaluru-based franchise to victory.
Meanwhile, KKR were unable to get a home win against Punjab Kings as the game was washed out due to rain. In their game before this, they lost to the Gujarat Titans by 39 runs as well. In fact, it has been 17 days since their last win, making it all the more necessary for the title-holders to get some points in order to keep their chances alive in the playoffs.
While KKR’s final match against PBKS was called off due to rain, forcing the reigning champions to split one point with PBKS, DC lost to RCB in their most recent game and dropped to third place in the points table.
Probable Playing XIIS:
Delhi Capitals XII (likely): 1 Faf du Plessis, 2 Abishek Porel, 3 Karun Nair, 4 KL Rahul (wk), 5 Axar Patel (capt), 6 Tristan Stubbs, 7 Vipraj Nigam, 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Dushmantha Chameera, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Mukesh Kumar, 12 Ashutosh Sharma/Mohit Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders XII (likely): 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Sunil Narine, 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 5 Venkatesh Iyer, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Rovman Powell, 8 Andre Russell, 9 Harshit Rana, 10 Vaibhav Arora, 11 Varun Chakravarthy, 12 Chetan Sakariya
Pitch and weather report:
There are occasions when we can witness a high-scoring track at Arun Jaitley Stadium, but in the most recent DC vs. RCB match, the pitch was somewhat dry, which led to the introduction of spinners into the match. We may anticipate a similar matchup in Delhi if the previous game is any indication.
Delhi is predicted to experience extremely warm weather, with daytime highs of 39 degrees Celsius and nighttime lows of about 26 degrees, according to Weather.com. Additionally, the humidity will be quite high, reaching the low-to-mid-thirties.
Head-to-head record:
Out of 35 matches played between them, KKR have emerged victorious 18 times, while DC have won 16 matches. One match between the two teams ended with no result.
Prediction:
It is not easy to predict who is going to win this crucial game but if KL Rahul can get his groove back then Delhi can win the upcoming game of the tournament.
Where to Watch:
India: Star Sports Network, JioHotstar
Australia: Kayo TV, FoxTel Go
Bangladesh: T Sports, Toffee app
New Zealand: Sky Sports NZ
South Africa: SuperSport
Sri Lanka: Dialog
UK: Sky Sports, SkyGo
USA: Willow TV
Afghanistan: ATN
MENA: Cricbuzz
