Delhi Capitals (DC) will face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 48th match of the Indian Premier League-2018. The match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi at 7:30 pm. Both teams will clash with them for the first time this season.
Both teams have played against each other 11 times at Arun Jaitley stadium. Kolkata have won 5 matches and 5 matches. When one match was canceled due to rain. Kolkata has not won here for 8 years. The team won the last win in the 2017 season. Then played 3 matches, all Delhi won.
Delhi Capitals have won 6 out of 9 matches so far in IPL 2025 and are fourth in the points table with 12 points. Kolkata Knight Riders have 7 points in 9 matches and are seventh.
Match Details, 48th Match DC VS KKR Date- 29 April Stadium- Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Time: Toss- 7:00 pm, match start- 7:30 pm
The same distance of three matches in the Head to Head
Delhi and Kolkata have a record of winning each other in the IPL. So far, a total of 34 matches have been played between the two teams. Kolkata have won 18 in 18 and Delhi in 15 matches. When one match was canceled.
KL Rahul has scored 3 Fifty this season
Delhi's top order is the highest scorer for Better KL Rahul team. Rahul has scored 364 runs in the last 8 matches at a strike rate of 146.18. He has hit 3 fifty in the meantime. Abhishek is the second number. In the last 9 matches of Porel's bat, the strike rate of 153.33 has dropped 253 runs. Kuldeep is 12 wickets in the last 9 matches. Kuldeep is the top wicket tech of the team.
Ajinkya Rahane's top scorer of Kolkata
Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane is the top scorer of the team. Rahane has scored 271 runs in 9 matches played so far this season. Varun Chakraborty is the highest wicket for the team taking 11 wickets in 9 matches.
Pitch report Arun Jaitley's stadium pitch will be best for batters. There have been a total of 92 matches in the IPL so far. The first of these batting teams have won 44 matches while the chase team has won 47 matches. One match was undisputed. The highest team of this stadium is 266/7, which was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad last season against Delhi Capitals.
Weather condition There will be a lot of heat in Delhi on the day of the match. There is no possibility of rain at all. The temperature here will be 28 to 39 degrees Celsius on April 29. The wind speed will be 13 km / h.
Both teams' potential playing-12 (including impact player) Delhi Capitals (DC): Akshar Patel (Captain), Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Triston Stubs, Viparaj Nigam, Mitchell Stark, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar and Dushmantha Chamira, Ashutosh Sharma.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Sunil Narayan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rowman Pavel, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Aurora, Chetan Sakaria and Varun Chakravi.
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