The first game of Sunday’s doubleheader will see Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lock horns with Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Brabourne Stadium. While KKR will hope to strengthen their position at the top, Rishabh Pant and Co. will hope to return to winning ways.
Apart from the first game against Mumbai Indians, DC have struggled to find their combinations correct. While the batting has not fired as a unit, the bowling has not been up to the mark. Their star retention Anrich Nortje returned to action in the last game but looked miles away from his best.
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Veteran opener David Warner also didn’t fire on his return for Delhi and struggled to time the ball. They will hope to regroup and come out all guns blazing against KKR, who have won three out of four matches in IPL 2022 so far.
Speaking about the Knight Riders, the players have chipped in telling contributions whenever needed to take the side over the rope whenever needed. In their last fixture, Pat Cummins unleashed a carnage, hitting 56* off just 15 balls to rout Mumbai Indians. They will hope to carry the momentum and continue the winning run.
Match Details
Match 19: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Delhi Capitals (DC)
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date & Time: April 10, 3:30 PM IST
Pitch Report
So far, it has been an excellent pitch for batting. With the dew factor not expected to affect the day game, the captains might be tempted to bat first.
Predicted Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Sam Billings (wk), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Rasikh Salam, Varun Chakravarthy
Delhi Capitals (DC): Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh/Rovman Powell, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Anrich Nortje
KKR vs DC – Fantasy Team Prediction
Fantasy Team 1: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Prithvi Shaw (c), Andre Russell (vc), Axar Patel, Venkatesh Iyer, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakarvarthy
Fantasy Team 2: Rishabh Pant (vc), Shreyas Iyer, Rovman Powell, Prithvi Shaw, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Venkatesh Iyer (c), Lalit Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav
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