Another big match is waiting on Monday in the Indian Premier League 2024. This time there will be a clash between Delhi Capitals captained by Rishabh Pant and Kolkata Knight Riders captained by Shreyas Iyer. The match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
KKR vs DC Match Preview
The opening pair of Sunil Narine and Phil Salt have performed brilliantly for KKR this season. Both of them have scored runs at the rate of about 12 runs per over this season and have been the third fastest run-scoring pair. Thanks to Narine and Salt, KKR have scored around 11 runs per over in the powerplay and have been the second fastest run-scoring team in the powerplay. Salt has scored runs at a strike rate of 176 against fast bowlers and 138 against spinners. Andre Russell has scored 408 runs against PBKS at a strike rate of 200. This is their highest strike rate against any team in the IPL. Russell has hit 79 sixes so far at Eden Gardens and he is the batsman who has hit the most sixes on this ground.
Bowling has been a matter of concern in DC’s powerplay and KKR will look to take advantage of this. DC has taken the second-highest combined total of 14 wickets in the powerplay this season in nine matches. However, their average of 40.3 is the third worst average. Their economy in powerplay has been 10.46 which is the second highest. Jasprit Bumrah has taken 13 wickets this season and is the joint-highest wicket-taker.
KKR vs DC Match Details
| Series: | Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) |
| Match: | KKR vs DC 47th Match |
| Venue: | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Match Start Time: | 7:30 PM IST – Monday 29 April 2024 |
| TV Channel: | Star Sports |
| Live Streaming: | JioCinema app |
KKR vs DC Pitch And Weather Report
In all the matches that have taken place so far in Eden Gardens, Kolkata, we have seen big scores. Something similar can happen in the next match also. In the last match which was played at this venue, the Punjab King’s team had chased the target of 262 runs against KKR.
| Eden Gardens Stadium Pitch & Weather | |
| Temperature | 36 |
| Weather Forecast | Clear Sky |
| Pitch Behaviour | Batting-Friendly |
| Best Suited To | Pace |
| Average 1st innings score | 215 |
KKR vs DC Head-To-Head
| Total Match: | 33 |
| KKR Won: | 17 |
| DC Won: | 16 |
| No Result: | 0 |
KKR vs DC Dream11 Prediction H2H Team
| Roles | Players |
| Wicket-Keepers: | Rishabh Pant (C), Philip Salt |
| Batters: | David Warner, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer |
| All-Rounders: | Mitchell Marsh, Andre Russell (VC), Sunil Narine, Axar Patel |
| Bowlers: | Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana |
| Captain: | Rishav Pant |
| Vice-Captain: | Andre Russell |
KKR vs DC Dream11 Prediction Grand League Team
| Roles | Players |
| Wicket-Keepers: | Philip Salt, Rishab Pant, Shai Hope |
| Batters: | Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Jake Fraser McGurk (VC) |
| All-Rounders: | Sunil Narine (C), Axar Patel, Andre Russell |
| Bowlers: | Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana |
| Captain: | Sunil Narine |
| Vice-Captain: | Jake Fraser McGurk |
KKR vs DC Predicted XI
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Philip Salt (w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Delhi Capitals (DC): Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Rasikh Dar Salam, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
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