Match Details
Date: April 29, 2024
Time : 7:30 PM IST
Venue : Eden Gardens, Kolkata
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Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Delhi Capitals in the 47th match of the IPL 2024 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. After losing to Punjab Kings, allowing them to chase down the highest total in IPL history, Kolkata Knight Riders will definitely be a bit deflated going into their upcoming match in the tournament. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals managed to secure a tight win against Gujarat Titans at home, making a move up the IPL 2024 points table.
Pitch Report
In the previous IPL 2024 match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, it was Punjab Kings, who chased down 261-run total, the highest in T20 cricket history against Kolkata Knight Riders. With that, no total is going to be safe for the team batting first to put up on the scoreboard when KKR takes on DC, especially the average first innings score of 166 at this venue in the history of the IPL.
Team Analysis
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunil Narine and Phil Salt have been in scintillating form at the top of the order for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2024, giving them great starts, which is followed by impressive cameos from the rest of the batting lineup. But, in the bowling side of things, KKR have struggled badly except for Sunil Narine, which is why they have been on the losing side on a couple of occasions despite posting totals in excess of 200 runs.
IPL 2024 squad of Kolkata Knight Riders
Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain. Players injured/withdrawn: Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Delhi Capitals
The emergence of the young Australian batter, Jake Fraser-McGurk, has been a massive positive at the top of the order for Delhi Capitals, while the likes of Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs have been making impressive contributions in the middle order. The bowling attack of DC is quite reliant on the performances of the spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel, who have been two of their best bowlers in the IPL 2024.
IPL 2024 squad of Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara, Lizaad Williams. Players injured/withdrawn: Harry Brook, Lungi Ngidi.
Match Prediction
Conclusion
On the back of a tough defeat at home in their previous match in the IPL 2024, the KKR players will be hurting badly, but they can channel that energy into their upcoming clash against Delhi Capitals to put things right.
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