We are in for the 2nd knockout game of the season, loser of Qualifer 1, Delhi capitals will take on the winners of Eliminator, the Kolkata Knight riders.
Looking at the form of both the teams, Kolkata Knight riders might enter the Qualifer 2 as favorites.
Delhi capitals
Have got all the bases covered, lacks experience of high pressure games and have habit of choking in big stages. This time they were looking like the team to beat, but off lately they have lost 2 consecutive games including the Q1 and looking like they are struggling a bit. They have quality in both batting and bowling but again players are failing to perform at big stage like they did previous year.
Unavailability of Marcus Stoinis has disturbed the balance of the team, batting depth is a bit of concern as they don't bat deep. In bowling we might see one change in place of Tom Curran.
Kolkata Knight Riders
2nd phase of IPL has been a dream run for Kolkata Knight riders, in first phase they had just 2 victories in 7 games and were almost on the verge of being getting eliminated but since the 2nd phase started they never looked back, they have just lost 2 games in last 8 games and now need just one victory away from reaching into the finals.
Stats
Most runs head to head
Shreyas iyer 426
Prithvi Shaw 323
Andre Russell 276
Nitish rana 269
Head to head most wickets
Sunil narine 22
Andre Russell 13
Kagiso Rabada 9
Head to head matches 28
DC won 12
KKR won 15
No result 1
Prithvi Shaw's highest score (99) came against kkr (2019)
Varun Chakravarty's best bowling figure 5/20 came against DC (2020)
Players to watch out for
1) Sunil Narine
He's kind of player who loves challenges and performing when odds are against him, we saw how he single handedly won the game for Knight riders, his batting came to party at right time for KKR ,he's an asset and will look to win one more game for KKR
2) S Iyer
Shreyas Iyer hasn't been in great form in last 2-3 games and now its time that he fires ,he will be the man to watch out for in tomorrow's clash
3) R Ashwin
R Ashwin is a big match player and has very good records in playoffs ,in last game he didn't complete his quota but this time DC will look to get most out of him , He surely needs to come to party if DC have to reach Finals
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable XI:
Venkatesh Iyer
Shubman Gill
Rahul Tripathi
Nitish Rana
Eoin Morgan (Captain)
Dinesh Karthik (WK)
Shakib Al Hasan
Sunil Narine
Shivam Mavi
Lockie Ferguson
Varun Chakravarthy
Delhi capitals probable XI:
S Dhawan
P Shaw
S Iyer
R Pant (C ,Wk)
S hetmyer
T Curran
A Patel
R Ashwin
K Rabada
A Khan
A Nortje
Dream 11 Team:
S Dhawan (C)
V iyer
S Gill
S Iyer
R Pant (wk)
S Narine (vc)
A Patel
R Ashwin
K Rabada
A nortje
L Ferguson
When, Where and How to Watch?:
The match will start at 7:30pm (IST) and 6:00pm (local) from Sharjah Cricket stadium, UAE. The live telecasting would be available from Star Sports Network. The live streaming would be available in Disney plus hotstar app.
