Pre-match talk
Rishabh Pant: “It’s been three matches and we are seeing a pattern. We just want to see that we don’t lose wickets in a bunch, and play less dot balls in the middle overs. So if we work on these then going forward in the tournament, we will be fine”
Last match: DC
Delhi got the season underway with a win but have lost two straight after that. In their latest match, the Rishabh Pant-led side could only muster 149 runs against Lucknow with Prithvi Shaw scoring 61 runs. LSG got the target with 6 wickets and 2 balls to spare
Last match: KKR
In their latest outing, KKR beat MI by 5 wickets with Pat Cummins the hero of the night. The Aussie needed just 14 balls for a fifty – the joint fastest fifty in IPL history. His unbeaten 56 from 15 balls obliterated Daniel Sams’ bowling figures
Head-to-head
In 28 completed matches, KKR have won 16 and DC have 12 wins. It has an been even contest since 2018 with DC winning five matches and KKR four in the nine matches
Team news
Unavailable: Mitchell Marsh (DC)
Delhi Capitals Squad: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rovman Powell, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Sarfaraz Khan, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Anrich Nortje, Mandeep Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Srikar Bharat, Tim Seifert, Lungi Ngidi, Ashwin Hebbar, Praveen Dubey, Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Chetan Sakariya, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Sam Billings(w), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Rasikh Salam, Varun Chakaravarthy, Tim Southee, Aaron Finch, Mohammad Nabi, Sheldon Jackson, Chamika Karunaratne, Baba Indrajith, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Shivam Mavi, Pratham Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Aman Hakim Khan, Ashok Sharma, Ramesh Kumar