Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders have had the same destiny within the present season of IPL. After beginning off their marketing campaign on a excessive be aware, each the groups have struggled to maintain the momentum going and are languishing on the backside half of the factors desk. While Delhi will come into the match with the hope of repeating their final efficiency in opposition to the Kolkata outfit, Shreyas Iyer and co. will probably be keen to interrupt the dropping streak.

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In their final outing, KKR did effectively to limit the in-form Gujarat Titans to 156 within the first innings. However, the batting lineup didn’t again their bowlers. The plan to open with Sunil Narine failed as soon as once more as Gujarat bowlers gave Kolkata early jolts. While Rinku Singh’s heroics and Andre Russel’s presence gave Kolkata some dwelling, Hardik Pandya and co. finally managed to seal the sport by 8 runs.

DC, however, virtually accomplished the largest chase of the season of their final match in opposition to Rajasthan Royals. Chasing a mammoth 223 runs, DC wanted 36 off the final over and Rovman Powell did effectively to deposit the primary three balls into the stands. However, with the no-ball controversy and drama that unfolded on the sphere, Delhi misplaced the momentum and misplaced the sport by 15 runs.

DC and KKR will look to get two essential factors and strengthen their place within the playoff race.

Weather report

Mumbai climate is predicted to be principally clear on Thursday. It is extremely unlikely that rain will play spoilsport throughout the Kolkata vs Delhi sport within the night as there are zero probabilities of precipitation. The wind velocity is predicted to be round 9 km/h on match day whereas the temperature may hover round 29 to 35 levels Celsius. The humidity is predicted to be round 65 per cent.

Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Possible XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Line-up: Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy

Delhi Capitals Predicted Line-up: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (c) (wk), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed

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