Delhi Capitals (DC) will lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) within the twenty eighth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday (April 20). Notably, each DC and KKR suffered losses of their earlier matches. Whereas Kolkata misplaced to Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi was defeated by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Manish Pandey was the lone warrior for DC of their match in opposition to RCB, as he was the one participant to attain a fifty for his workforce. Though Mitchell Marsh was dismissed for a duck within the run chase, he picked up two wickets for Delhi within the first innings. In the meantime, Venkatesh Iyer slammed a superb ton for KKR of their final recreation however sadly ended up on the shedding facet. Amongst bowlers, Suyash Sharma bagged two wickets for the Kolkata-based workforce.

DC at the moment sit on the final spot of the factors tally with no win of their pocket and can eye their maiden victory of the match by defeating Kolkata. Then again, KKR are on the seventh place and can look to maneuver up within the factors desk.

Pitch report:

The Arun Jaitley Stadium presents a batter-friendly monitor, and a high-scoring recreation is anticipated to happen on the venue. Nevertheless, the spinners will even obtain some assist from the floor. The typical first-inning rating on the floor is 175.

Possible XIs:

Delhi Capitals: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Abishek Porel (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Jagadeesan, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy

Head-to-head report

Performed: 31 | DC gained: 14 | KKR gained: 16 | No outcome: 0

Match Prediction:

Case 1:

• DC wins the toss and bowls first
• Powerplay rating: 55-60
• KKR whole: 190-195

Case 2:

• KKR wins the toss and bowls first
• Powerplay rating: 50-55
• DC whole: 180-185

Staff bowling first to win the competition.