KKR Match Preview and playing 11 and Players Stats...

 

Important News

1. M Marsh not available for selection so he will not not Play

2. A Rahane and V Iyer Open for KKR While P Shaw and D Warner open for DC


Pitch Report

Pitch is neutral support both batsman and bowlers 170-180 is a Good Total in this venue.

Probable XI

Delhi Capitals

Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Anrich Nortje

Kolkata Knight Riders

Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Sam Billings(w), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Rasikh Salam, Varun Chakravarthy


Players Stats

Kolkata Knight Riders:


Venkatesh Iyer is coming off a half-century to get his season going. The left-hander has a half-century in two matches against DC.


Shreyas Iyer will come up against his former team today, so the motivation to perform will be there. He has struck four double-figure scores this season without crossing 26. He will be aiming to produce the kind of performances we saw against West Indies and Sri Lanka earlier this year.


Andre Russell has shown some of his best form in IPL 2022 (SR 196.29). He has been superb against Delhi since 2015, scoring 272 runs at an average of 38.86 and magnificent strike rate of 190.21.

Also, Russell strikes at around 190 vs pace in the IPL. He is outstanding against full deliveries, so expect the DC bowlers to pitch short to him.


Pat Cummins was simply brilliant with the bat last game vs MI (56* off 15 balls). He has taken six wickets in three matches vs DC since the start of 2020, including Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant once.

KKR could look to use Cummins between overs 12 and 16. He averages 16.4 with an economy rate of 7.7 in this period.


Umesh Yadav, the leading wicket-taker this season (9), fare in KKR’s first day game of the season? He has been superb under lights in the powerplay overs this season. He has dismissed Prithvi Shaw once in five deliveries (four runs) and Warner thrice in 51 deliveries (83 runs).


Varun Chakravarthy took 5/20 two years ago vs DC in a day game in the UAE



Delhi Capitals:


Prithvi Shaw is coming off an excellent 34-ball 61 against LSG, and he has a great record against KKR: 6 inns, 341 runs, avg. 56.83, SR 170.50. Also, he averages nearly 70 against off-spin in the IPL, so he has what it takes to play Narine and Chakravarthy should he get through the initial overs.


David Warner has excellent career numbers against KKR: 24 inns, 915 runs, avg. 43.57, SR 145.70. He has smashed 190 runs off 123 deliveries against Sunil Narine in T20s, for just the two dismissals.


Rishabh Pant averages just 22.83 in 12 innings vs KKR. Pat Cummins has dismissed Pant once in 12 deliveries in the IPL and Chakravarthy has dismissed him once in 14 balls. Can Pant overcome these two?

Anrich Nortje has taken eight wickets in four matches against KKR. He is terrific in all stages of an innings in the IPL, with particular success between overs 12-16 (avg. 16.8, econ. 8) and the death (avg. 14.3, econ. 8.3).



 Kuldeep Yadav fare against his former franchise? He has been superb this season, with six wickets in three matches at an economy rate of 6.94. Rahane (115), Shreyas (121) and Rana (123) have lowish strike rates against wristspin in the IPL.


Mustafizur Rahman is conceding just 6.12 runs per over so far this season (three wickets in two matches). He concedes
around eight an over in the death overs in the IPL with an average around 12.

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