DC vs KKR Dream11 Team Predictions: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders have managed to cease their four-match losing streak in the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders registered a much-needed five-wicket victory over Punjab Kings. With this win, KKR went up to fifth in the points table.

Delhi Capitals will be looking to get back on the winning habit against KKR after losing a close encounter against RCB by 1 run. DC are placed at third position on the points table with 4 wins from 6 matches.

DC vs KKR Dream11 Team Predictions: Head-to-Head

The two teams have clashed against each other 26 times in IPL history. Kolkata has an edge with 14 wins while Delhi won on 11 occasion. One match between the two teams ended without a result. The last time the two teams met was back in 2020 in UAE. DC beat KKR by 18 runs.

DC vs KKR Dream11 Team Predictions: Suggested Team

Wicket Keeper: Rishabh Pant.

Batsman: Shikhar Dhawan, P Shaw, S hetmyer and S Smith.

All Rounder: S Narine, A Russell and A Patel.

Bowler:  V Chakravarthy,I Sharma and A Khan.

DC vs KKR Dream11 Team Predictions: Wicketkeeper

Dinesh Karthik didn’t have much to do in the game against Punjab. He came to bat at the end of the innings. In his six balls, he stayed not out on 12 runs and smashed two fours.

Rishabh Pant scored 58 off 48 balls and remained not-out till the end but could not carry his team over the line against RCB. He batted slowly in the middle overs that lead to the loss of DC.

For Dream11 team we suggest only one wicket keeper.

DC vs KKR Dream11 Team Predictions: Batsmen

Shubman Gill failed with the bat again, the right-hander started his knock with a couple of fours and looked promising. But Mohammed Shami trapped him plumb in front of the wickets.

Nitish Rana fell first ball for a golden duck, chipping a full toss straight to cover.

Rahul Tripathi played a counter-attacking knock of 41 to lift KKR against Punjab. He hit seven fours in his fluent knock and featured in a crucial partnership with skipper Eoin Morgan.

Eoin Morgan was having a tough time with the bat in hand, but he managed to make amends. The southpaw stayed unbeaten until the very end and scored 47 runs off 40 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes.

In-form Delhi’s Shikhar Dhawan didn’t lasted long on the crease,the left-handed batsman gave a straightforward catch to Yuzvendra Chahal for 6. 

Prithvi Shaw got off to a flying start, backed by his wonderful timing scoring 21 of 18 deliveries he became victim of H Patel.

Steve Smith didn’t get going and was dismissed cheaply for 4 off 5 deliveries against RCB.

S Hetmyer was striking the ball big. The left-hander reached his half-century off only 23 deliveries and remained not-out on 53 against RCB.

For Dream11 team we suggest 4 batsman.

DC vs KKR Dream11 Team Predictions: Allrounder

Sunil Narine was excellent with the ball. Dismissed Mayank Agarwal and Moises Henriques. Finished with excellent figures of 2 for 22. Fell for a duck while batting.

Andre Russell bowled only one over and gave a couple of runs. With the bat, he smashed a four, but ended with 10 runs.

DC’s Marcus Stoinis gave away 23 runs in an over he bowled and remained wicketless with the bat he scored 22 runs off17 balls against RCB.

W sundar remained wicketless but turned out to be the most economical among the RCB bowlers who finished their spell.  He bowled 5 dot balls. But did not got a chance to bat against DC.

For Dream11 team we suggest 3 all rounders.

DC vs KKR Dream11 Team Predictions: Bowlers

Prasidh Krishna picked up three wickets for 30. Dismissed Deepak Hooda and Shahrukh Khan.

Shivam Mavi turned out to be the most economical among the KKR bowlers, who finished their spell. In four overs, he conceded only 13 runs with as many as 15 dot balls. Moreover, he got the prized wicket of Chris Gayle.

Varun Chakravarthy was effective once again. Bowled his four overs for 24 and got the wicket of Nicholas Pooran.

Pat Cummins turned out to be the most expensive for KKR. In three overs, he leaked 31 runs at an economy of 10.33. But he also ended up getting the wickets of KL Rahul and Ravi Bishnoi.

M Siraj was the most expensive bowler on the day, he gave away 44 runs in his spell picking wicket of Smith, but bowled the most crucial last over against Capitals that took RCB over the line.

Playing his first match for RCB Daniel Sams remained wicketless in his 2 overs against DC.

Continuing his great run in this season H Patel picked crucial wickets of P shaw and and M Stoinis for 37 runs at an economy of 9.25.

K Jamieson picked up one wicket for 32. Dismissed in-form shikhar Dhawan.

Y Chahal just bowled 2 overs against DC where he gave away 10 runs.

For Dream11 team we suggest 3 bowlers.

Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Where to Watch?

Delhi Capitals will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at Narendra Modi Stadium. The match will be live streamed from 3:30 PM IST on Thursday. Cricket fans can watch the match live on Star Sports and also live stream on Hotstar.

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