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KOL vs DC Dream11 Prediction:
Kolkata Knight Riders will face off Delhi Capitals in the 42nd match of Indian Premier League in Abu Dhabi today in the afternoon. Kolkata Knight Riders have five wins from ten matches but they’re coming with a big loss against Bangalore and will look to bounce back. On the other side, Delhi Capitals have seven wins from ten matches and will be eyeing play-offs spot with yet another win over the Knight Riders.
Match Details :
Match : KKR vs DC, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals, Dream11 IPL, Match 42
Date : 24 October 2020
Time : 3.30 PM IST
Venue : Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Form Guide (Last 3 Matches & Overall Record in IPL 2020) :
Kolkata Knight Riders – L, W, L and 5 wins in 10 matches
Delhi Capitals – L, W, W and 7 wins in 10 matches
Average Score : Average Score at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi in T20 format – 158
Last Match at this venue –
Royal Challengers Bangalore (85/2) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (84/8) by 8 wickets.
KKR vs DC Today Match Prediction Team News :
Kolkata Knight Riders’ strength is the presence of match winners of this format like Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik are experienced players of this format and they also have young talented players like Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tom Banton who have the potential to play big knocks. In the bowling they have two experienced pacers Pat Cummins and Lockie Fergsuon and spinners Varun Chkravarthy and Sunil Narine and young quicks Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna too have been impressive.
On the other hand, Delhi Capitals have a balanced squad as their opener Shikhar Dhawan is in red hot form as he has scored two back to back hundreds and the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Marcus Stoinis and Shimron Hetmyer too are good batsmen and in the bowling their attack of Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, R Ashwin and Axar Patel is the best bowling attack of this season.
KKR Team News :
1. Kolkata Knight Riders is sitting at 4th position with 10 points from 10 matches in the points table.
2. If Andre Russell is fit he will replace Tom Banton in the playing 11 else they could remain unchanged for this contest.
DC Team News :
1. Delhi Capitals is sitting at 2nd position with 14 points from 10 matches in the points table.
2. Anrich Nortje is expected to replace Daniel Sams in the playing 11.
KOL vs DC Dream 11 Prediction Playing 11 :
KKR Playing 11 (Probable) :
Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell / Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi
DC Playing 11 (Probable) :
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, R Ashwin, Anrich Nortje, Tushar Deshpande
KOL vs DC Dream11 Team :
Wicket Keepers : R Pant, D Karthik
Batsmen : S Iyer, S Dhawan, S Gill, E Morgan
All rounders : A Patel
Bowlers : K Rabada, R Ashwin, L Ferguson, V Chakravarthy
Captain and Vice Captain :
Following players can be picked as captain or vice captain of KOL vs DC Dream11 teams.
Shikhar Dhawan : He has been in great form for the last four matches as his last four scores are 106*, 101*, 57 and 69* and it shows how good he is batting right now so he is a must pick.
Eoin Morgan : Captain of Kolkata Knight Riders is in good form and has been carrying his batting line up for the last two-three matches and if he gets good support from other end then we can see a good innings from his bat.
Kagiso Rabada : Rabada has been in excellent form since the start of the tournament and has picked up 21 wickets in 10 matches so he is taking more than 2 wickets per game on average and he should continue his good form.
Shreyas Iyer : He too has had a decent tournament so far and played a good 88* runs knock against Knight Riders in the first fixture and after having two silent games with bat he will look to play a big knock in this match.
X Factors or Valuable Picks :
Following players can be good picks for KKR vs DC Dream 11 Prediction teams who can help in winning in grand leagues.
Rishabh Pant : He has had an average tournament so far, also missed couple of matches due to injury and now he will look to get some runs under his belt before the play-offs and we can expect a good innings from him batting at 4.
Shubamn Gill : He hasn’t played a big innings for a while but overall he has done well in this season and if he gets set in the power play then he can get a big score here.
KOL vs DC Dream11 Teams Today IPL Match Prediction KOL vs DC Who will win :
We have discussed about Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals and considering all factors our KOL vs DC today match prediction is that Delhi Capitals is a better inform team and they’re favourite to win it and here are the odds for this match.
Bet365 : Kolkata Knight Riders – 2.20, Delhi Capitals – 1.66
Betway : Kolkata Knight Riders – 2.10, Delhi Capitals – 1.66