IPL 2024 Delhi Vs Kolkata Match 16- Kolkata Knight Riders will clash on Delhi Capitals at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam in their next match on 3rd April at 7.30 p.m.
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Inspite of admirable performance against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals missed the winning opportunities in the two matches.
Rishabh Pant has come off win against Chennai Super Kings in their previous encounter. Delhi registered a first win of the Indian Premier League after defeating Chennai by 20 runs. Delhi Capitals arrived to seventh from 10th position on the table.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat first. Capitals collected 191 runs loss of 5 wickets.
Delhi’s opener Prithvi Shaw absent from the two games of IPL 2024. Prithvi Shaw finally chanced in third match against Chennai Super Kings. Shaw made good use of opportunity in this match. He scored 43 runs off 27 runs with the help of 4 boundaries and 2 sixes. And another side former captain of Delhi Capitals David Warner helped to increase run rate on the score board. He amassed 52 runs off 35 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. Prithvi Shaw and David Warner got off a 93 runs partnership of first wicket.
Rishabh Pant’s come back to form as a good side of DC’s middle border batting line up. After a long term he played incredible innings with his bat. After 16 months, he got a first half century against Chennai Super Kings. Pant scored a terrific knock of 51runs off 32 balls with the help of four boundaries and three sixes. David Warner, Rishabh Pant and Prithvi Shaw terrific performed in the previous match. On the other hand middle orders batters totally failed to perform with bat for the Delhi Capitals.
The bowling unit was led by Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed. The middle of the innings Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar bowled beautiful spells. Delhi Capitals was chosen with pacer Mukesh Kumar in place of Ishant Sharma in the playing xi.
Khaleel and Mukesh shared 5 wickets against Chennai. Khaleel bagged 2 wickets off 21 runs in 4 overs. And Mukesh Kumar grabbed 3 wickets 21 runs in 3 overs. In the last encounter was as great day for Delhi Capitals.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer has played back to back win. In the previous match KKR won by 7 wickets against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. As a result Kolkata Knight Riders Jumped to the top of the position on the point table.
In this match Kolkata elected to bowl first. Kolkata Knight Riders sent to bat Royal Challengers Bangalore. As usual Bangalore Posted of 183 runs target. Ultimately Kolkata choose the target by 7 wickets with the 19 balls left .
Harshit Rana has terrific started in this season. In this season against Hyderabad, Harshit Rana was for the winning last over excellent bowling performance. He got three wickets In this match.
Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Harshit Rana got the first break through in the last encounter against Bengaluru. Harshit Rana took 2 wickets off 39 runs.
Andre Russell picked also 2 wickets off 39 runs. As a result Andre Russell has achieved the 2nd highest wicket taker of KKR after Sunil Narine. He has crossed the 100 wickets in 114 matches at an average of 24.05.
Sunil Narine has awarded Man Of The Match on his 500th match. He scored 47 runs off 22 balls with the help of 2 boundaries and 5 sixes and got one wicket off 40 runs.
Philip Salt and Sunil Narine started Kolkata Knight Riders on the right path way with together 85 runs partnership of the 1st wicket.
Salt accompanied by the increasing score rate as he added two fours and two sixes by the good support to Narine. Philip Salt scored 30 runs off 20 balls.
In the winning role Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer ensured KKR won against Bengaluru.
Venkatesh and Shreyas entered the crease to get 74 runs of the third wickets partnership. Venkatesh hit a 106 m six during his innings. He scored 50 runs off 30 balls with the help of 3 boundaries and 4 sixes. Ultimately KKR captain Shreyas Iyer amassed unbeaten on 39 runs off 24 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes.
Delhi Vs Kolkata IPL 2024 Match Details :
| Match | 16th Match, Delhi Capitals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Date & Time | WED, APR 03, 2024- 07:30 PM IST |
| Venue | Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam |
| Live Streaming & TV | Jio Cinema and Star Sports Network |
DC Vs KKR Head To Head (Past 5 Matches) :
2023 – DC won by 4 wickets
2022 – DC won by 4 wickets
2022 – DC won by 54 runs
2021 – KKR won by 3 wickets
2021 – KKR won by 3 wickets
Top Fantasy Picks for DC Vs KKR :
Batters :
Philip Salt (KKR) – 84 runs in 2 matches
Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) – 57 runs in 2 matches
David Warner (DC) – 130 runs in 3 matches
Prithvi Shaw (DC) – 43 runs in 1 Match
Shreyas Iyer (KKR) – 39 runs in 2 matches
All rounder :
Andre Russell (KKR) – 64 rums and 4 wickets in 2 matches
Sunil Narine (KKR) – 49 runs and 2 wickets in 2 matches
Axar Patel (DC) – 43 runs and 2 wickets in 3 matches
Bowler:
Khaleel Ahmed (DC) – 5 wickets in 3 matches
Harshit Rana (KKR) – 5 wickets in 2 matches
Mukesh Kumar (DC) – 4 wickets in 2 matches
IPL 2024 Delhi Vs Kolkata Match 16, Pitch Report :
The pitch at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vizag are known to assist the batter. Also, the track has traditionally been on the slower side, offering significant assistance to spinners and seamers who rely on cutters and slow balls to succeed. However, the new ball bowlers might get a hint of swing early on with the new ball.
This pitch will gradually bind up and become better for batting as the game progresses. Chasing is always a better option on this ground.
Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Possible Playing 11 :
Delhi Capitals Predicted Playing XI –
David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Shai Hope, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed.
Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI –
Philip Salt (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana.
