Today Delhi Capitals will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the 16th match of the Indian Premier League. This competition is with Dr. Visakhapatnam. This match will be played at YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium from 7.30 pm. The toss will take place at 7 pm. Delhi, which is waiting for its first title, has defeated 2-time champion Kolkata in the last 3 IPL matches. Kolkata's last win was against Delhi in 2021, after which three matches were played between the two, in which Kolkata lost.
Delhi Capitals will play its first 2 home matches in Visakhapatnam. Delhi's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, but Women's Premier League matches were played here till 17 March. Due to this the stadium could not get time to prepare for the IPL match. That is why Delhi has decided to make Visakhapatnam the home ground for the first two matches.
There is a competition between Delhi and Kolkata in IPL. A total of 32 matches have been played between the two, out of which Kolkata has won 16 and Delhi has won 15. Both the teams will face each other for the first time in Visakhapatnam. Talking about the pitch here, the pitch of Visakhapatnam is considered favorable for batting. A total of 14 IPL matches have been played so far in Visakhapatnam. The team that batted first in 7 matches and chased in 7 matches won. The highest score here is 206 runs, which Mumbai made against Delhi in 2016.
Probable playing eleven for both teams
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), David Warner, Prithvi Shah, Mitchell Marsh, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Enrique Natta, Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Phil Salt, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Ayos Roy, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy.