ABOUT THE MATCH:
Match 42 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 will be played between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. The match would be telecasted live from 3:30pm onwards.
MATCH PREVIEW:
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS:
1.In the last match, Kolkata Knight Riders won against Sunrisers Hyderabad because of the heroics performance of Lockie Ferguson and again in Super over.
2. In their last two matches, they lost to Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore but Ferguson’s 3-15 was the major obstruction to restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 163 runs.
3. Eoin Morgan as taking the responsibility of captaincy, will again lead the squad in this match and most probably include Lockie Ferguson in the bowling line up. Last time, the pacer came and performed superbly with the ball.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI:
Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Eoin Morgan (C), Sunil Narine/Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna/Shivam Mavi.
DELHI CAPITALS:
1. In the Delhi Capitals team, maximum players are performing their best. There is no need to change in the playing squad.
2. Prithvi Shaw is not performing as per the expectation but Shreyas Iyer has complete faith in him due to his massive talent.
3. With continuous victories, Delhi Capital is leading the tournament.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI:
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravi Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje/Daniel Sams and Tushar Deshpande.
PITCH REPORT:
The Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch has been a touch on the slower side, and in IPL 2020, the batsmen have found some success at this venue.
Owing to the adequate swing on offer, the pacers also enjoyed the conditions up front. This forced teams to see out the initial phase while at the end of the innings holding wickets in hand.
The boundaries aren’t as small as those in Sharjah, which makes running between the wickets more necessary. Both teams would like to bat first with the weather not expected to change much during the game, with this being an afternoon fixture. 160 should be par on this surface, although both sides have the firepower to breach this score with ease.
WEATHER REPORT:
There are zero chances of rainfall during the reverse IPL 2020 fixture between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals. The temperature will stay around 33 degrees Celsius.
PORBABLE TOP PERFORMERS:
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS:
1. Eoin Morgan
Eoin Morgan can be counted in the tournament as the most fluent batsman for KKR. The left-hander scored in the 40’s on average and played at a strike rate of 132.62.
He did not score a half-century, but on a reasonably regular basis, he chipped in with useful results. He scored at a strike rate of over 200, also in KKR’s last outing against DC. He needs to demonstrate his captaincy prowess as well.
DELHI CAPITALS:
1. Prithvi Shaw
A few handy knocks were played by Prithvi Shaw in the first part of the tournament. In the last few tournaments, though, to his utter dismay, he has imploded. The youngster has notched 11 runs at a terrible average of 3.75 in the last four matches for the Capitals.
He had six single-digit scores already, and that was troubling for the Capitals. Last time around, he scored 66 against KKR.
HEAD TO HEAD:
1. Total Played– 26.
2. KKR Won– 13.
3. DC Won– 12.
4. No Result– 1.
5. Tie– 0.
BROADCAST DETAILS:
1. Tv – Star Sports Network.
2. Live Streaming – Disney+ Hotstar.
3. Match Timings – 24th October 2020 at 02:00 PM local time, 03:30 PM IST.
PROBABLE WINNING TEAM:
The prediction is for Delhi Capitals to win the match.
