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IPL 2021, DC vs KKR Live Score: Pant's Delhi, Morgan's Kolkata clash in Ahmedabad; Toss, playing XI at 7:00PM

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Last Updated: 29 April, 2021 18:39 IST

Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals takes on Eoin Morgan's Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad on Thursday.   -  BCCI/IPL

Team Sportstar
Last Updated: 29 April, 2021 18:39 IST

Hello and welcome to Sportstar's LIVE coverage of IPL 2021 Match 25 between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad.

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PITCH REPORT: Kevin Pietersen has his eyes on the pitch. He reckons the surface looks similar to the previous contests played here. However, a key difference is upon the grass being laid out all the way upto danger zone. Pietersen assumes it is because the curator wants to ensure the bowlers are comfortable while delivering the ball. There was the dew factor in game one, and then we had a sandstorm and no dew in the other. So the captains will have a tricky selection up at the Toss.


Under an hour away from the Toss. This will be a stern test for Kolkata's batsmen even as Delhi heads into the fixture after a loss. KKR's openers Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill have faded away in the recent fixtures and a revival is crucial before it's too late. Meanwhile, Delhi skipper Rishabh Pant would want to put his uncharacteristic half-century behind him as soon as possible.

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Numbers Game

  • Birthday boy Andre Russell needs nine runs to reach 6000 T20 runs. He will become the fastest to 6000 runs in terms of balls faced.
     
  • Amit Mishra could feature in his 100th IPL match, becoming the first Delhi Capitals cricketer to the milestone.
     
  • Eoin Morgan needs 36 runs to reach 1000 IPL runs for Kolkata Knight Riders.
     
  • Dinesh Karthik needs 68 runs to reach 4000 IPL runs.
     
  •  Axar Patel could make his 100th IPL appearance and is 87 runs away from 1000 runs in IPL.
     
  • Steve Smith could make his 100th IPL appearance and is 87 runs away from 2500 IPL runs.
     
  • KKR has lost four of its last five meetings against Delhi Capitals.
     


- MATCH PREVIEW -

A one run defeat despite two explosive batsmen out at the middle. Credit the opposition bowlers, but Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer would have backed themselves to march over the finishing line. Delhi Capitals has looked solid through its campaign, however, not without a couple of blips along the way. A mercurial Pant leading the troops has been a fresh sight. The unpredictability of it, however, meant Delhi had to put up with the fact of giving away 23 runs in the final over against RCB - eventually playing its part in the result.

The side's concerns are minimal. The No.3 position has been up for a few toss-ups with Steve Smith yet to settle in. However, the bigger concern would be with the form of last season's leading wicket-taker, Kagiso Rabada. The Proteas pacer is yet to fire, having picked up just five wickets in as many games so far.

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As for the Knights, the plans fell eventually into place as a concerted bowling effort meant that Morgan's men finally snapped a string of four losses. The skipper would be more than happy to have regained form after he led the tricky chase against Punjab Kings on Monday with an unbeaten 47.  Kolkata will be hoping for a restart to its playoffs bid from here and the bruised Capitals would not be an easy challenge.



Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan(c), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Tim Seifert, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vaibhav Arora

Delhi Capitals Squad: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav, Chris Woakes, Aniruddha Joshi, Sam Billings, Lukman Meriwala, Tom Curran, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Manimaran Siddharth, Lalit Yadav, Shams Mulani, Ripal Patel, Anrich Nortje

 

MATCH DETAILS:

When: Thursday, April 29, 2021

AT WHAT TIME DOES TODAY'S IPL 2021 DC vs KKR START?

The IPL 2021's 21th match between Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders begins at 7:30 PM IST at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

WHERE TO WATCH IPL MATCH DC vs KKR LIVE?

IPL 2021 will be shown Live on Star Sports channels - Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 3 HD. It will be streamed live on Hotstar.