IPL 2021, DC vs KKR Live Score: Rishabh Pant's Delhi eyes fifth win vs Morgan's Kolkata

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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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.

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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.

IPL 2021 KKR vs DC preview: The Eoin Morgan challenge for Rishabh Pant  

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.

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