Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 27th Match of IPL 2023 dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 27th Match of IPL 2023

Venue : Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.

Date & Time : 20th April Thursday at 7:30 pm IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 31
DC won - 14
KKR won - 16
NR - 01,

Pitch Report :

The pitch at the Arun Jaitely stadium is usually a surface that is on the slower side. But the boundaries are small and the outfield often remains quick. So, will be a high-scoring game beckons in Delhi with there being some help available for the bowlers as well. The batters will look to make full use of the powerplay field restrictions early on. Spinners will play a good role in the middle overs. Dew could play a part of the game, toss winning team preffer to chase here.

The average first innings score on this wicket is 160 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 38°C on the Thursday with 24% humidity and 12 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the game.

Probable XI :

Delhi Capitals :

David Warner (C), Mitchell Marsh, Yash Dhull, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Khan, Lalit Yadav, Abhishek Porel (WK), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, and Mustafizur Rahman.

Kolkata Knight Riders :

Nitish Rana (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Narayan Jagadeesan(WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, and Varun Chakravarthy.

Preview :

The Indian Premier League 2023 Match No 28 between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders will take place on Thursday at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
Delhi Capitals have been in treble form in this edition of the TATA IPL 2023 as the Capitals have not won a single game in five games played so far. Now it seems quite a tough task for the Capitals to qualify for the playoffs. But they can still come back into the season with a series of wins and they have to start that today against the mighty Kolkata Knight Riders.
KKR, on the other hand, has played five games and won only two of them making them sit in seventh place with four points. KKR have lost their last two games and will be coming into this game with a victory in mind.
Both teams are desperate for a win here at Arun Jaitley Stadium, so we can expect an action-packed thriller game. So stay tuned as we decode all the fantasy details in this article.

Team Guide

Makes various team combinations with the help of these information.

Delhi Capitals

David Warner :

David Warner is the legendary opener but he's struggled in all formats. Since the start of 2021, Warner has scored 944 runs in franchise T20s at an average of 34.10 and strike rate of 129.9. Warner scoring runs with consistency hit three half-centuries in five matches in ongoing season but his SR is to low. The Australian batter was the leading run-getter for Delhi Capitals last season with 432 runs from 12 innings at a strike rate of 150.52 and will be leading the team this season. Warner also had a great record against the KKR smashed most 1018 runs at an average of 44.30 in 26 matches also having incredible average of 31.50 at this vanue. Great c/vc pick for this match.

Prithvi Shaw :

Prithvi Shaw is one of the key batters at the top of the order who can change the game on his head single-handedly. He's out on duck against RCB last match. Shaw showing his intent in various T20 this year. In 17 matches, smashed 545 runs at an average of 29.50 with the massive SR of 170.00. Prithvi Shaw has a decent record against the KKR accumulated 392 runs at an average of 49.0 in just 8 innings, which includes five 50+ scores. will be another great captaincy choice for this match.

Rilee Rossouw :

Rilee Rossouw is an attacking in-form South African batter is likely to get a nod to start the first game. Rossouw smashed 42 off 21 in the last T20I against West Indies and was sensational in the recent PSL 2023. He's played 27 T20 in this year, smashed 699 runs at an average of 28.00, healthy SR of 159.20, which includes four half-centuries & a century. Good pick.

Mitchell Marsh :

Mitchell Marsh is going through in superb form. In the recently concluded ODI series against India, he belted 194 runs at an average of 97.00 and won the Player of the Series award and will be looking to continue the momentum in IPL but unfortunately out on duck in the last game but done wonders with the ball picked up two wickets. Marsh smashed 251 runs from 12 innings and took four wickets from four innings for DC last season. Another safest c/vc pick.

Rovman Powell :

Rovman Powell is the hard hitting batting allrounder who's coming here after play lot of franchise cricket this year. Since the start of 2022, Rovman Powell has smashed 368 runs between overs 17 and 20 in T20 franchise cricket. He strikes at 219.2 in this period. Will be a great c/vc pick for grand league.

Manish Pandey :

Manish Pandey is the experienced underrated batter, he was restricted to just six games for Lucknow Super Giants as he scored just 88 runs from six innings at a strike rate of 110.00 in last year and scored crucial 50 off 38 in the last game. But he has a massive record against the KKR, smashed 256 runs at an average of 28.4 in just 12 innings. Punt pick.

Axar Patel :

Axar Patel will be the main Indian-capped player to watch out for in the Delhi Capitals squad. In 13 matches last edition, he scalped only 6 wickets and scored 182 runs at an average of 45.5. His performance in this season will be closely watched by fans and analysts a like. The vice-captain of the Capitals smashed crucial 54 off 25 balls recently against the MI. Patel is known for his all-round skills and can contribute significantly with both bat and ball. Must have pick.

Kuldeep Yadav :

Kuldeep Yadav was one of the best bowlers for Delhi last year. The left-arm chinaman took 21 wickets for the franchise last season and took 2/23 in the last game. Kuldeep Yadav played just 2 matches at against the KKR and taken 8 wickets with the average of 6.1 & economy of 7.00. If the Delhi surface takes turn, Kuldeep will be especially dangerous. Must have pick.

Khaleel Ahmed :

Khaleel Ahmed is the impressive left-arm pacer who was the best pace bowler for the Capitals last season. He took 16 wickets from just 10 innings at an economy rate of 8.04 and he will bowl in powerplay & middle overs. Khaleel played just four matches against the KKR and picked up 7 wickets with the economy of 8.86. Punt pick.

Anrich Nortje :

Anrich Nortje can get more pace and bounce with his height and extra ordinary bowling effort. He did not get a full season due to his injury last year that still pushed him to find 9 wickets in 6 matches which can increase his contributions drastically with an improved game time. He's missed first match due to national duties but he was marked his presence in the second match picked two wickets and showing great bowling effort in previous game almost defend five runs. Must have pick.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Rahmanullah Gurbaz :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has scored 289 runs in his last 10 T20I matches and magnificent 57 runs in the second game with drastic improvements in his batting potential which can make him a crucial addition to this squad. Punt pick.

Narayan Jagadeesan :

Narayan Jagadeesan is the promising wicket keeper batter who has played 10 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 115 runs, with an average of 19.16, with his highest IPL score being 39* runs. Punt pick.

Nitish Rana :

Nitish Rana is the stand up captain of KKR in absence of the Iyer. Nitish Rana averages 34.27 in 12 inning against DC but he was scored 363 runs in his last 11 IPL matches and smashed 75 off just 41 balls recently against the SRH, which could push him to build up momentum with his consistent contributions backed up with his recent bowling improvements. Good pick.

Rinku Singh :

Rinku Singh is a young talented batter who's has been brilliant for the Knight Riders this season with 174 runs at an average of 58.00 in five matches. He comes into the game on the back of a stunning cameo against the Gujarat Titans, smashing five sixes off the last five balls of the match to help KKR win the contest. Overall in IPL 2022 he's scored 174 runs at an average of 34.80 in just 7 matches. Punt pick.

Venkatesh Iyer :

Venkatesh Iyer can perform well with the bat and scored match winning 83 off just 40 balls in the against the GT and smashed magnificent century (104 off 51) in the last game. But he was not given the necessary game time to showcase his true potential which earned him 182 runs in last season with greater potential that can push him to give his all in this match. He was scored 18 & 6 runs against the DC in last season. Good pick.

Andre Russell :

Andre Russell is the Super star of franchise cricket who's able to change the game scenario within few deliveries. often goes ballistic against DC in last season took 1/16 and scored 24(21), overall he's scored 189 runs at an average of 37.8 and also gets 5 wickets against the DC. But in first three matches of ongoing season he's not yet bowled a single over, so can drop in grand league. Default c/vc pick.

Sunil Narine :

Sunil Narine is an another match winner allrounder for KKR who has the scalped 3 crucial wickets against the GT recently. Narine has enjoyed bowling on this ground in the past in 9 matches, gets 9 wickets with the economy of 7.06. The mystery spinner also taken 5 wickets in 7 matches against the DC with the average of 36.8. Sunil Narine is the most successful bowler of IPL ever. But the IPL 2022 was a bad year for him where he made 71 runs and took 9 wickets. Another safest c/vc pick.

David Wiese :

David Wiese is the Namibian star allrounder who can hit big shots in the tell, as well as bowl well on crucial occasions. In recently concluded PSL season were he's scored 83 runs & taken 9 wickets from 13 matches. Punt pick.

Tim Southee :

Tim Southee an experienced wicket taking pacer who's more effective in initial stage of the game. The seamer has taken 284 wickets from 242 T20 matches so far and gets two wickets in the first match. Will be a best pick from bowling section.

Shardul Thakur :

Shardul Thakur is turned himself into a allrounder who's smashed match winning 68 runs off just 29 balls & picked up a wicket recently against the RCB. Shardul played 9 matches against the DC and managed to get 7 wickets in these. Good pick.

Umesh Yadav :

Umesh Yadav is an underrated quality pacer who's gets more bounce compare to others. He was picked up 1/27 in the first match but gone wicketless consecutive in next four matches. Good pick.

Lockie Ferguson :

Lockie Ferguson can make good use of the surface with amazing control over his lines and lengths which can push him to add more wickets that were missing last season. The speedster scalped 9 wickets in just six matches at an average of 18.8 against the DC. Good pick.

Varun Chakravarthy :

Varun Chakravarthy is an useful spiner who's impressed everyone almost in every season, and he was bowled amazingly recently against the RCB picked up 4 wickets. Varun records against the DC is pretty good managed to get 9 wickets in six matches at an average of 21.9 & SR is 16.00. Good pick.

Suyash Sharma:

Suyash Sharma has very impressive in his first two outings for Kolkata. He took three wickets in his debut match and gets two wickets in the previous match. He has been not even selected by 20% of the teams as of writing his, making him one of the best punt pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat Sheet

Delhi Capitals

WK :

Sarfaraz Khan -

2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn
30(34), 4(9), 36(31)*, 27(19), 0(1), 26(16), 2(6)

Philip Salt -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
0(1), 25(19), 38(35), 8(7), 22(21),

Abhishek Porel -

4dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, Open, 2dwn, 2dwn, DNB,
5(8), 1(3), 7(9), 20(11), 2(6), 0(2), 20(14)*, DNB,

Batter :

David Warner (c) -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
19(13), 51(47), 65(55), 37(32), 56(48), 36(20)*, 2(3), 16(23), 26(23), 0(2),

Prithvi Shaw -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
0(2), 15(10), 0(3), 7(5), 12(9), 11(8), 34(21), 2(5), 6(7), 10(5)

Rovman Powell -

2dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn,
4(4), 2(2), 1(3), 11(4), 28(19), 43(18)*, 2(4), 35(18)*,
DNB, 1/18(2),

Manish Pandey -

3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 1dwn
50(38), 26(18), 0(1), 45(29), 64(27), 37(38)*, DNB, 0(1)

Rilee Rossouw -

2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
14(12), 0(1), 30(20), 42(21), 16(4), 10(7), 52(32), 13(12),

Ripal Patel -

4dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn
4(3), 16(6)*, DNB, 17(21), 16(8)

Yash Dhull -

2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn
1(4), 2(4), 39(40)*, 33(27), 46(41), 73(36), 71(46)*

All-rounder :

Mitchell Marsh - Right Arm Medium

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
0(4), 4(4), 0(1), 45(30), 28(22), 17(17), 16(12), 0(1)
2/18(2), 1/24(4), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/14(1), DNB, DNB

Axar Patel - Left Arm Orthodox

5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 5dwn,
21(14), 54(25), 2(6), 36(22), 16(11), 21(9)*, 65(31), 31(20)*, DNB, 0(0)*,
1/25(3), 0/20(4), 0/38(4), DNB, 1/38(4), 1/19(3), 2/24(4), 0/31(3), 0/30(4), 1/30(3),

Lalit Yadav - Right Arm Off-break

7dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, DNB, DNB, 4dwn, DNB
4(7), 2(4), 38(24), 7(7), DNB, DNB, 10(5)*, DNB
1/29(4), 0/23(4), DNB, 0/46(4), 3/15(4), DNB, 0/29(4), 0/16(2)

Bowler :

Anrich Nortje - Right Arm fast

0/31(4), 0/35(4), 0/44(4), 2/39(4), 2/36(4), 1/17(2),2/21(4), 2/29(4), 1/14(4), 2/37(4), 3/22(4)

Kuldeep Yadav - Left Arm Wrist spin

2/23(4), 0/23(2), 1/31(4), 0/18(3), 1/35(4), 0/12(1),1/17(4), 1/20(4), 0/24(3), 0/16(4), 2/18(4),

Mustafizur Rahman - Left-arm fast medium

0/41(3), 1/38(4), 0/21(3), 0/16(2), 1/14(4), 1/19(4), 1/34(4), 2/25(3),

Lungi Ngidi - Right Arm Medium

2/45(4), 0/40(4), 2/39(4), 1/21(4), 1/19(4), 2/29(4)

Khaleel Ahmed - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/31(2), 1/38(4), 2/30(4), 1/47(4), 1/36(4), 2/31(4), 0/24(3), 0/43(4)

Ishant Sharma - Right Arm Medium fast

1/21(4), 1/26(4), 2/35(4), 1/17(3), 0/37(4)

Chetan Sakariya - Left Arm Fast Medium

2/53(4), 4/33(4), 1/25(4), 3/26(4), 2/23(4), 0/44(4)

Kamlesh Nagarkoti - Right Arm Medium

1/10(3), 2/15(3), 0/25(4), 1/19(3), 1/45(4)

Mukesh Kumar - Right Arm Medium

2/30(2), 2/36(4), 0/42(4), 0/34(4), 0/40(4), 0/19(3), 1/22(3), 0/9(2), 2/33(4)

Aman Khan - Right Arm Off-break

DNB, DNB, 1/24(2), 0/20(3), 1/25(4), 0/10(2), 0/6(1)

Pravin Dubey - Legbreak Googly

0/4(1), 0/9(1), 3/15(4), 0/20(2), 1/20(2)

Vicky Ostwal - Left Arm Orthodox

1/15(4), 1/6(2), 0/31(4), 2/9(4)

Kolkata Knight Riders

WK :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 3dwn, Open, Open
8(12), 0(3), 15(12), 57(44), 22(16), 18(11), 44(49), 16(17), 10(7), 33(24), 15(15), 25(14),

Litton Das -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
5(4), 47(23), 74(57), 9(9), 12(10), 55(39), 7(10), 47(33), 36(39),

Narayan Jagadeesan -

Open, Open, Open, 5dwn, 3dwn, Open, Open, Open
0(5), 36(21), 6(8), 6(4)*, 10(9), 2(3), 58(35)*, 35(29)

Batter :

Shreyas Iyer-

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
0(1), 13(9), 34(26), 73(44), 40(30)

Nitish Rana - Left Arm Orthodox

2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn
5(10), 75(41), 45(29), 1(5), 24(17), 10(14), 61(31), 49(38)*, 2(7), 36(26)
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 3/30(4), 1/15(3), 2/34(4), 2/18(3)

Venkatesh Iyer - Right Arm Medium fast

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 4dwn
104(51), 10(11), 83(40), 3(7), 34(28), 28(22), 42(29), 57(35), 62(31)*, 20(22)
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/22(3), 0/46(3), 0/23(2), 4/20(6), 1/15(2)

Rinku Singh - Right Arm Off-break

4dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, DNB, DNB
18(18), 58(31)*, 48(21)*, 46(33), 4(4), 79(47), 8(9), 38(37), DNB, DNB

Mandeep Singh - Right Arm Medium

1dwn, Open, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, DNB, DNB
0(1), 2(4), 29(15)*, 1(1)*, 8(4), DNB, DNB

All-rounder :

Andre Russell – Right Arm Medium fast

5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 6dwn, 2dwn
21(11)*, 3(6), 1(2), 0(1), 35(19), DNB, 15(10)*, 0(1)*, 30(16)*, 42(22), 12(12), 33(28),
0/17(1), 3/22(3), DNB, DNB, DNB, 1/31(3), 2/22(3), 1/16(2), 1/30(4), 0/35(3), 1/27(3), 0/16(1),

Sunil Narine – Right Arm Off-break

6dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 7dwn, Open, Open, 1dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 7dwn,
2(2)*, 0(1), 0(1), 0(1)*, 7(2)*, 10(5), 39(18), 8(3), DNB, 11(6), 23(13),
0/41(3), 0/28(4), 3/33(4), 2/16(4), 1/40(4), 1/33(4), 2/27(4), 0/19(4), 1/33(4), 0/31(4), 0/27(4),

Shakib Al Hasan - Slow left-arm orthodox

2dwn, 1dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn,
6(6), 38(24)*, 20(13)*, 4(6), 0(3), 34(24)*,
0/15(2), 5/22(4), 0/5(1), 1/30(4), 1/13(3), 1/26(4),

David Wiese - Right Arm fast Medium

6dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn
2(2), 9(7)*, 12(12), 2(7), 6(2), 0(2), 15(12)*,
1/33(4), 0/22(3), 0/24(2), 0/6(1), 1/17(3), 0/26(3), 1/22(4),

Anukul Roy - Left Arm Orthodox

1dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 6dwn, 3dwn, 6dwn
4(5), DNB, 15(6), 0(1), 5(6), 0(2)
DNB, 1/0(2), 2/19(4), 0/28(3), 0/23(4), 0/27(3)

Bowler :

Tim Southee - Right Arm Medium

0/25(2), 2/54(4), 2/27(3), 3/34(4), 0/24(3), 2/29(4), 1/43(4),

Shardul Thakur - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn,
13(11), 12(7), 0(1), 68(29),
1/25(2), 0/14(1), 0/40(3), 1/15(2), 0/43(4), 2/32(3), 4/36(4), 0/27(4), 0/38(3), 2/44(2)

Umesh Yadav - Right Arm Medium fast

0/19(2), 0/42(3), 0/24(3), 0/17(2), 1/27(4), 0/22(3), 0/46(4), 3/27(4), 0/33(4), 3/29(4)

Lockie Ferguson - Right Arm Fast

1/19(2), 0/37(2), 0/40(4), 0/54(4), 0/7(1), 2/33(4),
2/34(4), 2/26(4),

Varun Chakaravarthy - Legbreak Googly

1/38(4), 1/41(4), 0/27(2), 4/34(4), 1/26(4), 3/24(3), 1/20(3), 1/39(4), 0/12(2), 0/29(4)

Kulwant Khejroliya - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/42(4), 0/23(2), 1/19(4), 1/29(4), 0/17(1)

Harshit Rana - Right Arm Medium

0/27(2), 1/24(3)

Vaibhav Arora - Right Arm Medium

3/27(4), 0/28(4), 0/35(4), 1/12(3), 1/37(4)

Suyash Sharma - Leg break

2/27(4), 0/44(4), 1/35(4), 3/30(4),

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