IPL 2021 DC vs KKR Highlights: Delhi Capitals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets

KKR openers Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill are out to bat for Kolkata Knight Riders. Ishant Sharma opens the bowling for Delhi Capitals.

"The way we are trying to set up and play is a really aggressive brand. After a couple of losses, just tried to keep reinforcing that, give confidence to the guys, go out there and keep expressing themselves. Feel like we've got a really strong bunch of players here. Had a really good win the other day, hopefully, it's the start of something pretty big," says Pat Cummins.

Most Runs (KKR): Andre Russell - 227 Runs

Most Runs (DC): Prithvi Shaw - 241 Runs

Most Wickets (KKR): Sunil Narine - 17 Wickets

Most Wickets (DC): Amit Mishra - 12 Wickets

• 100: Kuldeep Yadav is 1 match away from completing 100 matches across T20s.

• 1000: Eoin Morgan is 46 runs away from completing 1,000 runs for KKR in IPL.

• 50: Eoin Morgan is 6 sixes away from completing 50 sixes for KKR in IPL.

• 6000: Andre Russell is 19 runs away from completing 6,000 runs across T20s.

• 4000: Dinesh Karthik is 68 runs away from completing 4000 runs in IPL.

• 200: Dinesh Karthik is 9 catches away from completing 200 catches across T20s.

• 50: Dinesh Karthik is 12 dismissals as wicketkeeper away from completing 50 dismissals for KKR in IPL.

• 50: Dinesh Karthik is 13 sixes away from completing 50 sixes for KKR in IPL.

• 150: Karthik is 6 dismissals away from completing 150 dismissals as a wicketkeeper in IPL.

• 50: Harbhajan Singh is 1 catch away from completing 50 catches in IPL

• 150: Nitish Rana is 3 sixes away from completing 150 sixes across T20s.

• 50: Rahul Tripathi is 3 catches away from completing 50 catches across T20s.

• 50: Rahul Tripathi is 9 sixes away from completing 50 sixes in IPL.

• 100: Shubman Gill is 2 fours away from completing 100 fours in IPL.

• 4: Sunil Narine is 4 sixes away from completing 150 sixes across T20s.

• 150: Umesh Yadav is 2 wickets away from completing 150 wickets across T20s.

• 4000: Ajinkya Rahane is 59 runs away from completing 4000 runs in IPL.

• 50: Steven Smith is 2 catches away from completing 50 catches in the IPL.

• 100: Ajinkya Rahane is 4 sixes away from completing 100 sixes across T20s.

Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan(c), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy

"I have struggled for form as well. Was nice to get some runs. Hopefully, I can continue through the tournament. No changes for us. Another opportunity for us to bring our best," said KKR skipper Eoin Morgan.

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan

"We will bowl first. There might be dew, but the wicket still looks dry. So we want to make use of it with the ball. Mishy had some shoulder injury, so Lalit comes in," said Rishabh Pant at the toss.

Delhi Capitals win toss, opt to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad.

1-6 overs: 1 wicket, 44 runs

7-15 overs: 1 wicket, 24 runs

16-20 overs: 3 wickets, 77 runs

"There's grass all the way up to the danger zone and the reason for that is, the groundsmen wants to protect the surface. There was the dew factor in game one, and then we had a sandstorm and no dew in the other," reckons Kevin Pieterson on Star Sports.

KKR win by 59 runs (Match 42, IPL 2020)

DC win by 18 runs (Match 16, IPL 2020)

DC win by 7 wickets (Match 26, IPL 2019)

KKR win in Super Over (Match 10, IPL 2019)

DC win by 55 runs (Match 26, IPL 2018)

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Here's our DC predicted XI vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Marcus Stoinis, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan

Let's have a look at our KKR Predicted XI vs DC:

Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy

Before Mavi's inclusion: 144 balls, 5 wickets, 176 runs, 35.20 Avg

After Mavi's inclusion: 72 balls, 3 wickets, 28.00 Avg

• 50: Dinesh Karthik is 12 dismissals as wicketkeeper away from completing 50 dismissals for KKR in IPL

• 50: Dinesh Karthik is 13 sixes away from completing 50 sixes for KKR in IPL

• 150: Karthik is 6 dismissals away from completing 150 dismissals as a wicketkeeper in IPL

Pant scored an unbeaten 58 of 48 balls but couldn’t help the Capitals get over the line against Royal Challengers Bangalore. His innings of 58 did not have a single six even when the required rate had climbed above 15 an over. His S/R since last season has dropped below 130 and in fact, his lowest SRs in IPL have come in 2020 & 2021

vs RR: 2/30

vs PBKS: 1/43

vs MI: 1/25

vs SRH: 0/25

vs RCB: 1/38

Amit Mishra is only five wickets away from becoming the highest wicket-taker in IPL history. If he gets to the milestone tonight, he will overtake Lasith Malinga (170 wickets).

First 4 matches: 45 runs, 112.50 S/R

Last match: 47 runs, 117.50 S/R

vs PBKS: Won by 5 wickets

vs RR: Lost by 6 wickets

vs CSK: Lost by 18 runs

vs RCB: Lost by 38 runs

vs MI: Lost by 10 runs

vs RCB: Lost by 1 run

vs SRH: Match tied, won in Super Over

vs MI: Won by 6 wickets

vs PBKS: Won by 6 wickets

vs RR: Lost by 3 wickets

Total matches: 25

DC won: 11

KKR won: 14

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