Toss & Conditions

Friday uses the first evening pitch at this venue in the tournament, after two day matches here. Both earlier games were won by the chasing side, and the toss-winning team might still prefer to chase for a 7.30pm start.

Head-to-Head

KKR ne DC ke against last three meetings jeete hain. Most recent clash me KKR ne total successfully defend karke 14 runs se jeeta, despite DC 190/9 tak pahunch gayi thi. Woh game KKR ke favour me isliye gaya kyunki unhone 204/9 score kiya tha aur scoreboard par aage rahe. Overall pattern one-way hai: last three head-to-heads me DC 0-3 hai.

DCDelhi Capitals 190/9

KKKolkata Knight Riders 204/9

2025-04-29 · KKR won by 14 runs

KKKolkata Knight Riders 157/3

DCDelhi Capitals 153/9

2024-04-29 · KKR won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)

DCDelhi Capitals 166/10

KKKolkata Knight Riders 272/7

2024-04-03 · KKR won by 106 runs

Delhi Capitals

DC IPL regular season me 8 points ke saath seventh par hai, aur abhi playoff zone se bahar hai. Unka recent run last 3 me 1 win ka hai, jisme ek heavy defeat bhi tha jahan woh 75 par bowled out ho gaye aur 9 wickets se haare, 81 balls remaining ke saath. Phir unhone Rajasthan Royals ke against high-scoring chase me 7 wickets se jeet ke bounce back kiya, 5 balls remaining ke saath.

DCDelhi Capitals 155/7

CSChennai Super Kings 159/2

2026-05-05 · CSK won by 8 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

DCDelhi Capitals 226/3

RRRajasthan Royals 225/6

2026-05-01 · DC won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

DCDelhi Capitals 75/10

RCRoyal Challengers Bengaluru 77/1

2026-04-27 · RCB won by 9 wickets (with 81 balls remaining)

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR IPL regular season me 7 points ke saath eighth par hai, aur abhi playoff zone se bahar hai. Unhone apne last three matches jeete hain, jisme Lucknow Super Giants ke against ek tied game bhi tha jo unhone Super Over me jeeta. Unki latest win Sunrisers Hyderabad ke against 7-wicket chase thi, 10 balls remaining ke saath.

KKKolkata Knight Riders 169/3

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 165/10

2026-05-03 · KKR won by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

KKKolkata Knight Riders 155/7

LSLucknow Super Giants 155/8

2026-04-26 · Match tied (KKR won the Super Over)

KKKolkata Knight Riders 161/6

RRRajasthan Royals 155/9

2026-04-19 · KKR won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Playing XI

News & Facts

Key Stats

Verdict

Models split hain, lekin thoda KKR ki taraf lean kar rahe hain: model average DC 46% vs KKR 54% hai, aur systems ke across range kaafi wide hai. Bookmakers zyada cautious hain—near parity dikh rahi hai: DC 51% (1.90) vs KKR 49% (1.91). Key stats KKR ko favour karte hain 6-2 se, mainly last three head-to-heads me unki 3-0 edge aur last three matches me 100% win rate ki wajah se. Match narrative yahi hai ki kya DC ka middle order Narine aur Varun ke against tik paata hai, aur kya KKR ka recent momentum Delhi me bhi carry hota hai.

Allen detonates the chase

Finn Allen didn’t just win the chase — he erased the tension in a single, brutal passage. After Kolkata Knight Riders slipped to 43/2, Allen’s clean striking flipped the night on its head, and his 100 off 47 carried KKR to 147/2 in 14.2 overs. Delhi Capitals had moments of control, but the match ended as a statement: KKR by 8 wickets with 34 balls unused.

Middle overs: DC’s stall

The game was effectively decided in Delhi’s middle overs, when their innings went from fluent to fragmented. DC raced to 55/1 in the powerplay, but then managed only 45/4 through the middle phase at 4.5 an over, repeatedly losing set batters and momentum. That squeeze meant 142 never became the kind of total that forces a chase to take risks, even if the late 42/3 at the death gave it a veneer of fight.

Allen, Green seal it

Allen was the headline, but Cameron Green’s role was just as decisive in context: he stayed composed while Allen attacked, and their unbeaten 117-run partnership ensured there was no second wobble. For Delhi, Pathum Nissanka’s 50 off 29 gave them lift early, yet once the middle overs tightened, even Ashutosh Sharma’s 39 couldn’t restore a par-plus total. KKR’s bowlers, led by Narine and backed by Kartik Tyagi’s 2/25, set up the platform Allen finished with force.

Narine-Varun question answered

Pre-match talk centred on whether DC’s middle order could survive the spin choke, and that’s exactly where the contest bent KKR’s way. Sunil Narine’s 4-0-17-1 was the tone-setter, keeping scoring options scarce and making every attempted release shot feel like a gamble. The other expectation — KKR’s recent momentum — showed up in how calmly they absorbed 43/2 and still kept the chase ahead of the rate.