Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
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Qualifier 2:
The match between DC and KKR is the qualifier 2 of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on October 13th 2021.
DC vs KKR History:
The teams competed against each other 29 times, till date. Out of them, DC won 13 times and lost 15 times. 1 game was called off without any ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against KKR are LWLWW.
DC Home:
The teams competed 10 times at the home ground of DC. The home team won 4 times and lost 5 times. 1 match was abandoned without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against KKR are W*WLWL.
KKR Home:
The teams faced each other 9 times at the home ground of KKR. The host won 7 times. On the other hand, visitors won just twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against DC are LWWWW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. DC won 7 times, whereas KKR won just thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against KKR are LWLWW.
Playoff / semi final:
The teams played in the knockout stage (play-off / semi final) once against each other. KKR won the outing.
Last 5 (completed) knockout match results of DC against KKR is L – – – -.
Points and Ranks:
In the play-off stage, the winner will play against the winning team in the qualifier 1 (Chennai Super Kings). The team, who will face defeat, will be eliminated.
Delhi Capitals:
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC are LLWWL.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WWWLW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Sharjah shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 0% to 1% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 30 to 33 Celsius. The wind would be between 5 to 14 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL Matches):
Teams preferred to field first after winning the toss, which happened 19 times in 27 matches. The selection favors the teams, as the teams won 12 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWWWW.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first just 8 times, and the team won the match thrice and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LWLLW.
Overall, the teams, who won the toss, won 15 times and lost 12 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWWW.
The first batting team won 10 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 17 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLWL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 125 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 224 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 90, and the highest total was 228 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 85 runs, whereas the highest was 226 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.70 and 28.33 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other twice at the venue. Both the teams won one outing, each.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against KKR at the venue are LW – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
DC got 7 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has an excellent record, as the team won 5 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC at the venue are WLWWW.
KKR had also 7 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has an above average record, as the team won 4 times and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WWWLL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Delhi Capitals:
The team may go with M. Stoinis in place of T. Curran, if the former will be fit for the play, otherwise the team will go with the unchanged XI.
Delhi Capitals Eleven: P. Shaw, S. Dhawan, R. Pant, S. Hetmyer, S. Billings, M. Stoinis, A. Patel, K. Rabada, A. Khan, A. Mishra, I. Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team may go with the winning combination.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: S. Gill, V. Iyer, R. Tripathi, N. Rana, E. Morgan, D. Karthik, S. al Hasan, S. Narine, S. Mavi, L. Ferguson, V. Chakravarthy
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
