Kolkata Haven't Won in Delhi for 8 Years: DC vs KKR at Arun Jaitley Stadium Today; Knight Riders Lead in Head-to-Head Record

Kolkata Haven't Won in Delhi for 8 Years: DC vs KKR at Arun Jaitley Stadium Today; Knight Riders Lead in Head-to-Head Record

IPL 2025 Match 48: Delhi Capitals (DC) to Face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Arun Jaitley Stadium

In the 48th match of the Indian Premier League 2025, Delhi Capitals (DC) will take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The match is scheduled to start at 7:30 PM. This will be the first encounter between the two teams this season.

Both teams have faced each other 11 times at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi has won 5 matches, while Kolkata has also won 5. One match was abandoned due to rain. However, Kolkata has not won at this venue in 8 years, with their last victory coming in the 2017 season. Since then, Delhi has won all three matches played here.

Delhi Capitals have played 9 matches in IPL 2025, winning 6 and are currently ranked 4th on the points table with 12 points. Kolkata Knight Riders, with 7 points from 9 matches, are positioned 7th on the table.

Pitch Report
The pitch at Arun Jaitley Stadium is expected to be excellent for the batsmen. A total of 92 IPL matches have been played here so far. Of these, the team batting first has won 44 matches, while the team chasing has won 47, with one match being abandoned. The highest team score at this stadium is 266/7, set by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Delhi Capitals last season.

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Weather Conditions
Delhi is expected to experience high temperatures on match day, with no chances of rain. The temperature will range between 28°C and 39°C on 29th April. The wind speed will be around 13 km/h.

Possible Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals:
Axar Patel (Captain), Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Ashutosh Sharma.

Kolkata Knight Riders:
Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakravarthy, Angkrish Raghuwanshi.

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