Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in their 11th match of IPL 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon (October 24).
Kolkata Knight Riders have 10 points from 10 matches but they haven't played good cricket for some time and are coming after a big loss at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore as they could manage only 84 runs. Their top order is out of form and someone like Eoin Morgan or Dinesh Karthik has to inspire them and they will also hope that Andre Russell will be fit for this match.
The likes of Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi and Nitish Rana need to work on their strike rotation and if they do that then they can get a score on the board. In the bowling, Pat Cummins has to take wickets upfront and Lockie Ferguson should be used for 1 or 2 overs in power play as he is in good rhythm.
On the other hand, Delhi Capitals have 14 points from 10 matches and are at second position. Their batting as well as bowling has been good this season. Opener Shikhar Dhawan is in great form and has scored hundreds in last two matches and he will hope that his partner Prithvi Shaw too will come good.
In middle Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Marcus Stoinis will be key. In the bowling the duo of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje have been excellent so far and they are getting good support from R Ashwin and Akshar Patel.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the 42nd match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals in Abu Dhabi :
Head to Head in IPL -
Matches - 24
Kolkata Knight Riders won - 13
Delhi Capitals won - 11
3 - Pat Cummins has taken only 3 wickets in 10 matches of this IPL season so far.
4 - Shikhar Dhawan has scored fifty plus scores in each of his last 4 IPL innings. His scores are - 106*, 101*, 57 and 69.
11 - Prithvi Shaw has scored only 11 runs in his last 4 innings. His scores read - 7, 0, 0 and 4.
100 - Rishabh Pant needs to hit 1 more six to complete 100 sixes in Indian Premier League.
2000 - Rishabh Pant needs to score 74 more runs to achieve the milestone of 2000 IPL runs.
