New Delhi: Delhi Capitals will clash with Kolkata Knight Riders at the Feroz Shah Kotla here Saturday in what is expected to be a game best suited for spinners.
The slow conditions at Kotla could be favourable for the visiting team who have one of the most potent spin attacks in Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav and Piyush Chawla.
The Capitals will be hoping for Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant to continue their rich form to take the game away from KKR.
Here are some stats and the predicted XIs ahead of the game.
Head to head
Matches played: 21
DC wins: 8
KKR wins: 13
Batting stats
Highest total in this fixture: DC 219/4 (20 overs) in Delhi, 27th April 2018.
Lowest total: DC 98 (17.4 overs) in Kolkata, 10th April 2016.
Highest individual score: 107* by David Warner in Delhi, 29th March 2010.
Most runs scored: 414 runs by Gautam Gambhir.
Biggest win by runs: KKR’s 71-run victory in Kolkata, 16th April 2018.
Bowling stats
Most wickets: 20 wickets by Sunil Narin.
Best bowling figures: 4/11 by Shoaib Akhtar in Kolkata, 13th May 2008.
Biggest win by wickets: Both teams have won by 9 wickets one time each.
Predicted XI
DC: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Colin Ingram, Rishabh Pant(WK), Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra.
KKR: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (Captain), Subhman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson and Prasidh Krishna.
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