🏏IPL 2025 - Match 48: DC vs KKR on 29 April 2025 @ 7:30 PM IST🏏 - Page 2

Did you know?

- DC have used as many as five players in the opening position this season - the most for any team - and their opening partnership average of 24.22 is the third lowest among all teams, just above CSK and KKR

- Mitchell Starc picked up nine wickets in his first three IPL 2025 matches, at an average of 11.56 and an economy of 8.91. But in his last six outings, has has bagged only three wickets, averaging 109.50, with an economy of 10.77, and has gone wicketless in the powerplay

- Ajinkya Rahane has scored 205 runs in four innings, with an average of 51.25 and a strike rate of 158.91 at Eden Gardens in this edition. However, in away matches, he has only 66 runs in four innings, averaging 22 with a strike rate of 117.85.

What they said:

"We haven't quite hit our perfect game yet as a team so I don't really think it's the wicket that we should be discussing. I think it's more, we haven't really played that complete game. For us to be sitting where we're sitting with 12 points knowing that we actually haven't really hit our straps in all departments is a good thing. We haven't played our perfect match yet and I do believe that it's coming" - Kevin Pietersen, mentor of Delhi Capitals.

DC vs KKR Probable Best Performers

Probable Best Batter of the match: Ajinkya Rahane

KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane scored his last 50-plus score against the Gujarat Titans two games prior and has been in solid touch since the beginning of the season. In eight innings, the veteran batter has scored 271 runs at an average of 38.71 and a strike rate of 146.48, including three fifties. The defending champions, who are in a make-or-break game situation, Rahane will have to once again come forward and give his team another blistering start.

Probable Best Bowler of the match: Axar Patel

In 11 matches, the left-arm ace spinner Axar Patel has only managed to take three wickets. The DC skipper might not have picked as many wickets, but has been economical. Bringing himself into the powerplay against RCB, Axar bagged two wickets under the powerplay. With an effective arm-ball and the ability to vary his pace, the 31-year-old will be important for his side's quest to record their seventh win of the season.

Today's Match Prediction: Team bowling first to win the match

Scenario 1

• Delhi Capitals win the toss and bowl
• PP Score - 55-60
• KKR- 200-205
• Delhi Capitals win the match

Scenario 2

• Kolkata Knight Riders win the toss and bowl
• PP score - 60-65
• DC- 205-210
• Kolkata Knight Riders win the match

Disclaimer: The prediction is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While making your prediction, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.

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Thank you, Raji, for the match thread and for tagging me.

Best wishes to both the teams.

Please aaj jeet jana KKR, please

DC should not fail to make the playoffs from this point onwards, but it becomes increasingly shaky for them if they lose to KKR: it’s not an easy route for them after this match, and this is shaping up to be a season where 8 wins will be required to qualify. KKR need this win a lot more than DC, but a fourth loss will drag this team down into the midtable scrap for that fourth qualification spot, and neither of these teams wants to be caught up with that for too long. Plenty to fight over in Delhi.

Kuldeep and Starc lose their edge

DC vs KKR IPL Live Score 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Another key component of DC's strong early run was the form of Kuldeep Yadav and Mitchell Starc. In DC's first four games, Kuldeep took eight wickets and conceded less than a run a ball. In the next five matches, his number of wickets have halved, his economy rate has gone up to 7.35 and his strike rate has jumped from 12 to 30.

Starc took nine wickets from his first four outings, but he has only picked up two wickets from the next five games.