Tomorrow's IPL Match: DC vs KKR; who’ll win Delhi vs Kolkata match? Fantasy team, pitch report and more

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Tomorrow's IPL Match: Delhi Capitals (DC) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will clash on April 3 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.

This will be DC’s fourth match in IPL 2024 while KKR will play their third match of the season. Delhi, with 2 points from 3 matches and a Net Run Rate (NRR) of -0.016, are at number 7 of the points table. Kolkata, on the other hand, have 4 points from 2 matches and are at number 2 with an NRR of +1.047.

DC lost to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their first match of the tournament on March 23 by 4 wickets. Then, they lost against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 12 runs on March 28. Then, Delhi emerged as winners against defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 20 runs on March 31.

KKR, the only team except RR, have been unbeaten so far in the tournament. First, on March 23, they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 4 runs. Then, they defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Bengaluru by 7 wickets on March 29.

Delhi and Kolkata have played 32 IPL matches so far. DC have won 15 of those and Kolkata 16. One match did not produce any result.

Delhi’s highest total against KKR is 228, and Kolkata’s highest score against DC is 210. In the last 5 encounters between the two, Delhi has won 3 while Kolkata has won 2. However, the last time KRR won against DC was in IPL 2021.

Rishabh Pant (C & WK), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Nitish Rana. Vizag, unlike most other IPL pitches, typically offers a lot of support for bowlers. Pacers may enjoy swing in the earlier part of the match while spinners will enjoy turns later in the evening.