In the 51st match of IPL 2026, the teams of Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders are facing each other. This match is being played in Arun Jaitley Stadium. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Delhi Capitals will come out to bat first. Delhi has entered today with two changes. There have also been changes in the KKR team.

After the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane said, “We will bowl first. In the last three matches, it has been important to understand the wicket and play accordingly. It is difficult to understand the wicket, we have to play good cricket. The atmosphere during the break was very good and the players are performing well.”

After the toss, Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel said, “It does not matter whether we bowl or bat first. It is always better to score runs. Two changes have been made in our team for today. The spinners do not get much help on the Delhi pitch and if the fast bowlers bowl slower balls, they can get some help.”

Playing XI of Kolkata Knight Riders- Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Karthik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty.

Playing XI of Delhi Capitals- Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Viparaj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi and Mukesh Kumar.

One of these will be the impact player of Delhi Capitals- Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Abhishek Porel, David Miller

One of these will be the impact player of Kolkata Knight Riders- Ramandeep Singh, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert

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The batsmen of Delhi Capitals had no match against the bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Captain Akshar Patel was seen batting like a test. He scored only 11 runs in 22 balls. Nitish Rana was out after scoring 08 runs in 10 balls, Sameer Rizvi was out after scoring 03 runs in 7 balls and Tristan Stubbs was out after scoring 02 runs in 4 balls. Although Delhi had started with a bang, KKR bowlers dominated in the middle overs. At one time Delhi’s score was 74 runs in 8 overs, but in 15 overs the score reached only 96. That means only 22 runs were scored in the middle 7 overs. In the beginning Pathum Nissanka played a brilliant inning of 50 runs in 29 balls and in the end Ashutosh Sharma scored 39 runs in 28 balls. In this way Delhi team could reach 142 runs in 20 overs. Now KKR has a target of 143 for the fourth win.

Delhi’s score in the powerplay was 55 runs for one wicket, but after this only 36 runs were scored in the next six overs and four wickets fell. In the middle overs, KKR bowlers, especially the spinners, kept the Delhi batsmen at bay. Nissanka hit a brilliant six of 73 meters over fine leg to Green in the eighth over. At the other end, Nitish Rana could not play well and returned after scoring eight runs after being caught by Narine. Varun gave only three runs in the ninth over.

Sameer Rizvi (three) while trying to play a sweep shot to Narine, was caught by Rovman Powell at deep midwicket. Meanwhile, Nissanka completed his half-century in 29 balls by hitting a four off Roy over extra cover in the tenth over, which included five fours and three sixes. However, he missed in his attempt to play the next ball and Angkrish Raghuvanshi made no mistake in stumping behind the wicket.

The pressure on Delhi’s batsmen can be gauged from the fact that only 10 runs were scored between the 13th and 16th overs. Roy gave four runs in the 13th over while Varun Chakraborty, Karthik Tyagi and Sunil Narine gave only two runs each in the subsequent overs. Ashutosh Sharma reduced the pressure by hitting a six off Varun in the 17th over while hitting a boundary after 38 balls. In this over, he scored 16 runs while hitting two more fours.

Ashutosh displayed his skills and hit Tyagi for a spectacular six at deep third man. Sensing the ball going out of the off stump above his shoulder, he turned the bat and turned the ball towards deep third man. Captain Akshar Patel also disappointed and played 22 balls to score 11 runs. He lost his wicket while trying to hit a six off Arora, whose brilliant catch was caught by Roy at deep midwicket.

The 51st match of IPL 2026 will be played today between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. This is a do or die match for both the teams, because whichever team loses will not be able to reach 16 points even after winning all the remaining matches. Today’s match will be played on the pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium, where 2 afternoon matches were held this season. Know how the pitch will behave today. What playing 11 can both the teams play with? IPL record and live streaming details of this ground.

IPL record of Arun Jaitley Stadium

A total of 102 IPL matches have been played in the Arun Jaitley Stadium, out of which the team batting first has won 48 times and the team bowling first has won 53 times. The biggest total on this ground is 278, which was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Kolkata last year. The highest individual score here is 152 not out, which was made by KL Rahul against Punjab Kings in the same season.

The average score here in the first innings is 170. A total of 5 matches have been played here in IPL 2026, out of which 4 have been won by the team chasing the target. A score of more than 200 was made here in 4 innings. Delhi had scored 264 on this ground, which Punjab had also achieved. On this ground, Delhi was all out for 75 runs.

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DC vs KKR match pitch report

Today, on the pitch (pitch number-6) where the match will be held between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, there have been 2 afternoon matches this season. Today the first evening match will be held on this pitch. This is the same pitch where Delhi, batting first, had scored 264 runs and Punjab Kings had also achieved the target. Earlier, there was a match against Mumbai Indians here, which Delhi won. Today the weather of Delhi is favorable for the match, the possibility of rain is negligible. Even today a high scoring match can be seen. Spinners may get more help today than fast bowlers. The captain who wins the toss will want to bowl first.

Probable playing XI of Delhi Capitals

Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (captain), Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan.

Impact Player: David Miller.

Probable playing XI of Kolkata Knight Riders

Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Karthik Tyagi, Varun Chakraborty.

Impact Player: Vaibhav Arora.

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Where to watch live Delhi vs Kolkata match?

The Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders match will be telecast live on Star Sports Network channels. Live streaming will be on JioHotstar app and website.

Today in IPL 2026, the teams of Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders will face each other. This match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. There are still hopes for the playoffs of both the teams, but whoever loses today, the doors of the playoffs will be closed for them. In such a situation, both the teams will be ready to give their all to win. In such a situation, fans can get to see an exciting match.

Delhi Capitals is at seventh position in the points table. Akshar Patel’s team has won four matches in 10 matches so far. Whereas Ajinkya Rahane’s KKR is at eighth place. She has won only three matches so far in 9 matches. KKR has won the last three matches. Whereas Delhi had lost the last match to Chennai at home.

Who is ahead in head to head?

In the head to head between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, Ajinkya Rahane’s KKR is ahead by 19-15. That means KKR has defeated Delhi 19 times so far, while Delhi has defeated Kolkata 15 times. Since 2022, KKR has won three matches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Arun Jaitley Stadium pitch report

This season, the biggest run chase in the history of IPL took place on the Delhi pitch. However, the match was played during the day and Punjab Kings chased 265 runs. At the same time, Delhi has also been all out for 77 runs against RCB. Pitch number 6 will be used for this match, which is expected to yield a lot of runs. This is the same pitch where Delhi had scored 264 runs against Punjab Kings, but lost the match.

match prediction

Both the teams are equal, but our match prediction meter is showing Delhi Capitals having the upper hand. Today there are more chances of Delhi’s victory. A lot will also depend on the toss.

Probable playing eleven of Delhi Capitals- KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel/Vipraj Nigam, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel (captain), Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan.

Probable playing eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders- Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakraborty.

Delhi capitals vs kolkata knight riders: In IPL 2025 today, Akshar Patel has a match between Delhi Capitals and Ajinkya Rahane between Kolkata Knight Riders. Both teams will clash at the Home Ground Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Delhi’s team is at number four in the points table. At the same time, KKR is at seventh place.

Delhi has played 9 matches so far. During this time he has won 6 matches. At the same time, there has been a defeat in three matches. Delhi had to face defeat against RCB in their last match. At the same time, the Kolkata team will continue to break the process of defeat. KKR has played 9 matches so far. During this time, the team has won only 3 matches. However, a match of KKR was raised by rain.

Who ahead in the head to head?

Kolkata is slightly heavy in the head to head between KKR and Delhi. KKR has defeated Delhi 18 times in IPL so far. At the same time, Delhi’s team has defeated KKR 15 times so far. However, both are on par in Arun Jaitley Stadium. The case here is 5-5.

Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch Report

Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi is a very small ground. However, the pitch here is quite slow. After playing here first, if a team scored 190 runs, then its victory will be almost decided. The effect of dew will not be much. Nevertheless, the team winning the toss can prefer to chase the target, because RCB defeated Delhi here only after playing.

Possible playing XI of Delhi Capitals- Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Akshar Patel (Captain), Truston Stabs, Vipage Corporation, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chamera, Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Potential Playing XI- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Moin Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarti