Delhi Capitals (DC) will take on the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 48th match of IPL 2025 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. This article provides details about Delhi Capitals’ Playing 11 vs KKR for match 48 of IPL 2025.
Delhi Capitals Playing 11 vs KKR- IPL 2025, Match 48:
Openers: Abishek Porel, Karun Nair
Abhishek Porel will open the innings for DC along with Karun Nair in their next home game against KKR. The left-handed batter who has played some eye-catching innings in the last few matches will look to do the same in the upcoming game.
Karun Nair, who has had a new lease of life, has made full use of the opportunity that the right-hander has got in the ongoing IPL and would hope to play a match-winning innings for the Delhi Capitals in the game on Tuesday.
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Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Donovan Ferreira
DC has a strong and in-form middle order at its disposal, which includes the likes of KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, and Ashutosh Sharma, all of whom have looked in fine touch but haven’t been able to convert their starts into big scores.
KL Rahul would like to play in an aggressive manner against KKR, taking into account the surface at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, which has been a batting-friendly wicket, and the wicketkeeper batter would like to make full use of the conditions.
KL has got good support from captain Axar Patel as well, who has made handy contributions with the bat while batting in the middle order, which has helped the Delhi Capitals add 10-15 extra runs, which has provided leverage to the bowlers on a small-sized ground.
Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Starc, who bowled a match-winning super over for DC against RR in their second match in Delhi, hasn’t had the best of outings wth the ball in the last few matches and has gone for runs, which has resulted in the team being unable to pick up wickets in the first six overs.
Along with Starc, the fast bowling duo of Mukesh Kumar and Mohit Sharma would also ike to put on a strong performance with the ball in the upcoming game against KKR in Delhi and guide the team to an important win.
Delhi Capitals would want their fast bowlers to take the responsibility of picking up wickets in the middle overs as well for the Axar Patel-led side to restrict KKR to a total of somewhere between 170-180.
Delhi Capitals would also want their spin bowling trio of Axar Patel, Vipraj Nigam, and Kuldeep Yadav to pick up wickets in the middle overs, something they have failed to do in the matches that they have played in Delhi, and would like to rectify that in the next game against KKR on Tuesday.
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