Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports

Match 16 of the Indian Premier League, 2024, has Delhi Capitals taking on Kolkata Knight Riders at the Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. Delhi Capitals have played three matches in the series and are ranked seventh on the points table, while Kolkata Knight Riders have played two matches in the series and they will be looking to strengthen their hold of the top spot. In the last match played by Delhi Capitals against Chennai Super Kings, DC beat CSK by 20 runs. 

The top point-getters for Delhi are David Warner with 85 match fantasy points, Mukesh Kumar with 85 match fantasy points and Rishabh Pant with 85 match fantasy points.

In their last match in this series against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Kolkata Knight Riders won by seven wickets. The top point-getters for KKR are Sunil Narine with 96 match fantasy points, Venkatesh Iyer with 77 match fantasy points and Phil Salt with 64 match fantasy points.

Pitch Report and Weather Conditions

The pitch at the Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is not going to be easy. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 161 runs. 

The team winning the toss should look to bowl first as the majority of the games played on this ground have been won by the chasing side.

Pace or Spin?

The venue is suited for both pacers and spinners alike.

Weather Report

The temperature will hover around 28 degrees C and humidity is expected to be around 82%. Winds at a speed of 6.9 m/s are expected.

Head-to-Head

In the 33 matches played between these two teams, Kolkata Knight Riders' batters have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while the bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for Delhi Capitals.

Both teams last played against each other in Match 28 of the Indian Premier League, 2023, where David Warner scored the highest fantasy points for Delhi Capitals with 90 match fantasy points while Varun Chakaravarthy topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Kolkata Knight Riders with 89 match fantasy points.

DC vs KKR, Fantasy Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks

Andre Russell

Andre Russell is an all-rounder with an average of 80 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 10 and can be a good safe pick for your Dream11 Team. He bowls right-arm fast and in the recently played two matches, Russell has taken four wickets at an average of 13.50.

David Warner

David Warner can be a good pick for your Dream11 Team. David Warner has an average of 60 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.9. He is a top-order, left-handed batter. In the recently played three matches, Warner has scored 130 runs averaging 43.33 per match.

Khaleel Ahmed

Khaleel Ahmed is a bowler with an average of 54 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.6 and can be a good pick for your Dream11 Team. KHe bowls left-arm medium and in the recently played three matches, Khaleel has taken five wickets at an average of 17.60.

Harshit Rana

Nitish Rana is a batter with an average of 52 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of nine and is a good-to-have player for your Fantasy Team. He can give you some bowling fantasy points by bowling off-break and in recent matches, he has taken five wickets averaging 14.40 per match.

Phil Salt

Phil Salt is a wicket-keeper with an average of 39 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.3 and is an inconsistent player in terms of fantasy points and can be a punt pick in your team. He is a top-order, right-handed batter and also keeps wickets. In the recent two matches, Salt has scored 84 runs averaging 42.

DC vs KKR, Fantasy Team

Wicket-Keeper: Phil Salt and Abishek Porel

Batters: Nitish Rana, David Warner, Tristan Stubbs and Venkatesh Iyer

All-Rounders: Andre Russell, Axar Patel and Sunil Narine

Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed and Harshit Rana

Captain: Andre Russell

Vice-Captain: David Warner

Topics mentioned in this article

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