DC - 158/1 (16 Over)
Shikhar Dhawan (77) Rishabh Pant (7)
Shikhar Dhawan is adjudged the Man of the Match for his match-winning knock of 85 as Delhi Capitalscruised through.
For Code of Conduct Breach after his side maintained a slow over-rate during the game.
Notably, it was CSK’s first offence of the season and thus the former India captain was let go with just a fine but a couple of more can see him getting suspended for a match or two.
As per new stringent IPL rules, each side has to finish an IPL inning in 90 minutes, including two strategic time-outs of two and a half minutes each. As per the rule, the over rate has to be 14.1 overs per hour.
powerplay wickets between them!
Sultans of Swings!
RK DK
Who’ll win this duel?
Gunning for number 13 against SRH
scalps in games last season, the most by a Knight
Varun Chakaravarthy - All set for another stellar season
3 key individual performances against SRH!
KKR haven’t had a good IPL campaign for a couple of years now. In both 2019 and 2020, they failed to make it to the playoffs. But things are expected to be different this time, with the ICC Cricket World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan leading the team from the very beginning.
The Knight Riders have made some clever additions to their team, which includes the Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. They will start their campaign with a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, who made the playoffs last season but couldn’t make it to the finals. Hyderabad’s team was already a pretty solid unit, so whatever additions they have made at the auction table are simply to add to their depth, and not replace any first-team player.
Bhuvi danger for KKR – No one has picked more wickets against KKR in the IPL than Bhuvneshwar Kumar (27)
Dismal record at Chepauk for both teams
Both Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad have a bad record at Chepauk. KKR have lost seven of their nine games at this venue. Whereas, SRH have lost all three games they have played here.
Most runs against KKR:
Rohit Sharma - 939
David Warner - 912
Suresh Raina - 818
SRH skipper David Warner needs 88 more against KKR to become the first batsman to score 1000 runs against an IPL opponent.
Interesting fact
The last time SRH faced KKR, the contest ended in a Super Over-thriller with KKR coming out triumphant.
Can we expect a similar result tonight?