The 48th game of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals on April 29. The match will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi at 7:30 PM. This is the only time this season that both teams will play each other. Both teams have played nine games each with Capitals winning six and Knight Riders winning three.
DC vs KKR: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi Capitals |
|---|---|
| Sunil Narine | Abishek Porel |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) | Faf du Plessis |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Karun Nair |
| Venkatesh Iyer | KL Rahul (wk) |
| Rinku Singh | Tristan Stubbs |
| Rovman Powell | Axar Patel © |
| Andre Russell | Vipraj Nigam |
| Harshit Rana | Mitchell Starc |
| Chetan Sakariya | Kuldeep Yadav |
| Vaibhav Arora | Dushmantha Chameera |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | Mukesh Kumar |
DC vs KKR Squad
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi Capitals |
|---|---|
| Ajinkya Rahane (C) – Top Order Batter | Faf du Plessis (VC) ✈️ – Middle Order Batter |
| Quinton de Kock (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Abishek Porel (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Manish Pandey – Top Order Batter | Jake Fraser-McGurk ✈️ – Batter |
| Rovman Powell ✈️ – Middle Order Batter | Karun Nair – Top Order Batter |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Top Order Batter | KL Rahul (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Sameer Rizvi – Batter |
| Ramandeep Singh – Middle Order Batter | Tristan Stubbs ✈️ – Batter |
| Rinku Singh – Middle Order Batter | Harry Brook (Withdrawn) ✈️ – Batter |
| Luvnith Sisodia (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter | Axar Patel (C) – Allrounder |
| Venkatesh Iyer (VC) – Allrounder | Donovan Ferreira ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Moeen Ali ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Ajay Mandal – Allrounder |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder | Manvanth Kumar – Allrounder |
| Anukul Roy – Allrounder | Ashutosh Sharma – Batting Allrounder |
| Andre Russell ✈️ – Allrounder | Madhav Tiwari – Allrounder |
| Vaibhav Arora – Bowler | Dushmantha Chameera ✈️ – Bowler |
| Harshit Rana – Bowler | Kuldeep Yadav – Bowler |
| Spencer Johnson ✈️ – Bowler | Mukesh Kumar – Bowler |
| Mayank Markande – Bowler | Darshan Nalkande – Bowler |
| Anrich Nortje ✈️ – Bowler | T Natarajan – Bowler |
| Chetan Sakariya – Bowler | Vipraj Nigam – Bowler |
| Varun Chakravarthy – Bowler | Mohit Sharma – Bowler |
| Umran Malik – Withdrawn Bowler | Mitchell Starc ✈️ – Bowler |
| Tripurana Vijay – Bowler |
DC vs KKR: Injury Updates
Kolkata Knight Riders: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
Delhi Capitals: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
