Indian T20 League 2024 

Match 47: KOL vs DEL

Preview 

A resurgent Delhi (DEL) will look to make the most of Kolkata (KOL) bowling vulnerabilities and rise to the top four in the points table during their clash at the Eden Gardens on Monday. 

With four wins in their last five games, Rishabh Pant and co are slowly but gradually putting together their pieces and beginning to look like a formidable outfit   

KOL, on the other hand has suffered three defeats in their last five outings with their profligacy in the bowling department affecting them badly. However, the two time champions have looked threatening as a batting unit. 

Unlike KOL, DEL lacks depth in batting and is quite far from possessing the most impressive bowling prowess either. But somehow they managed to get the results in their favour off late. And when they lost the contest against Hyderabad (HYD) they fought till the last gasp 

Expect a riveting contest between these two quality sides, both of whom cannot afford to let their guards down at the moment.  

Match Details

Match: KOL vs DEL, 47th Match, Indian T20 League 2024

Date: Monday, April 29, 2024

Time: 7:30 PM

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Pitch and Weather Report

Eden Gardens, known for its batting friendly conditions, witnessed records tumble in the recent KOL vs PUN match. PUN chasing down a mammoth total of 261 and smashing a record breaking 42 sixes in a duel highlighted the high scoring encounter. Out of the 91 Ind T20 League matches played at this venue, teams batting first won 37 while chasing teams emerged victorious on 53 occasions, underlining a slight advantage for the side batting second. 

Temperature is expected to range around 30-35 degree celsius during the evening. Humidity levels are anticipated to reach about 70% with no prospect of rain.

KOL vs DEL Squads

KOL: Philip Salt (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh , Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mitchell Starc, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat

DEL:  Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kumar Kushagra, Kuldeep Yadav, Lizaad Williams, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Rasikh Dar Salam, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ricky Bhui, Sumit Kumar, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Lalit Yadav, David Warner, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara, Jhye Richardson, Ishant Sharma, Gulbadin Naib

 
KOL vs DEL Probable Playing XIs

KOL: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (C), Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarty

DEL: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Kumar Kushagra, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Lizaad Williams, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Rasikh Salam

Match Prediction

DEL has found its batting form in the last two matches, but the team has been inconsistent. Their bowling prowess lacks teeth and without the experience of Ishant Sharma, their pace attack in particular has looked below par. Same is the story with KOL. Batters have been firing on all cylinders but their bowlers have let them down. Expect an even contest between these two sides. 

We are backing KOL to win this duel.

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