Two in-form teams, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals will face each other at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in match number 41 of the ongoing Indian Premier League. While Delhi Capitals will play to confirm their berths. In the playoffs, Kolkata, who had lost very little to Chennai Super Kings in their previous game, will be expected to return to the winning streak and break into the top four.
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However, going into the match Andre Russell’s fitness will be of more concern than his result in the previous game. The West Indies all-rounder suffered a hamstring injury during the fag end of the match between CSK and KKR on Sunday. Kolkata Knight Riders have capable replacements in Shakib Al Hasan and Ben Cutting but they have the ability to single-handedly win matches in the days of Andre Russell.
Delhi are also looking after an injured all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, with the Aussies scoring a minor victory in their win against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which will also knock him out on Tuesday. DC fielded only three overseas players in their game against Rajasthan Royals, with Lalit Yadav replacing Marcus Stoinis in the playing XI. However, this time he will have the option of slotting in Sam Billings but it could be too early for the Englishman as he left the quarantine on Monday itself.
KKR captain Eoin Morgan and his team know that there will be little room for error as they go into a game that is more important than their approach to maintaining their play-off chances. Delhi will also be hungry for a win as two more wins from where they are now should be enough to seal the top-two spot, which effectively has a double chance of reaching the final.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals Probable XI
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable XI: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shakib Al Hasan/Ben Cutting, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna
Delhi Capitals Probable XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Enrique Nortje, Avesh Khan
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