DC vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025: Delhi Capital or Kolkata Knight Riders – Who will avoid playoff pressure?

As matches progress, the surface slows down, provides turns and bounce that can also bother experienced batsmen. This dual-book is forcing nature teams to reconsider strategies, combining power-touching with spin-lover bowling combinations.
As Delhi Capital prepare to face defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday, the focus firmly on the pitch behavior – especially both DC and RCB struggled to cross a minor yoga at the site a few days ago after both DC and RCB. DC, while riding a high in the season with a direct win, has recently stumbled with three defeats in five matches. Their middle-order looks unstable, especially with KL Rahul’s strike-rate deping. Despite his experience, Rahul’s ultra-vision approach has failed to inject speed.
At the top, Youngster Abishek Poral has shown the flare, but the lack of support from the other end has a limited effect. FAF Do Plessis returned to the last match, but could not suit the slow track, and Karun Nair fell silent since 89 against Mumbai Indians.
Bowling remains the strength of DC, especially with Kuldeep Yadav’s magnificent medium-over control. He has supported by Exer Patel and young Vipraj Nigam. However, in the Paes Department, Mitchell Starc is often fighting alone.
For KKR, inconsistency is the biggest obstacle. With the pioneer of Ajinkya Rahane, the team claims experience in Sunil Narine, Russell and D Coke, but lacks rhythm. The stakes are more than before, the playoff hopes are hanging with a thread.
As situations are getting difficult for batsmen and spinners, Tuesday’s match in Kotla promises a serious battle of strategy, nature and talent.
DC vs KKR Squad:
Delhi capitals: Axar Patel (C), Jake Fraser-Makegurk, Abishek Porl, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (WK), Triston Stabs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar Dushmanatha Chamera, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manwant Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kok (WK), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Angkarish Raghuvanshi, Rowman Powell, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Venkatesh Year, Anukul Roy, Ramdeep Singh, and Raik, Mayank Markande, Spaces Johnson, Sansar Johnson, Sunil Nai Chakarwarthi, Chetan Sakaria.
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