IPL 2025: DC vs KKR playing 11, DC batters vs KKR bowlers matchups

Delhi Capitals (DC) will aim for an improved performance as they face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi today. DC skipper Axar Patel won the toss and opted to field first. 

DC vs KKR playing 11 today:

 

DC playing 11 vs KKR: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera, Mukesh Kumar

 

Impact players: Ashutosh Sharma, Jake Fraser McGurk, Tripurana Vijay, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira

 

KKR playing 11 vs DC: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy

 

 

Impact players: Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Mayank Markande, Vaibhav Arora, Ramandeep Singh

  After suffering two defeats in their last four matches, including a recent loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore, DC will need to bounce back strongly to secure crucial points in the business end of the tournament. While DC's batting has been anchored by KL Rahul, they will need more contributions from the middle order and aggressive batting from Abishek Porel. KKR, on the other hand, have struggled with both bat and ball, and they will need a collective effort to turn their fortunes around. With spinners like Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy in KKR's ranks, DC’s batters will have to be wary. The contest promises to be a thrilling encounter with both teams needing a win to stay in contention for the playoffs. 

 

Axar Patel captaincy record in IPL 2025

• Matches: 9
• Wins: 6
• Losses: 3
• Tied: 0
• Win percentage: 66.66

Ajinkya Rahane captaincy record in IPL 2025

• Matches: 9
• Wins: 3
• Losses: 5
• N/R: 1
• Win percentage: 33.33

 

DC squad for IPL 2025: 

Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (w), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Donovan Ferreira, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Dushmantha Chameera, Tripurana Vijay, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari

 

KKR squad for IPL 2025: 

Quinton de Kock (w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Mayank Markande, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya

 

Check out the players' match-up ahead of the DC vs KKR match here. The players' battle stats will help you create Delhi vs Kolkata fantasy playing 11 based on facts.

 

DC vs KKR key player battles (IN T20s) 

Batter	Bowler	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Dismissals	SR	Avg
Faf du Plessis	Sunil Narine	56	72	2	27	2	77.8	28
Lokesh Rahul	Sunil Narine	114	85	2	28	7	134.1	57
Faf du Plessis	Andre Russell	62	39	2	11	9	159	31
Ajinkya Rahane	Axar Patel	84	66	1	16	8	127.3	84
Ajinkya Rahane	Kuldeep Yadav	19	27	2	12	1	70.4	9.5
Andre Russell	Mitchell Starc	55	23	0	8	1	239.1	-
Andre Russell	Kuldeep Yadav	4	10	1	6	0	40	4
Quinton de Kock	Kuldeep Yadav	20	14	2	4	3	142.9	10