Delhi Capitals will square off with Kolkata Knight Riders in the second qualifier of the IPL 2021 in Sharjah. While the Rishabh Pant-led side is going for its maiden IPL trophy, the Kolkata camp has won it twice -- first in 2012 and then in 2014. The winner of the contest will spring up as Chennai Super Kings' rivals for the title clash on October 15.
Kolkata notched up a four-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator with Narine (4/21) weaving his magic and sending Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell back to the dugout. Chasing 139, KKR got home with two balls to spare.
Delhi, on the other hand, were jolted by Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 1. R Ashwin and Kagiso Rabada's bowling form is a concern for the table-toppers of this season. They drafted Tom Curran in place of Ripal Patel in Qualifier 1 and he is likely to play against Kolkata if Marcus Stoinis remains unavailable.
TOSS UPDATE: Kolkata Knight Riders win toss, opt to bowl against Delhi Capitals in Sharjah
PLAYING XI
Delhi Capitals: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(C & WK), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Sunil Narine, Shakib Al Hasan, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy
Delhi Capitals: Toss and match Results in IPL 2021 so far -
Delhi Capitals (DC) full schedule, squad, venue and timings in IST
Total Matches Played - 15
Tosses won: 8
Tosses lost: 7
Match Result after Tosses won: 7/8 wins
Match Result after Tosses lost: 3/7 wins
CSK vs DC: DC won the toss, opted to bowl - DC won by 7 wickets
RR vs DC: RR won the toss, opted to bowl - RR won by 3 wickets
DC vs PBKS: DC won the toss, opted to bowl - DC won by 6 wickets
DC vs MI: MI won the toss, opted to bat - DC won by 6 wickets
SRH vs DC: DC won the toss, opted to bat - DC won via Super Over
DC vs RCB: DC won toss, opted to bowl - RCB won by 1 run
DC vs KKR: DC won the toss, opted to bowl - DC won by 7 wickets
PBKS vs DC: DC won the toss, opted to bowl - DC won by 7 wickets
SRH vs DC: SRH won toss, opted to bat - DC won by 8 wickets
DC vs RR: RR won toss, opt to bowl - DC won by 33 runs.
DC vs KKR: KKR won toss, opt to bowl - KKR won by 3 wickets
MI vs DC: DC won the toss, opted to bowl - DC won by 4 wickets
DC vs CSK: DC won the toss, opted to bowl - DC won by 3 wickets
DC vs RCB: RCB won the toss, opted to bowl - RCB won by 7 wickets
DC vs CSK: CSK won the toss, opted to bowl - CSK won by 4 wickets
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS- Toss and Match Results in IPL 2021 so far
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) full schedule, squad, venue and timings
Total Matches Played - 15
Tosses won: 6
Tosses lost: 9
Match Result after Tosses won: 3/6 wins
Match Result after Tosses lost: 5/9 wins
KKR vs MI: KKR won the toss, opted to bowl: MI won by 10 runs
RCB vs KKR: RCB won the toss, opted to bat: RCB won by 38 runs
KKR vs CSK: KKR won the toss, opted to bowl: CSK won by 18 runs
RR vs KKR: RR won the toss, opted to bowl: RR won by 6 wickets
PBKS vs KKR: KKR won the toss, opted to bowl: KKR won by 5 wickets
DC vs KKR: DC won the toss, opted to bowl: DC won by 7 wickets
RCB vs KKR: RCB won the toss, opted to bat: KKR won by 9 wickets
MI vs KKR - KKR won the toss, opted to bowl: KKR won by 7 wickets
CSK vs KKR - KKR won the toss, opted to bat: CSK won by 2 wickets
KKR vs DC - KKR won the toss, opted to bowl - KKR won by 3 wickets
KKR vs PBKS - PBKS won the toss, opted to bowl - PBKS won by 5 wickets
KKR vs SRH - SRH won the toss, opted to bat - KKR won by 6 wickets
KKR vs RR - RR won the toss, elected to bowl - KKR won by 86 runs
RCB vs KKR - RCB won the toss, elected to bat - KKR won by 4 wickets
SQUADS
Delhi Capitals Squad: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Axar Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, Tom Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Steven Smith, Sam Billings, Marcus Stoinis, Lukman Meriwala, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Dinesh Karthik(w), Eoin Morgan(c), Shakib Al Hasan, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harbhajan Singh, Tim Southee, Andre Russell, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Tim Seifert, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vaibhav Arora