IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Key players to watch out for in today's match

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Delhi Capitals (DC) will be up against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 28th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday, April 20

IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals vs
Kolkata Knight Riders today

Delhi Capitals will look at registering their first win at this year's IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), on the other hand, are also on the lookout for a much-needed victory after losing two matches in a row. The match will begin at 7:30 pm today

DC vs KKR: Can Delhi
finally win?

Delhi Capitals will hope the Australian duo of skipper David Warner and Mitchell bring their A-game to the big-ticket match.

Delhi Capitals: David
Warner, Mitchell Marsh

Delhi Capitals will hope its bowlers stop leaking easy runs and would hope for its frontline bowlers like Anrich Nortje and Axar Patel to rise to the occasion if DC wants to register its first win of the season today

Delhi Capitals: Anrich
Nortje and Axar Patel

Rinku Singh and Venkatesh Iyer, the two KKR batsmen who have been in pristine touch this season so far, will be critical for KKR if they are to deny DC a much-needed win

Kolkata Knights Riders:
Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer

KKR skipper Nitish Rana and all-rounder Sunil Narine will have to show their top-notch cricketing skills in DC's home ground Delhi today

Kolkata Knights Riders: Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine

David Warner is Delhi Capitals' big hope as he is the top run-scorer this season with 225 runs in five matches. Meanwhile, Rinku Singh has become the new finisher for KKR, scoring 174 runs in five matches

DC vs KKR IPL 2023:
All eyes on David Warner,
Rinku Singh

David Warner (capt), Mitchell Marsh, Yash Dhull, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Aman Khan, Abishek Porel (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman

Delhi Capitals:
Predicted Playing XI

Jason Roy, N Jagadeesan (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (capt), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders:
Predicted Playing XI

Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi has traditionally favoured the chasing side. There are no known injuries in both the camps barring DC's Khaleel Ahmed, who has been out with a hamstring strain

DC vs KKR: Pitch report
and injury concerns