Delhi Capitals will look to bounce back and stay in touch with the top two when they host defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in match 48 of IPL 2025 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday (April 29).
Axar Patel-led DC is fresh from a home 6-wicket loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Put into bat, DC could only manage to post 162/8 in their allotted 20 overs before the visitors chased down the target with 9 balls to spare at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Ajinkya Rahane’s KKR, on the other hand, head into the contest on the back of a washed out game against Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Although they earned a point from their last outing, KKR have all to do in the last five matches to keep their title defence alive.
This will be the first meeting between the two side this season, but DC and KKR have crossed paths 34 times in IPL earlier, and the two sides will also meet for the first time at the Vizag venue. Now, let’s take a look at the head to head stats, results and record of KKR and DC in Arun Jaitley Stadium:
In the 34 KKR vs DC head to head meetings in IPL so far, Kolkata Knight Riders hold the edge, having won 18 times against Delhi Capitals, who have won 15 such fixtures with 1 match ending in no result. In the last 8 meetings also, it’s honours even at 4-4.
In the most recent meeting, exactly a year to the day, KKR chased down 154 with 21 balls to spare. DC had got the better of KKR on their previous visit to the Kotla in 2023, when they chased down 128. Here is a look at the KKR vs DC head to head stats ahead of IPL 2025 Match 48:
| Stats | For DC vs KKR | For KKR vs DC |
|---|---|---|
| Wins Batting 1st | 5 | 8 |
| Wins Chasing | 10 | 10 |
| Highest Total | 228 | 210 |
| Lowest Total | 98 | 127 |
| Highest Successful Chase | 180 | 169 |
| Lowest Total Defended | 177 | 133 |
| Most Runs | David Warner (474 runs) | Gautam Gambhir (413 runs) |
| Highest scorer | David Warner (105*) | Nitish Rana (81) |
| Most Sixes | Shreyas Iyer (23 sixes) | Andre Russell (33 sixes) |
| Most Fours | David Warner (56 fours) | Gautam Gambhir (49 fours) |
| Most Fifties | Prithvi Shaw (5 fifties) | Nitish Rana (4 fifties) |
| Most Hundreds | David Warner (1 hundred) | - |
| Most wickets | Anrich Nortje (13 wickets) | Sunil Narine (24 wickets) |
| Best Bowling | Kuldeep Yadav (4/14) | Varun Chakaravarthy (5/20) |
At the Arun Jaitley Stadium, KKR and DC have clashed 10 times so far, Kolkata Knight Riders holds a slight edge with 5 outright wins against the Capitals, who have won 4 and a super over eliminator. Here is a look at DC vs KKR record in New Delhi:
| Stats | DC vs KKR in New Delhi | KKR vs DC in New Delhi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | 10 | 10 |
| Wins | 4 (+1 Super Over Win) | 5 |
| Defeats | 5 | 4 (+1 Super Over Loss) |
| Wins Batting 1st | 3 | 1 |
| Wins Chasing | 1 | 4 |
| Highest Total | 219 in 2012 | 185/8 in 2019 |
| Lowest Total | 131/9 Out in 2011 | 127 All Out in 2023 |
| Highest Successful Chase | 128/6 in 2023 | 169/9 in 2017 |
| Lowest Total Defended | 177/4 in 2010 | 148/7 in 2011 |
Apart from clashes against KKR, the Delhi Capitals have played different oppositions at the their home venue, where they have lost twice and won one via super over this season. KKR too have played different opponents at the Kotla. Here is a look at their Bengaluru stats: