DC vs KOL Dream11 prediction, IPL 2023: Playing 11, Fantasy Tips, Captain & Vice Captain, Impact Sub Options

DC vs KOL Dream11 prediction: Delhi Capitals will host Kolkata Knight Riders in match No. 28 of IPL 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday (April 20). The match will start as 7:30 PM IST and will be the second match of this IPL's first-midweek doubleheader.

Delhi are desperate in search of their first win of the season after the David Warner-led side lost five back-to-back games and are languishing at the bottom of the table. Nitish Rana-led KKR are having a change in fortune too with consecutive losses. KKR, however, lead the head-to-head 16-14 but DC won the last three encounters.

DC vs KOL injury update

DC Injury update DC have no fresh injury concerns reported ahead of the match.

Key players David Warner is the lone consistent runscorer for the side with three half-centuries in IPL 2023. Manish Pandey and Axar Patel have scored fifties recently as well. Mitchell Marsh's bat is yet to fire but the Australian all-rounder took two wickets in the last game while Kuldeep Yadav found a rhythm with the ball as well with two wickets.

Out of form Prithvi Shaw is having a horrendous run with 34 runs in the last five innings, including two ducks. Yash Dhull hasn't take his chances with the bat either. Despite being economical in the last game, Anrich Nortje has gone three matches now without a wicket.

KOL injury update There are no new injury concerns reported for the Kolkata Knight Riders camp ahead of the match.

Key players Left-handed trio of Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, and Venkatesh Iyer are in rich form with the latest also scoring a century in the last game. Their good forms limit batting opportunities for the lower order which consists of hard-hitters in Andre Russell and Shardul Thakur.

Thakur's bowling hasn't been expensive with the ball while Russell is only used as a death-bowl bowler if and when the need arises. Rookie spinner Suyash Sharma has made an impact by taking six wickets in four games and outperformed Sunil Narine and Varun Chakratvarthy in the last game.

Out of form Wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz's form has dropped since scoring runs initially and may struggle to keep his spot in the team in the coming games with Litton Das waiting for an opportunity.

DC vs KOL predicted playing 11 and impact sub options

DC predicted playing 11 David Warner (c), Mitchell Marsh, Yash Dhull, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Abishek Porel (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman

DC Impact sub options Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar, Praveen Dubey, Sarfaraz Khan, Chetan Sakariya, Ishant Sharma, Rilee Rossouw, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Philip Salt, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rovman Powell

KOL predicted playing 11 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy

KOL Impact sub options Tim Southee, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy, Litton Das, David Wiese, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Aarya Desai, Suyash Sharma

DC vs KOL pitch report

Arun Jaitley Stadium's pitch may feel homely to Kolkata Knight Riders' spinners due to its slow nature. The boundary dimensions and quick outfield come to the aid of the batters but anything above 170 could be a good total to defend on the surface.

DC vs KOL Dream11 prediction

DC vs KOL dream11 predicted lineup 1
Wicket-keeper: L Das
Batter: D Warner, N Rana, V Iyer, R Singh, M Pandey
All-rounder: S Narine, A Patel, M Marsh
Bowler: V Chakravarthy, S Sharma

DC vs KOL Dream11 predicted lineup 2
Wicket-keeper: N Jagadeeshan
Batter: D Warner, N Rana, V Iyer, R Singh, M Pandey
All-rounder: A Patel, M Marsh
Bowler: V Chakravarthy, S Sharma, K Yadav

Captain & vice captain options In-form N Rana could be a wise choice as he grew up playing at the venue while D Warner has been scoring runs consistently. Going for a spinner as vice captain may do the trick as well.