In Match 47 of IPL 2024, the two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders will lock horns with Delhi Capitals at iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday (April 29).

These two rivals have met 33 times in the past and Kolkata emerged victorious on 17 occasions. Delhi managed to win 15 times and one match failed to produce any result. In their last meeting, KKR smashed DC with a win by 106 runs.

Despite a successful start of the campaign, KKR have suddenly gone off-track and lost three out of the last five games, two of them were at their home. But the situation is the opposite for the visitors. After a bumpy start, they made a comeback and won four out of the last five games. Despite winning the same number of matches, KKR is sitting at the second position while DC are at sixth, due to the huge differences in run rate.

KKR vs DC IPL 2024: Bowling Squad Comparison

Despite having a balanced bowling attack, the lack of experience in the pace-battery became evident for the Knights in the last few matches, especially in their home ground. Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Adre Russel and Harshit Rana all have remained costly. Whereas their spin attack led by Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthylookss is much more dependable. Dushmantha Chameera might continue in place of Mitchell Starc, as the injury status of the latter remained unclear.

Though DC lack the depth KKR have yet they made a comeback and won the last few matches. DC have one of the best spin attacks this season, mainly thanks to Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel. In the pace department, the Capitals have Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar. Ishant Sharma most probably continue to miss out on the match due to injury.

IPL 2024 KKR vs DC: Who Will Pick Most Wickets in Match 47?

Sunil Narine (KKR): The 35-year-old Caribbean legend has been phenomenal this season, both with bat and ball. In the run-fest at Eden Gardens in the last few matches, Narine remains the only bowler who remained economical and got wickets. The right-arm off-spinner has bagged 10 wickets this season with an economy rate of 6.97 and he might be crucial against Jake Fraser-McGruk and Tristan Stubbs.

Kuldeep Yadav (DC): The left-arm wrist spinner has already picked 12 wickets this season. The former Knight has been an X-factor for opponents due to the rareness of his type of bowling. He is expected to do well in the spinner-friendly ground of Eden Gardens.

Khaleel Ahmed (DC): The Indian left-arm medium pacer has also bagged 12 wickets so far. Along with Mukesh Kumar, the 26-year-old remained the main go-to bowler for DC in this season. Though Ahmed seems to be costly sometimes, he has been successful in getting wickets regularly and DC will expect him to do the same against KKR.

Though KKR beat DC at their home with a huge margin, the Knights are not in the position to take the visitors lightly. KKR has struggled a lot to defend their runs despite scoring humongous totals in back-to-back matches and DC has played some big innings also in recent matches. Considering the nature of the pitch another run-fest is expected from this Monday evening clash.