Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Prediction: Can Riders hurt Delhi Capitals?

Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Prediction for the Match on April 29, 2025

Prediction for the Indian Premier League cricket game for the 29th of April 2025. In what will be game 48 of the season, Delhi Capitals will play host to Kolkata Knight Riders at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Ahead of this game, the two teams has struggled and a win will be crucial to see them improve their standings as they eye a playoff spot. Here at Telecomasia, we will preview this game and offer the best betting possibilities. 

Delhi Capitals: Form and Statistics

Delhi Capitals will hope to bounce back to winning ways after losing to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their last game. In that encounter, Delhi Capitals lost by six wickets in a game that ended 162-165. In the meantime, Delhi Capitals have now failed to win consecutive matches, compared to how they started their season with four consecutive wins. Ahead of this game, the Delhi Capitals have 12 points from a possible 18 as they sit 4th in the standings. 

Delhi Capitals Lineup

Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.

Delhi Capitals Impact Players

Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Jake Fraser McGurk, Madhav Tiwary, Tripurana Vijay

Kolkata Knight Riders: Form and Statistics

Kolkata Knight Riders have really been disappointing this season and we shouldn't expect so much from them in this fixture. Ahead of this game, the Kolkata Knight Riders have failed to step up in back-to-back matches, as they win only one of their last four matches, coming against the Chennai Super Kings. However, their recent matches have seen the Kolkata Knight Riders lose to Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants. In the league this season, Kolkata Knight Riders have a +0.212 net run rate and seven points from seven matches. 

Kolkata Knight Riders Lineup

Kolkata Knight Riders Expected Lineup

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell. Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Players

Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy

Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: head to head statistics

This will be the first meeting between these two teams this year. The Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals have met 34 matches in the Indian Premier League. In their first meeting in 2010, the Delhi Capitals won by 40 runs in a 177-137 contest. However, the total number of wins by the Delhi Capitals is 15, while the Kolkata Knight Riders won 18 times, including their most recent meeting. However, one of their meetings ended without a winner. 

Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Weather and Pitch Report

The temperature is expected to be around 39 degrees Celsius during the day, according to Weather.com. This means we should enjoy a really warm environment, but the temperature might drop to 26 degrees Celsius at night. Humidity levels will be fairly high as well, with it touching the low-to-mid thirties.

The Arun Jaitley Stadium pitch is expected to be fairly dry heading into this game and spinners will be the most favourable ones. However, we are not expected to see many runs at the end of the encounter.

Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Betting Tips & Odds

• The Kolkata Knight Riders have won the last two matches of this fixture. While the Riders have lost consecutive matches heading into this game, they have a chance to bounce back. A win option is available on BC. Game with odds at 1.80.
• Delhi Capitals have the most wins in the last five meetings of this fixture, winning three times. The home team comes into this game as favourites. This option is available at 1.78 on Dafabet.
• The last three matches played by the Delhi Capitals have been decided by wickets. An over 13.5 total wickets is available on 1Xbet with odds at 1.96.

Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Prediction 29 April 2025

The Delhi Capitals have gone from being a solid team to being inconsistent and if there is a game to get back to winning ways, then it is this one. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders have struggled all season and their result in their last encounter prior to this is a testament. While I believe this could be a very close contest, I still do not see the Kolkata Knight Riders winning this contest. In the meantime, I feel this will be a game where the two teams will give their all and display character and competitiveness, as they can not afford to drop points. 

This should be a game where we might experience a few runs, as the two teams have not shown a lot of offensive performances lately. Also, while the Delhi Capitals have been the better side this season, I will bet on them to win at home. 

Our match prediction: is a win for the Delhi Capitals with odds at 1.81 on the 1Xbet bookmaker. 

Our betting tip: is total runs (even) yes, with odds at 1.85 on the Dafabet bookmaker. 

Our final match prediction: is Kolkata Knight Riders under 176.5 runs with odds at 1.90 on BC. Game bookmaker.