Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane win toss and choose to field first against Delhi Capitals for their final group stage match for Indian Premier League 2026. Di match dey happen for Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Sunday.
Rahane talk say, “We go bowl first. We know di scenario, and di wicket dey look nice and good. Dere be game of cricket to play, and di last six games we don play. We want to do well here. I dey really proud of my team. We dey play di same team.”
KKR get slim chance to qualify for play-offs. To advance, dem must secure comprehensive victory over DC wey don already eliminate, and hope say Rajasthan Royals lose to Mumbai Indians, plus favourable net-run-rate swing.
Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel talk say, “We for don bowl first as well. We go see how we fit do better next season. I no think say we play bad cricket, but we no grab di moments wey for change results. We need to learn to do those and look forward. We get two changes.”
Delhi Capitals playing XI na: Abishek Porel, KL Rahul(w), Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Madhav Tiwari, Auqib Nabi Dar, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi. Impact subs be Tripurana Vijay, Sameer Rizvi, Vipraj Nigam, Nitish Rana, and Kuldeep Yadav.
Kolkata Knight Riders playing XI na: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Manish Pandey, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya(w), Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Saurabh Dubey, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kartik Tyagi. Impact subs be Finn Allen, Sarthak Ranjan, Vaibhav Arora, Ramandeep Singh, and Rahul Tripathi.
Di pitch report for Eden Gardens promise high-scoring contest. Di surface get history of producing big totals for T20 matches. Dew likely to become major factor for second innings, wey go make bowling difficult and give clear advantage to chasing side for Kolkata tonight.
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