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IPL 2026, Match 51: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XIs

by Dwijesh May 6, 2026

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Delhi Capitals will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the 51th match of Indian Premier League 2026 on May 8th at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi with the game set to begin at 7:30 PM.

Axar Patel will captain DC, while Ajinkya Rahane will lead KKR. Both teams feature several top-quality players, and strong performances can be expected from stars like KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Finn Allen and Cameron Green. It will be intriguing to see the final playing XIs that each side settles on ahead of this important clash.

Match Details

Details	Information
Match	Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date	08 May 2026 (Friday)
Time	7:30 PM IST
Match Number	51st T20
Tournament	Indian Premier League 2026
Venue	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Broadcast (TV)	Star Sports Network
Streaming	JioHotstar

DC vs KKR – Full Squad

Delhi Capitals (DC)	Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Pathum Nissanka ✈️ (Batter)	Ajinkya Rahane (C) (Batter)
KL Rahul (WK) (Batter)	Finn Allen ✈️ (Batter)
Nitish Rana (All-Rounder)	Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Batter)
Tristan Stubbs ✈️ (Batter)	Rinku Singh (Batter)
Ashutosh Sharma (All-Rounder)	Cameron Green ✈️ (All-Rounder)
Sameer Rizvi (All-Rounder)	Rovman Powell ✈️ (Batter)
Axar Patel (C) (All-Rounder)	Manish Pandey (Batter)
Kyle Jamieson ✈️ (Bowler)	Sunil Narine ✈️ (All-Rounder)
Mitchell Starc ✈️ (Bowler)	Anukul Roy (All-Rounder)
Kuldeep Yadav (Bowler)	Kartik Tyagi (Bowler)
T Natarajan (Bowler)	Varun Chakaravarthy (Bowler)
Karun Nair (Batter)	Vaibhav Arora (Bowler)
Abishek Porel (Batter)	Ramandeep Singh (All-Rounder)
Vipraj Nigam (All-Rounder)	Umran Malik (Bowler)
Madhav Tiwari (All-Rounder)	Matheesha Pathirana ✈️ (Bowler)
Tripurana Vijay (Bowler)	Prashant Solanki (Bowler)
Ajay Mandal (All-Rounder)	Tejasvi Dahiya (Batter)
Mukesh Kumar (Bowler)	Rahul Tripathi (Batter)
Dushmantha Chameera ✈️ (Bowler)	Tim Seifert ✈️ (WK) (Batter)
David Miller ✈️ (Batter)	Sarthak Ranjan (Batter)
Auqib Nabi (All-Rounder)	Daksh Kamra (All-Rounder)
Lungi Ngidi ✈️ (Bowler)	Rachin Ravindra ✈️ (All-Rounder)
Sahil Parakh (Batter)	Blessing Muzarabani ✈️ (Bowler)
Prithvi Shaw (Batter)	Saurabh Dubey (Bowler)
Rehan Ahmed ✈️ (All-Rounder)	Navdeep Saini (Bowler)

DC vs KKR – Predicted Playing 11

Delhi Capitals	Kolkata Knight Riders
KL Rahul (WK)	Finn Allen ✈️
Pathum Nissanka ✈️	Ajinkya Rahane (C)
Tristan Stubbs ✈️	Rinku Singh
Nitish Rana	Rahul Tripathi
Axar Patel (C)	Cameron Green ✈️
Sameer Rizvi	Sunil Narine ✈️
Ashutosh Sharma	Rovman Powell ✈️
Mitchell Starc ✈️	Varun Chakaravarthy
Kuldeep Yadav	Ramandeep Singh
T Natarajan	Kartik Tyagi
Mukesh Kumar	Vaibhav Arora

Impact Player	Impact Player
David Miller ✈️	Anukul Roy

LastModified Date: 2026-05-06 09:26:59

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Q. When is DC vs KKR Match 51?

May 8, 2026, at 7:30 PM IST.

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