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]IPL 2026, Match 51: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XIs
by Dwijesh
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 |