New Delhi: Game 51 of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) features the Delhi Capitals facing off against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on May 8. Both teams have had challenging seasons thus far.
The Delhi Capitals currently sit seventh in the IPL standings. After 10 matches, they have secured four victories and experienced six losses, totaling eight points. Although they have not yet been eliminated from contention for the playoffs, they face a difficult path ahead.
In contrast, the Kolkata Knight Riders are positioned just below Delhi Capitals in the points table. They have played nine games, winning three, losing five, and having one match end in no result. The team will be striving to achieve their fourth win of the season against Delhi Capitals.
Head-to-Head Record: Historically, Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders have met 34 times in the IPL. Delhi has won 15 of those encounters, while Kolkata has triumphed 19 times.
Squads:
Delhi Capitals: Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Kyle Jamieson.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Matheesha Pathirana, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Akash Deep, Blessing Muzarabani.
