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Delhi Capitals (DC) are set to take on the unbeaten Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the ACA-VDCA stadium in Visakhapatnam this evening. 

DC were involved in a huge win at the weekend, defeating the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by a comfortable 20-run margin. Captain Rishabh Pant’s 52-run knock and return to form since his unfortunate injury has been another bonus point for the Delhi team.

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Meanwhile, KKR have been in brilliant form under Shreyas Iyer’s leadership, winning both their games with the latest one coming against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. Sunil Narine was the star performer on the night with a quick half-century and a wicket to his name.

The two teams meet each other for the 33rd time in the IPL promising the viewers an exciting clash on the cards.

Delhi Capitals Impact players: 

Abhishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Jake Fraser-McGurk

Abhishek Porel is the impact sub, replacing Khaleel Ahmed.

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact players: 

Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Vaibhav Arora is the impact sub, replacing Angkrish Raghuvanshi.

DC vs KKR: Prediction

DC vs KKR promises to be an exciting clash with top players getting in on the action. Both teams possess heavy hitters that could change the game in a span of a few overs. Marcus Stoinis and Rishabh Pant are well capable of clearing the ropes while KKR have players like Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer to their disposal. 

Meanwhile, spinners could have a big role to play considering the turning pitch of the ACA-VDCA stadium making players like Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakrvarthy an important part of the encounter between the two teams. 

Although DC enter the game after a confident win against CSK, KKR seem to be the more complete team of the two and also in a good run of form, making them the favourites for the clash.

DC vs KKR: Betting odds

As per odds on Dafabet, KKR are the favourites to win against DC.

RESULT ODDS
DC Win 2.10
KKR win 1.75

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Rahul is a content producer for The Sporting News’ India edition.