Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Capitals Prediction, Tips and Bet Builder

The battle to finish in the IPL top-four will go down to the wire, with Kolkata Knight Riders still in with a chance of making the Eliminator.

Abhishek Nayar’s men are currently sat in sixth going into their final regular season clash, when they play host to Delhi Capitals on Sunday.

Kolkata need to beat the Capitals by a big enough margin to better Punjab Kings net run rate and hope that Rajasthan Royals, who take on Mumbai Indians in Sunday's early game, lose their final match to keep alive their hopes of a fourth IPL title.

Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Capitals Tips Summary

Best Bet - Kolkata Knight Riders to win @ 8/11
Alternative Bet - Finn Allen 50+ Runs @ 3/1
Bet Builder - Sunil Narine Top KKR Bowler, KL Rahul Top DC Batter, Most Sixes - Kolkata Knight Riders @ 25/1

Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Capitals Prediction

Best Bet - Kolkata Knight Riders to win @ 8/11

Punjab Kings won their final regular-season game on Saturday to eliminate the Capitals from play-off contention, which gives only KKR something to play for.

The Knight Riders go into Sunday’s clash at Eden Gardens off the back of two IPL wins, including a four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.

The 2024 champions have won six of their last seven games to give themselves a chance of finishing in the top four.

The home team has the edge in the head-to-head record, with 18 wins to the Capitals’ 16 victories, while this season both teams have won six of their 13 matches.

However, Kolkata have won each of the last four games against Delhi, including an eight-wicket win earlier this month, and they can make it five on Sunday.

Alternative Bet - Finn Allen 50+ Runs @ 3/1

Finn Allen is playing in the IPL for the first time and the New Zealander has had a big impact in Kolkata’s bid to make the Eliminator.

The 27-year-old has already smashed over 300 runs and has averaged 36.56 across his 10 appearances, with a strike rate of 219.33.

Allen has built an impressive opening partnership with captain Ajinkaya Rahane, with the Black Caps international having already enjoyed success against the Capitals.

The man from Auckland struck an unbeaten century when the two teams met in early May and then smashed 93 off just 35 balls in last weekend’s win over Gujarat Titans.

Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Capitals Bet Builder

• Sunil Narine Top KKR Bowler
• KL Rahul Top DC Batter
• Most Sixes - Kolkata Knight Riders
  
  Pays 25/1

Veteran spinner Sunil Narine is in his 15th season in the IPL and the West Indies international has 14 wickets to his name in the 2026 event.

The 37-year-old bowled four overs in the most recent meeting between the sides, ending with figures of 1-17.

Narine will be keen to take the scalp of KL Rahul who is Delhi’s main threat with the bat and is inside the top-10 contenders for the Orange Cap.

The Capitals vice-captain is averaging 44.42 runs per game and has racked up 533 runs in 13 appearances this season.

Kolkata highlighted their big-hitting credentials last Saturday, when smashing 247 in their victory over Gujarat.

The Knight Riders clubbed 22 sixes in that Eden Gardens win, with opener Finn Allen hitting 10 maximums.

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Key Match Stats

• Kolkata Knight Riders have won each of the last four meetings with the Delhi Capitals
• Finn Allen scored his first IPL century (100*) in the most recent clash between the teams
• Delhi Capitals’ KL Rahul has the highest individual scorer in this season’s tournament (152*)
• KKR’s Rinku Singh has the second best batting average in the competition (73.75)
• Kolkata’s Kartik Tyagi is the only player from the two squads inside the top 10 of the 2026 IPL leading wicket-takers (18)
• These two sides are the two worst scoring teams in the power play with KKR's batting run rate of 8.8 only better than DC's 8.7

Tactics, Form and Team News

With Angkrish Raghuvanshi missing with a broken finger, Tejasvi Dahiya is set to replace him and also keep wicket.

Predicted Kolkata Knight Riders XI: 1 Ajinkya Rahane (c), 2 Finn Allen, 3 Cameron Green, 4 Rovman Powell, 5 Manish Pandey, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Tejasvi Dahiya (wk), 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Anukul Roy, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Saurabh Dubey.

Hemang Badani has to decide between all-rounders Tripurana Vijay and Auqib Nabi, with Nabi being tipped to play after Vijay’s expensive spell - 29 runs off two overs - in the victory over Rajasthan last time out.

Predicted Delhi Capitals XI: 1 Abishek Porel, 2 KL Rahul (wk), 3 Sahil Parakh, 4 Tristan Stubbs, 5 David Miller, 6 Ashutosh Sharma, 7 Axar Patel (c), 8 Mukesh Kumar, 9 Madhav Tiwari, 10 Auqib Nabi, 11 Mitchell Starc.

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