DC vs KKR Dream11: Lineups, pitch report and score predictions for IPL 2026 match

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:​

• DC and KKR are desperate to register a win and keep their hopes of an IPL 2026 playoff spot alive.
• KKR cannot afford to lose any more games.
• Sunil Narine to play a key role in KKR's clash against DC.

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DC vs KKR IPL 2026 at Delhi: Match Preview​

There has rarely been a more desperate Friday night in Delhi. The Capitals have had a season that has promised much but delivered little and they now find themselves staring down the barrel with just four games left to salvage something meaningful.

Kolkata, meanwhile, have had their own struggles, but three wins on the bounce have breathed life back into a side that had looked destined for an early exit from the playoffs race.

Both teams' chances are hanging by a thread in the playoffs race. For Delhi, the equation is very simple. Capitals need to win all four of their remaining games to give themselves a realistic chance of reaching the playoffs. Even then, they will need results elsewhere to fall in their favour. Should they slip up even once, their only hope would be to win three of the four remaining games and pray that a host of other results go their way. Either way, there is very little margin for error left in their campaign.

For Kolkata, the mathematics have been even more unforgiving, with the side needing all five of their remaining fixtures to fall their way

MORE: IPL 2026 points table: Latest standings

DC vs KKR: Predicted playing XI and starting lineups​

DC predicted playing XI: KL Rahul (wk), Prithvi Shaw, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Abhishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan

Impact Player: Sameer Rizvi

KKR predicted playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora

Impact Player: Finn Allen

MORE: KKR's IPL 2026 playoff chances: Qualification scenarios, wins and points required

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi: Pitch Report​

For most of the season, Arun Jaitley Stadium has been a belter and that has been a ground where batters have thrived and big scores have flowed freely. But the DC vs CSK game changed the narrative somewhat, with the surface playing uncharacteristically slow. Now, the pitch itself could be the defining factor on the night.

DC vs KKR: Dream 11 Fantasy XI​

• Keepers – KL Rahul, Fin Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi
• Batsmen – Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Rinku Singh
• All-rounders – Cameron Green, Axar Patel
• Bowlers – Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Starc, Sunil Narine

DC vs KKR: Score Prediction and Winner​

If DC bats first: 215 - 225 runs

If KKR bats first: 210 - 215 runs

Match winner prediction: Delhi Capitals to secure a victory.

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