Today Cricket Match Prediction, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals, IPL T20 2020, 42nd Match. Who Will Win, On Oct 24, 2020

The world is ready to witness yet another big battle of the Indian Premier League. The 42nd Match of Dream11 IPL T20 is scheduled to play between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals on Saturday, 24th October 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. We are posting safe, accurate, and 100% secure today match prediction for all matches of IPL T20 free.

The performance of Kolkata Knight Riders had been average in this season of the Dream IPL T20 sop far. They had played a total of 10 matches so far with five wins to their name. They had lost five matches and are holding the 4th position on the points table. They were beaten by Royal Challengers Bangalore in their most recent match by a huge margin of eight wickets. They won the toss and decided to bat first. Their batting order almost collapsed in that match. They could manage to score just 84 runs in their inning of 20 overs. The skipper, Eoin Morgan was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 30 runs on 34 deliveries with the help of three boundaries and one six. Kuldeep Yadav could manage to score 12 runs while Tom Banton had just 10 runs to his name. No other batsmen from their side could even enter into double-figure. Shubman Gill and Rahul Tripathi could manage to score one run each while Nitish Rana failed to open his account on the scoreboard.

The bowling unit of Kolkata Knight Riders failed to defend a low target on the board. They were charged for the target of 87 runs in just 13.3 overs. Lockie Ferguson was the only bowler from their side who picked one wicket in his four overs bowled out against 17 runs. He also remained not out after scoring 19 runs while batting. Except for Lockie Ferguson, no other bowler from the KKR side could pick any wicket in the previous match. Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna, and Pat Cummins were the bowlers who failed to pick wickets. Varun Chakravarthy leaked 28 runs in his four overs bowled out while Pat Cummins was charged for 18 runs in his three overs bowled out. Prasidh Krishna was charged for 20 runs in 2.3 overs bowled out.

The way how Delhi Capitals had performed in this tournament is just outstanding. They are the best performing team of this season of the Indian Premier League right now. They had won seven out of ten matches played so far and are leading the points table. They faced a heavy defeat against Kings XI Punjab in their most recent match by the margin of five wickets. They won the toss and decided to bat first. The performance of their batting order was good in the previous match. They scored a total of 164 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Shikhar Dhawan once again had an outstanding performance with the bat in the previous match. He scored his consecutive second century. He remained not out after scoring 106 runs on 61 deliveries with the help of 12 boundaries and three sixes. Rishabh Pant and the skipper, Shreyas Iyer scored 14 runs each while Hetmyer had 10 runs to his name.

The bowling unit of Delhi Capitals failed to give their best performance in the previous match against Kings XI Punjab. They failed to defend the target of 165 runs and were charged for the target in 19 overs. Hetmyer was the only successful bowler from their side who picked two wickets in his four overs bowled out against 27 runs. Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin picked one wicket each in the previous match while Daniel Sams, Tushar Deshpande, and Marcus Stoinis were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket in the previous match. Daniel Sams leaked 30 runs in his four overs bowled out while Tushar Deshpande was charged for 41 runs in just two overs bowled out.

Delhi Capitals had performed in the most recent matches and are in good form. This is also overall a strong team as compared to the Delhi Capitals at least on papers and also had performed well in this tournament so far. According to our IPL prediction, Delhi Capitals is the favorite team that will win this match. There are many factors that make Delhi Capitals a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• The key players of Delhi Capitals are in good form
• The top batting order of Delhi Capitals is an excellent form
• Kolkata Knight Riders have depth in the batting and bowling
• The bowling unit of Delhi Capitals is not performing well

Delhi Capitals is full of experienced and young players in the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitter of the t20 format is part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today match for Delhi Capitals have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Delhi Capitals have 54% chances to win this match
Kolkata Knight Riders have 46% chances to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of IPL T20 as we had observed in the previous matches. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to bat first as chasing had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL.

The 42nd Match of the Indian Premier League is going to be held at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 180 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast for Abu Dhabi is good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

Dream11 fantasy team lineup prediction for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals 42nd Match IPL 2020. After checking the latest players’ availability, which players will be part of both teams, he possible tactics that the two teams might use as we had leaned from previous seasons of Indian Premier League to make the best possible Dream11 team.

Date: Saturday, 24th October 2020
Time: 10:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL / 03:30 PM IST

Venue Details, Facts, and History
Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Opened: 2004
Capacity: 20,000
Ends: North End, Pavilion End
Time Zone: UTC +04:00
Home to: United Arab Emirates
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 44
Matches won batting first: 19
Matches won bowling first: 25
Average 1st Inns scores: 137
Average 2nd Inns scores: 128
Highest total recorded: 225/7 (20 Ov) by IRE vs AFG
Lowest total recorded: 87/10 (18.3 Ov) by HK vs OMAN
Highest score chased: 166/6 (19.4 Ov) by HK vs AFG
Lowest score defended: 129/6 (20 Ov) by ENG vs PAK