Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bat first against Delhi Capitals in the 41st Match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

Head 2 head count between KKR & DC stands at 14-12 in favour of Knight Riders. The last time when these two teams met at Narendra Modi Stadium, DC thrashed KKR by chasing 154 with 17 overs. Playing XI of both teams are:

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) - Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w), Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sandeep Warrier

Delhi Capitals - Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan