KKR vs DD 16th April 2018 : KKR vs DD match prediction, playing 11 of KKR vs DD, KKR vs DD NEWS, todays KKR vs DD match preview.

16th April will witness KKR vs DD match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata where duo Gautam Ghambhir and Dinesh Karthik with their teams will face each who one's represented KKR in past IPL. This time Karthik who will prove himself as captain  against most challenging match against DD while Gautam Gambhir is ready to hit some good runs against franchise who did not retain them for IPL 11th season.

Team Overview :

KKR : Being the smallest squad of ipl 2018 have certain restriction to play with the combination. Sunil Narine playing at position 4th had even worsen the condition, Kathik definitely wanted Robin Uthappa to shoulder up responsibility while Chris Lynn back in form will definitely strengthen KKR. There is need of Sunil Narine to take some more wickets along with some fire from their bat same from Andre Russell and Piyush Chawla.

DD : With their previous match win Daredevils want to keep this momentum up defeating KKR today at Eden Gardens. DD lost two of their opening match due to lack of team coordination but after winning recent match against MI Gautam Gambhir definitely got some confidence after the performance of Jason Roy and Rishab Pant including bowlers Mohammed Shami, Trent Boult, Rahul Tewatia and Daniel Christian.

Key Players KKR vs DD :

Gautam Ghabhir, Robin Uthappa, Mohammed Shami and Maxwell.

Eden Gardens Pitch Overview :

Track is better batting surface although spinners get some as the match progresses. In IPL matches spinners have enjoyed bowling at track.

Team strength and weakness :

KKR vs DD at EDen Gardens fans will witness some seriousness over team captain faces. Gautam Gambhir is confident after a win against MI and will might hit some big score against their previous franchise with their bowler Shami in their home ground while Karthik will have to prove their skill as captain and wanted Robin Uthappa to make some good runs.

DD is a good combination of Batsman and Bowlers and their latest team combination of Json Roy, Maxwell, Mohammed Shami, Trent Boult and Daniel Christian. DD have three batsmen with strike-rate of over 140 Json Roy, Rishab Pant and Maxwell.

KKR after winning their opening match lost both followed match due lack of performance and even restrictiveness with the combination. Team have Chris Lynn who is back in power with Andre Russell who scored 88 runs with the help of 11 sixes and well known Sunil Narine who can help team with bat and bowl both. Sunil Narine will be entering into 100 wicket club today against DD.

Head To Head Matches between KKR vs DD :

Both team played 19 matches where KKR won 12 matches against 7 of DD and at Eden Gardens both played 7 where KKR won 6 against 1 of Delhi Daredevils.

Today's Playing 11 of DD :

Json Roy, Gautam Gambhir, Rishab Pant, Glenn Maxwell, Shreyas Iyer, Daniel Christian, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammed Shami, Trent Boult

Today's Playing 11 of KKR :

Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Shubham Gill, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla.

Who will win KKR vs DD ?

Its been hard to predict who will win today KKR vs DD at Eden Gardens. Both team captain will try to push limits with new tactic because both have to prove their worth.
DD is the probable winner of todays match.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squads:

Dinesh Karthik (c and WK), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, R Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi and Tom Curran.

Delhi Daredevils Squads: 

Gautam Gambhir (c), Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammad Shami, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jason Roy, Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sayan Ghosh.