DC vs KKR: Who are impact players nominated by Delhi Capitals & Kolkata Knight Riders for Match 51 of IPL 2026
The DC vs KKR clash of IPL 2026 is taking place on May 8.
Delhi Capitals (DC) are clashing with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 51st match of the Indian Premier League 2026. The venue of the encounter is Arun Jaitley Stadium- the home ground of DC.
Axar Patel & Co. are placed seventh in the points table with eight points, having won four and lost six out of 10 games. Capitals need to win their remaining four matches to have the best chance to qualify for the playoffs.
KKR are just behind Delhi in the eighth spot in the points table with seven points. They have won just three and lost five out of nine games, including one no-result clash. The Ajinkya Rahane & Co. have shown an impressive form recently, winning three consecutive matches.
KL Rahul has been a standout performer for DC and is among the top five leading run-scorers with 445 runs. Axar Patel has led the bowling attack and has picked up 9 wickets. For KKR, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Rinku Singh are the highest run-scorers, while Kartik Tyagi has scalped the most wickets.
Who are the impact players in the DC vs KKR match of IPL 2026?
In match 51 of IPL 2026, KKR have won the toss and opted to BOWL first. Both sides have named five players as impact substitutes, one of whom will take the field during the match.
DC Impact Players: Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Abishek Porel, David Miller.
KKR Impact Players: Ramandeep Singh, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert.
DC vs KKR: Playing XIs
Delhi Capitals: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (C), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (WK), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Where is the DC vs KKR match taking place?
The match is underway on May 8 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Who is leading DC in IPL 2026?
Axar Patel is the captain of the side in the tournament.
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