The Cricketer takes a look at the next fixture in the 2022 Indian Premier League season
Kolkata Knight Riders take on Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.
The game will be played on Sunday, April 10. The first ball will be bowled at 3.30pm local time (11am GMT).
The game will be held at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.
Kolkata Knight Riders start the day top of the points table after three wins from their opening four games.
They kicked off with a victory over Chennai Super Kings, before adding wins over Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians.
And it took the heroics of Pat Cummins to see them over the line against the five-time champions.
The Australia Test skipper smashed the joint-fastest IPL fifty, with 56 from 15 balls as KKR chased down 162 to win with four overs to spare.
Delhi Capitals have overcome Mumbai too but that is their only victory from their three games.
Since that opening round success, they've been beaten by new sides Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants.
Super Giants kept their cool to knock off the runs needs to beat the Capitals, with late cameos from Krunal Pandya and Ayush Badoni required to deliver victory.
Pat Cummins (Asif Hassan/Getty Images)
Shardul Thakur has been far from his best during in his maiden Capitals campaign.
Signed for 10.75 crore after a tense bidding war with Punjab Kings, he has been unable to live up to the reputation he garnered at Chennai Super Kings.
His single wicket has cost 118 runs, with an economy rate of 10.11.
Speaking last week on the move, he said: "It's not always easy. I have played for that franchise for the last four years. It's different management altogether here, so getting used to it.
"It has been an honour to work with these guys. Ricky (Ponting), I have known Watto (Shane Watson) from CSK days, Pravin (Amre), Ajit (Agarkar) as well so good to work with these coaches.
"And I have been friends with Axar (Patel), Rishabh (Pant) and everyone for a long time."
If Thakur is deployed at the death again, it may put him on a collision course with what is a formidable KKR tail.
Andre Russell, Cummins and Sunil Narine pose as great a threat as any lower-order battery in the competition.
Aside from Cummins' heroics in the last game, Russell is striking at 196.29 in his three innings, while Narine's only innings saw him make 12 from eight balls.
Matches played: 29
Kolkata Knight Riders wins: 16
Delhi Capitals wins: 12
Temperatures will be around 33 degrees Celsius for the start of play, with clean, sunny skies expected.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Pat Cummins, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Aaron Finch, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Mitch Marsh, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Ashwin Hebbar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, KS Bharat, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Pravin Dubey, Lungi Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Vicky Ostwal
Tough times for Shardul Thakur (Rodger Bosch/Getty Images)
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Rasikh Salam, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Risabh Pant, Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Shardul Thakar, Mustafizur Rahman, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje
KKR start as favourites with the bookies, with odds of 10/11 on offer. Capitals meanwhile start at evens.
Both sides come into the game with their form heading in opposite directions, so KKR should be able to grab the initiative and win.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all of the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
The IPL can also be streamed on Disney+ and Hotstar in certain areas.
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