Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals - IPL 2022 Match 19: Who Will Win?

Kolkata Knight Riders Team Prevew

The Kolkata Knight Riders have got off to a really good start and are sitting at the top of the table with three wins from four matches. They have already beaten the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians, who were two of the teams that the bookmakers had down to go on to lift the title. With the way that they have started, they will be quietly confident of winning their third title.

In their last match against the MI, the KKR won the toss and opted to field first, and they got off to a really good start by reducing the MI to 55/3 - Rohit Sharma was out for 3, Ishan Kishan was out for 14, while Dewald Brevis was out for a brisk 29. The KKR would have hoped to restrict them to less than 140, but a brilliant innings of 52 of 36 balls from Suryakumar Yadav and 38 off 27 balls from Tilak Varma helped them get to 161/4.

The top bowlers for the KKR was Pat Cummins since he picked up two wickets, but he was very expensive in our opinion as he gave away 49 runs from the four overs that he bowled, giving him an economy of 12.25. In our opinion, the best bowler for the KKR on the night was Umesh Yadav, who conceded just 25 runs from his four overs and picked up the vital wicket of Sharma. Rasikh Salam and Sunil Narine also bowled well, conceding a total of 44 runs from the seven overs that they bowled.

We love to bet on the Top Bowler market when we are doing some online cricket betting, so who would we recommend you put your money on if you want to bet on the same market? Well, we believe that Narine will be the top bowler for the KKR in this particular match since he is a quality bowler that even the best batsmen struggle to pick.

With just 161 runs on the board, the KKR would have been quietly confident of chasing down their target, and they ended up doing so with consummate ease in the end. They did have a bit of a wobble at 83/4, but Cummins, who was expensive with the bat, put any nerves to bed by smashing 56 runs from just 15 balls - this included six sixes and four fours. Venkatesh Iyer also put in a quality performance with 50 runs from 41 balls.

When it comes to IPL betting, we also love to put our money on the player that will be the top batsman for a team. So, who do we believe will top score for the KKR in this game against the DC? Well, we think that it would be wise to put your money on V. Iyer or Sam Billings.

Will they make any changes to their playing XI for this match? Well, they do say that you should never change a winning formula in sport, and we think that they are going to stick to this rule for this match. Besides, none of the players deserve to be dropped after having won three games out of four already.

Delhi Capitals Team Preview

The DC were one of the favourites to go on and win this competition, but they have not got off to the best of starts. From their first three games, they have lost two matches and won one, meaning that they currently sit in 7th place in the table. If they are going to live up to their tag as one of the favourites, they are going to have to start picking up wins quickly.

In their last match against the Lucknow Super Giants, they lost the toss and were put in to bat first. They got off to a bit of a flier thanks to Prithvi Shaw smashing 61 from 34 balls, but then the LSG managed to pull things back with their bowling and get things under control. From 74/3, Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan put on a partnership of 75 to get the DC to a score of 149/3, which is below par on that wicket.

All the top IPL betting sites will offer a variety of quality odds for the Top Batsman, and this is the type of market that we like to place bets on regularly. So, when it comes to the DC batsmen, who do we feel will go on to top score for them against the KKR? Well, David Warner struggled in the last match, but that was to be expected since it was his first T20 match in a while. However, we think he will get his eye in quickly and we would always back him to score runs because he is a quality player.

With just 149 runs on the board, the DC bowlers knew that they would have to bowl well in order to stand any chance of winning the match, and it is fair to say that they put in a good showing. Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the bowlers with 2 wickets for 31 runs from the 3.4 overs that he bowled, while Lalit Yadav conceded just 21 runs from 4 overs and picked up a wicket. Mustafizur Rahman and Shardul Thakur both bowled well too. With a little bit more luck and a little less dew, they could have bowled their team to an improbable win.

If you want to make a Top Batsman IPL prediction for this match, then who would we recommend you put your money on for the DC? Well, L. Yadav has been bowling pretty well as of late, and we think that there is a very good chance that he will put in yet another solid bowling performance and will walk away with a couple of wickets to his name.

What about changes to their starting XI? Well, just like with the KKR, we do not expect the DC to make any changes to their starting XI this time around. They will believe that the team they fielded against the LSG will be enough to beat the KKR.

Toss Prediction

This game will be played at the Brabourne Stadium, and it is a stadium where the team that bats second has an advantage over the team that bats first. For example, from the Indian Premier League matches that have been played here this year, the team that has batted second has won 66.7% of the time. Thus, with this stat in mind, when it comes to our toss prediction, we believe that the winning captain will opt to bat second so that their bowlers do not have to put up with dewy conditions.

Pitch Conditions

The pitch that has been on offer at Brabourne Stadium has been one that has offered plenty of batting assistance to the batsmen. The average first innings score at this stadium so far has been 189, so the team that bats first will be looking to go at least 10 runs an over and putting a score of at least 200 on the board.