DC vs KKR Head To Head in IPL Record, Key Stats & Results

DC vs KKR Overall IPL Head-to-Head Record

DC vs KKR Venue-Wise Head-to-Head

Note: Arun Jaitley split confirmed by SportsYaari (April 2025). KKR’s most recent home/Eden Gardens win at this fixture was the 7-wicket victory on April 29, 2024.

Recent DC vs KKR Match Results

KKR have won the last three meetings in a row. DC’s last two wins both came in 4-wicket chases with very few balls to spare — a clear pattern of close finishes when DC win.

Top Run-Scorers in DC vs KKR Matches

Source: CricTracker (April 2025). Note: Iyer and Gambhir both played for both franchises during their careers, which inflates their tallies in this specific fixture.

Top Wicket-Takers in DC vs KKR Matches

Source: CricTracker (April 2025). Narine remains active for KKR in IPL 2026 and is the only bowler in the rivalry past the 20-wicket mark from a single franchise.

Highest and Lowest Totals in DC vs KKR

KKR’s 272/7 at Visakhapatnam (April 3, 2024) is the second-highest team total in IPL history at the time and remains DC’s heaviest defeat in IPL history (106 runs). Year/venue details for the other extremes are not consistently cited across sources.

Most Memorable Moments in DC vs KKR Rivalry

KKR’s Record 272/7 at Visakhapatnam, April 3, 2024: The defining moment in this rivalry’s modern era. KKR posted 272/7 — at the time, the second-highest team total in IPL history — and won by 106 runs, DC’s heaviest IPL defeat ever. Sunil Narine smashed 85 off 39 balls (the highest individual score in this fixture), Angkrish Raghuvanshi added 54 off 27, and Andre Russell hit 41 off 19. DC were bowled out for 166 in 17.2 overs despite Rishabh Pant’s 55 off 25 and Tristan Stubbs’ 54.

Sunil Narine’s All-Round Masterclass, April 29, 2025: KKR’s 14-run win at Arun Jaitley Stadium was a tactical masterpiece. Narine took two crucial middle-over wickets and contributed handily with the bat to be named Player of the Match. KKR posted 204/9, and DC’s chase ended at 190/9 in 17.3 overs despite Vipraj Nigam’s late 38 off 19. Narine and Russell choked DC’s middle order at the death.

DC’s Narrow Chases in 2022 and 2023: Delhi Capitals’ last two wins in this fixture both came down to the wire. In April 2023, DC chased KKR’s 127 with 6 balls to spare. In April 2022, DC chased again with just 4 balls remaining. Both are reminders that DC’s rare wins against KKR have come through controlled, low-scoring chases — never blowouts.

Sunil Narine Joins the IPL 200-Wicket Club, May 3, 2026: While not a DC vs KKR match itself, Narine reaching 200 IPL wickets against SRH on May 3, 2026, is directly relevant — he’s now the third bowler in IPL history to hit that milestone, and 24 of those wickets have come against Delhi Capitals.

IPL 2026 Context

Delhi Capitals come into Match 51 sitting 7th on the points table with 8 points from 9 matches — inconsistent as a team but blessed with the most in-form batter in the tournament. KL Rahul leads the IPL 2026 Orange Cap race with 468 runs at SR 184.25, including a stunning 152 against PBKS at Arun Jaitley earlier this season* — the highest individual score ever at that venue. He followed it up with 75 off 40 in DC’s record 226-run chase against RR on May 1. Sameer Rizvi (267 runs at SR 161.81) provides middle-order support, while Axar Patel’s left-arm spin (8 wickets at Econ 8.53) and Kuldeep Yadav’s wrist-spin (9 wickets) anchor the bowling. DC’s bowling concern: Natarajan and Mukesh Kumar have both leaked over 10 an over this season.

Kolkata Knight Riders arrive in red-hot form despite sitting 8th with just 7 points. They have won three matches in a row, capped by a stunning 7-wicket dismantling of SRH at Hyderabad on May 3 — ending SRH’s five-match winning streak. Sunil Narine remains the heartbeat of the side with 11 wickets at Econ 6.80, and his 200-wicket IPL milestone in that SRH game was historic. Kartik Tyagi (11 wickets, Econ 9.35) and Varun Chakravarthy (10 wickets, Econ 8.88) complete a deeply dangerous bowling unit. With the bat, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (282 runs, Avg 31.33) and Rinku Singh (246 runs at Avg 49.2) are KKR’s most reliable performers, while captain Ajinkya Rahane offers experience at the top.

The dc vs kkr head to head today stands at 19-15 in KKR’s favour heading into Match 51 — and KKR have won the last three meetings in a row, including the 106-run thrashing in 2024. DC, however, have home advantage at Arun Jaitley where the head-to-head split (KKR 6, DC 4) is marginal, and KL Rahul’s purple patch at this very ground gives them a fighting chance to start narrowing the historical gap.