The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be up against the challenge of the Delhi Capitals (DC) in Match 70 of the Indian Premier League 2026. The game is set to be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday, May 24.
The Knight Riders have had a strong turnaround to their season and recently found brilliant form. Right now, they have 13 points from 13 matches. They must win their final league match to keep the faint playoff qualification hopes, depending heavily on a massive net run rate boost. If they lose this match, they will be officially out of the tournament.
The Capitals travel to Kolkata after an inconsistent and difficult season. They have won six out of 13 matches and have 12 points. Because of their poor net run rate, they are effectively out of the playoff race. However, Delhi has many star players like KL Rahul and Mitchell Starc. They want to win for their pride and stop Kolkata from qualifying for the next round.
The two teams first met this season on May 8 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, when Kolkata won by eight wickets. Delhi batted first and scored a below-par total of 142 before Kolkata chased it down in just 14.2 overs thanks to Finn Allen’s unbeaten 100 runs off 47 balls.
Here are the most important upcoming stats and milestones from Match 70:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
- Rinku Singh: Needs 3 catches for 50 IPL catches
- Rovman Powell: Needs 14 runs for 500 IPL runs
- Manish Pandey: Needs 9 runs for 4000 IPL runs
- Kartik Tyagi: Needs 3 wickets to complete 50 T20 wicketsÂ
- Sunil Narine: Needs 4 fours to complete 450 fours with the bat
- Ajinkya Rahane: Needs 95 runs to complete 8000 T20 runsÂ
- Manish Pandey: Needs 4 fours to complete 350 fours in IPLÂ
Delhi Capitals:
- KL Rahul: Needs 4 fours for 750 T20 fours
- Tristan Stubbs: Needs 20 runs for 1000 IPL runs
- Tristan Stubbs: Needs 4 sixes for 50 IPL sixes
- Axar Patel: Needs 2 sixes for 100 IPL sixes
- Mukesh Kumar: Needs 8 wickets for 50 IPL wicketsÂ
- David Miller: Needs 3 sixes to complete 150 sixes in IPLÂ
