Liton-Fizz duel in store?

Delhi Capitals are slated for a clash against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi today (8:00 pm BST) and the hosts would be desperate to stage a revival act after losing all five matches of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) season.

For Bangladesh fans following the IPL, this game presents the first opportunity of the season to watch the only two Bangladesh stars – batter Liton Das and pacer Mustafizur Rahman – in the same fixture of the ongoing IPL edition.

While Liton is yet to feature for Kolkata in his maiden IPL stint, Mustafizur has had a lacklustre show by his standards as the "cutter master" has only been able to make impact sporadically for Delhi in two outings.

Based on recent form, Kolkata is undoubtedly the favourites in the fixture but two back-to-back losses would be playing on their minds. Bangladesh fans would thus hope that Kolkata would change their playing eleven, unlike how they operated in the two previous games, and allow Liton to make his much-anticipated IPL debut.  

The two sides are faced with contrasting problems on the batting front. While Delhi has repeatedly struggled to capitalise inside Powerplay since the tournament's start, Kolkata's death-over batting in their last match against Mumbai Indians had left a lot to be desired.