Delhi Capitals seek to return to winning ways against erratic champs Kolkata

With just a day's break, apart from focusing on their recovery processes, DC have a lot to think in terms of improving their top-order returns and batting against spinners at home

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Delhi Capitals (DC) will be looking to rebound from their loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) when they face an erratic defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday evening.

With just a day's break, apart from focusing on their recovery processes, DC have a lot to think in terms of improving their top-order returns and batting against spinners at home. Against RCB, Abishek Porel was at his sublime best in timing, but couldn't convert it into a big score yet again. It also didn't help DC that Faf du Plessis was rusty on his return from a groin injury and Karun Nair fell cheaply.

Though DC have benefitted from batters stepping up on different occasions, they need to rectify their game-plan of facing spinners. On a two-paced pitch, DC just couldn't get going against the RCB spin duo of Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma, who were relentless in bowling stump to stump line and didn't give any breathing space, as they gave away only 50 runs in their eight combined overs.