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The misery of Chennai Super Kings continued in the last match against Punjab Kings as they lost the match by 18 runs. They have four straight losses in the last five games. Kolkata Knight Riders are in a slightly better shape winning two games out of their last five. This match will provide Chennai with an unwanted record of losing five matches in a row.
In 88 IPL matches, the team that batted first won 49 times, and the team that batted second won 37 times. The weather has been great in Chennai over the 18 years where no matches got cancelled due to weather. Usually, teams that bat first score around 164 runs and it decreases to 150 runs in the second innings making it hard to chase. Spinners enjoy bowling in this ground more than pacers.
Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders have played 30 matches against each other in the IPL. Chennai have a solid edge with 19 wins while Kolkata Knight Riders have only won 10 matches showing a big difference. The CSK vs KKR head to head record clearly reflects this dominance. Chennai Super Kings are the most successful team in win percentage and they have dominated Kolkata in the past however this season could be different with the weak current form of CSK.
Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana
Impact Players: Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj
Injury Update: Ruturaj Gaikwad is ruled out of IPL 2025
Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact Players: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia
Injury Updates: None
Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored 45 runs from 50 balls against Varun Chakravarthy. He got out 2 times and hit 2 fours and 1 six. His best was in 2020 when he made 16 runs without getting out. They will face each other as Ruturaj is playing at number three this season.
MS Dhoni has scored 11 runs from 16 balls against Varun Chakravarthy. He got out 3 times and only hit 1 four. He struggled the most in 2021 with just 1 run. KKR can save Varun’s last over for the death against MS Dhoni in this match.
Ajinkya Rahane has made 60 runs from 48 balls against Ravichandran Ashwin. He got out 6 times. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. His best was in 2013 with 12 runs in 6 balls. This is a great chance for Chennai to bowl out the in-form KKR captain early in the match to put more pressure on KKR.
Rachin Ravindra is the highest run scorer for Chennai Super Kings in this season with 145 runs in five games. However he is not consistent, he always gives a good start to his team. In the last match against Punjab Kings, Rachin scored 36 off 23 runs and was looking in good touch making him a good pick for this match.
Devon Conway is in great form with a score of 69 off 49 balls in his second match of the season against Punjab Kings in the last match. As Ruturaj Gaikwad is out of the IPL 2025 he will be in charge to score runs for his team.
Sunil Narine is a spinner and an opener making him more impactful. As the pitch at Chennai will assist spinners, Narine will be in the game for a longer period of time. In apps like Dream11, Sunil Narine’s batting contribution will give your team a boost with the number of boundaries he hits in his innings.
Andre Russell is back with his bowling contribution for KKR and he is managing it very well so far having picked up five wickets in just three innings. He will be contributing with the bat as well making him a more impactful player for KKR in this match.
Shivam Dube has found his rhythm in the last match after scoring 42 off just 27 balls against Punjab Kings. He is a good budget pick in this match. He is very destructive against spinners and Kolkata have two spinners in Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine who he can take on easily.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi is a find for Kolkata Knight Riders from the last season. He was one of their top scorers in the last season scoring 163 runs in seven innings with an strike-rate of 23.28 also this season he is just behind Ajinkya Rahane in terms of runs for KKR.
Jamie Overton and Luvnith Sisodia are both substitute players listed in the impact player list and are not used yet by the teams. The chances of them making it to the playing 11 is very bleak so, you can avoid them in your Dream11 team.
Keeper: Devon Conway, Quinton De Kock
Batters: Rachin Ravindra, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube
All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell
Bowlers: Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed
Keeper: Devon Conway, Quinton De Kock
Batters: Rachin Ravindra, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube
All-rounders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell
Bowlers: Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Varun Chakravarthy
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