Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 23, 2023, 07:07 PM
CSK vs KKR: Today in the 33rd match of IPL, four-time champions Chennai Super Kings face two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders. This match is being played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Kolkata captain Nitish Rana has decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Nitish has made two changes in the playing-11. Liton Das has been given a chance in place of Liton Das. At the same time, Chennai captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has not made any change in the playing-11.
Head to headSo far in IPL, both the teams have played 27 matches among themselves. Chennai won 17 matches, showing one-sided dominance, while Kolkata won only 9 matches. A match between the two also remained inconclusive.Weather conditionThe temperature can remain around 31-32 degrees. It will be partly cloudy. There is no chance of rain in Kolkata.Pitch reportEden Gardens pitch expected to be flat. In the last match here, both the teams scored 200+ runs on the board, so today's pitch can also help the batsmen. Spinners are also helped here, in such a situation the team winning the toss would like to bowl first.Possible Playing XIKolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Liton Das (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakraborty.Impact Players - Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaj and Narayan Jagdeesan.Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Mathish Pathirana and Mahish Teekshana.Impact Players - Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar and Rajvardhan Hungergekar.
Head to headSo far in IPL, both the teams have played 27 matches among themselves. Chennai won 17 matches, showing one-sided dominance, while Kolkata won only 9 matches. A match between the two also remained inconclusive.Weather conditionThe temperature can remain around 31-32 degrees. It will be partly cloudy. There is no chance of rain in Kolkata.Pitch reportEden Gardens pitch expected to be flat. In the last match here, both the teams scored 200+ runs on the board, so today's pitch can also help the batsmen. Spinners are also helped here, in such a situation the team winning the toss would like to bowl first.Possible Playing XIKolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Liton Das (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakraborty.Impact Players - Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaj and Narayan Jagdeesan.Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Mathish Pathirana and Mahish Teekshana.Impact Players - Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar and Rajvardhan Hungergekar.