KKR is on a winning streak from the beginning of the IPL, Will MS Dhoni break this streak, Stay tuned.
Kolkata is on a winning streak in this 2024 IPL. The batting lineup of the Kolkata Knight Riders is very strong consist of Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Phil Salt, and many more. The bowling lineup if Kolkata is on a balanced side consist of Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, and Chetan Sharma. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings stared off on a very bad note but after 2 matches they picked up the pace. Now they are on a consistent win. MS Dhoni was seen in their 3rd match against Delhi Capitals. Though CSK lost that match but Dhoni’s batting recovered the match tickets. He scored 37 runs in 16 balls.
Let’s look at the playing 11 of Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders
| Playing 11 of Chennai Super Kings | Playing 11 of Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad (C) | Phil Salt (WK) |
| MS Dhoni (WK) | Sunil Narine |
| Devon Conway | Andre Russell |
| Shivam Dube | Shreyas Iyer (C) |
| Rachin Ravindra | Nitish Rana |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Rinku Singh |
| Darly Mitchell | Ramandeep Singh |
| Deepak Chahar | Mitchell Starc |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Venkatesh Iyer |
| Mahesh Theekshana | Harshit Rana |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Varun Charavarthy |
Pitch and Weather Report
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium is more helpful to the bowlers especially spinners and slow bowlers. However, the batters found it easy to hit shots to score bigger runs. The weather of Chennai remains around 35 degree Celsius in the day and goes down to around 26 degree Celsius.
Team Analysis of Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings has best lineup of batting and bowling. The batting lineup of CSK consist of MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, and Daryl Mitchell. The power hitters for Chennai Super Kings are after five holers helping the team to have less pressure in middle order chase.
Chennai Super Kings have an advantage of having MS Dhoni in their team who is a seasoned player, and captain. His insights will be heplful for the team making a good strategy for Chennai and also it will help the CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad to gain new insights. Well, there is nothing to say as the analysis for CSK because there was a question about Ajinkya’s performance as he is called as a Test Player for his slow performance but he turned out to be one of the best and consistent player of CSK.
Team Analysis of Kolkata Knight Riders
Under the Gautam Gambhir the KKR was very aggressive and under the Shreyas Iyer the KKR is expected to adopt a calculated and balanced approach. However, the KKR has the best batting and bowling lineup in middle overs too. Well, KKR has the best players in their clan but still their pace bowlers find it difficult to find the wicket in death overs.
The performance of the young players is very crucial in the IPL. Phil Salt is one big opportunity for the Kolkata Knight Riders and he proved his worth in the team. The middle order is necessary for the team to have the control over the match.
Fantasy Picks
Both the teams have best players but our fantasy picks depends on the consistent performance and stats. Our best IPL fantasy players from CSK and KKR are MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rachin Ravindra, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, and Shreyas Iyer.
Chennai Super Kings Squad
Batters
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Sameer Rizvi, and Avinash Rao Aravelly.
Bowlers
Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Majeesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Mustafizur Rahman, Prashant Solanki, Simranjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, and Matheesha Pathirana.
All-Rounders
Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Marsh, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, and Daryl Mitchel
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad
Batters
Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Phil Salt, K.S. Bharat, Manish Pandey, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
Bowlers
Suyash Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mitchell Starc, and Chetan Sharma.
All-Rounders
Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, and Venkatesh Iyer.
Match Umpires
According to our experts the On Field umpires are Anil Chaudhary and Sai Darshan Kumar and the Third umpire for today’s match is Bruce Oxenford.
Venue and Timing
The CSK V/S KKR match will be played at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium at 7:30 P.M.
Where can you watch the match?
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Frequently Asked Questions
KKR has won the match twice one in 2012 and second in 2014.
SRK buys KKR for $75.09 million.
Shreyas Iyer is the captain of KKR in 2024 IPL.
CSK won the IPL 5 times. (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, and 2023)
Ruturaj Gaikwad is the new captain of 2024 IPL
