Chennai Super Kings will lock horns against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Chennai Super Kings will be coming into this match after a huge win against Kings XI Punjab in the previous match. It is seeming that Chennai Super Kings have finally found their right combination. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side will be eyeing to maintain their winning run against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders have lost their previous match against Delhi Capitals at Sharjah. The team has not yet shown its potential in this tournament so far. With two wins and two losses in four matches, Kolkata Knight Riders are sitting at the fourth position of the league table. Dinesh Karthik’s side will hope to gain some momentum from this match.
Pitch Report:
The toss is going to be an important factor in this season. Previously we have seen the captains choosing to chase the total in T20 matches. However, in this tournament, the team batting second is facing problems to chase down the total because of various factors. The pitches are getting slow because of the dew factor. The captains will surely assess the condition ahead of the match and choose batting or bowling first according to their team strength.
Head To Head Records:
Total Matches Played: 23
Chennai Super Kings Won: 14
Kolkata Knight Riders Won: 8
No Result: 1
Predicted Starting XI:
Chennai Super Kings:
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy.
Key Players:
Chennai Super Kings:
Faf Du Plessis
Shane Watson
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Andre Russell
Shubhman Gill
Captain And Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Choices: Faf Du Plessis, Andre Russell
Vice-Captain Choices: Shane Watson, Sam Curran, Shubhman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja
Probable Winner: Chennai Super Kings
CSK have not played very well so far in this tournament. After the win against Mumbai Indians in the first match, they have lost back to back three matches. There have been lots of speculations about the form of the batsmen of Chennai Super Kings. The veteran Australian batsman, Shane Watson has been looking out of form in first few matches. However, the team management of CSK has backed their player. Shane Watson and Faf Du Plessis have secured a ten-wicket victory of Chennai Super Kings in the previous match against Kings XI Punjab. However, there are still a few question marks in the middle order of this side.
Kolkata Knight Riders are using Andre Russell as one of their top batsmen in this match. According to the management, Andre Russell needs to play more number of balls to have more impact on the game. However, this strategy has not worked so far. Eoin Morgan is coming late in the batting order despite being in good form. The team management needs to resolve these issues as quickly as possible to get back on track.
