KKR vs CSK : Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will look to bounce back from the huge defeat in their previous match when they take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai today (April 8).
Kolkata would not like to make any changes in its playing 11. However, instead of Vaibhav Arora, Suyyash Sharma could be his impact sub, as Chepauk favors spin bowlers. Chennai will be hoping that Mathiesha Pathirana is fit and fine and Mustafizur is back from home to be included in the playing 11 for this game for the Yellow Brigade.
KKR vs CSK Match Details:
What: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2024
When: 7:30 PM IST, Monday – April 8
Where: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Where to watch: Star sports networks
CSK vs KKR live streaming: JioCinema App
Pitch Report:
The Chepauk pitch exhibits wear and tear with a solid deck. As a result, it helps spinners as well as fast bowlers who have variations. The batsmen will have to score runs with relatively low bounce from the strip. On the weather front, Chennai will have a clear sky on Friday evening with the temperature hovering around 29 degrees. Humidity could be a factor for teams as it doesn’t seem to be dropping below 75 percent.
KKR vs CSK weather
When the match starts, the temperature in Chennai will be around 31 degrees. This will remain almost the same throughout the match. No chance of rain; Humidity will be quite high up to 83%. According to AccuWeather, the air quality will remain poor.
Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders team: Philip Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Anukul Roy, Suyyash Sharma. Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Saqib Hussain, Shrikar Bharat, Dushmantha Chameera, Allah Ghazanfar, Nitish Rana.
Chennai Super Kings team: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mahesh Theekshana, Shardul Thakur, Sheikh Rashid. Mitchell Santner, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Chaudhary, Mathisha Pathirana, Mustafizur Rahman, Devon Conway, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, RS Hangargekar, Nishant Sindhu, Aravelli Avneesh
KKR vs CSK Prediction
According to Google’s win probability, there is a 53% chance that CSK will beat Kolkata in their fifth match and get their first point.
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