IPL 2021: KKR vs CSK, Probable Playing XIs, Head-to-head count for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings encounter

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) seemed a little off their game after their win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening match. In the previous encounter, the Eoin Morgan led KKR lost the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 38 runs.

They are set to lock horns with the Chennai Super Kings in the next match on April 21, Wednesday. It will be their maiden game at Wankhede Stadium this season, where on a head-to-head count, MS Dhoni’s side is leading the KKR by 15-9.

As far as CSK is concerned, they had a terrible opening, but they managed to be placed at second position in the points tables of IPL 2021 due to their back to back wins in the next encounters. In their previous clash, CSK got over Rajasthan Royals (RR) by the decent score of 45 runs.

PROBABLE PLAYINGS XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders

Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi

Bench: Karun Nair, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Ben Cutting, Pawan Negi, Sheldon Jackson, Tim Seifert, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Vaibhav Arora, Sandeep Warrier, Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan

Chennai Super Kings

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar

Bench: Robin Uthappa, Imran Tahir, KM Asif, Bhagath Verma, C Hari Nishanth, Narayan Jagadeesan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harishankar Reddy, Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma

Head-to-Head

Overall

Played – 25 | Kolkata Knight Riders – 9 | Chennai Super Kings– 15 |N/R – 1

At neutral venues

Played – 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders – 3 | Chennai Super Kings– 3 |N/R – 1

PROBABLE BEST BATSMAN OF THE MATCH

Suresh Raina – Chennai Super Kings

Suresh Raina has some decent numbers against the Kolkata Knight Riders. In total 24 matches, he has notched 818 runs at an average rate of 45.44. The southpaw has sored eight half centuries with a top score of 84. In the ongoing IPL season, he has 80 runs under his belt till date.

PROBABLE BEST BOLWER OF THE MATCH

Varun Chakravarthy – Kolkata Knight Riders

In his opening spell, Varun Chakravarthy played exceptionally well against Royal Challengers Bangalore as he got rid of Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar easily. He has some good scores against the MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings. Last year, in his two games played against CSK, he picked up three wickets and also kept the batters restricted while conceding just 48 runs in his eight overs.

Match Prediction : Kolkata Knight Riders to win the match.