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CSK vs KKR Match Preview
The IPL fever is back and so is the excitement and entertainment for the fans. CSK face of KKR in the first match of IPL 2022 on March 26th at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. CSK will be lead by Ravindra Jadeja who was appointed as the captain of the team.
Chennai Super Kings miss Moeen Ali for their opening game and the defending champions would like to start of their campaign with a win against KKR. Chennai will bank on their top order to come good. Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the player to watch out for in the opening encounter and all the eyes will be on how Ravindra Jadeja will lead the team.
Kolkata Knight Riders are into the season with a new captain Shreyas Iyer. Kolkata over the years has always struggled to win in season openers. The men in purple and gold will be looking to start their campaign with a win over the defending champions.
Match Details
Match – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date & Time: 26th March, 2022 at 7:30 PM IST
Live Streaming: Star Sports network, Hotstar
CSK vs KKR Head to Head Record
- Matches Played – 26
- Chennai Won – 17
- Kolkata Won – 8
- No result – 1
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Wankhede stadium is a batsman friendly one. Spinners will play a key role. The ground is a high scoring one and teams winning the toss prefer to bowl first. Average first innings score on this ground is 167. The par score is 180 plus. Teams chasing have won 50.6% of the matches.
CSK vs KKR Probable Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, Tushar Deshpande, Chris Jordan / Maheesh Theekshana, Adam Milne.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Mohammad Nabi / Tim Southee, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
CSK vs KKR Player Stats (IPL 2021)
| Players | Stats |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 635 Runs |
| Nitish Rana | 383 Runs |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 370 runs and 3 wickets |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 227 runs and 13 wickets |
| Varun Chakravarty | 18 wickets |
CSK vs KKR Dream11 Top Picks
Ruturaj Gaikwad – Gaikwad bats at the top of the order and has high probability of gaining maximum fantasy points.
Shreyas Iyer – Iyer has been in top form in the last couple of months and is the player to watch out for and is one of the must have picks for this contest.
Andre Russell – Russell has scored more than 400 runs versus CSK and has the ability to pick up wickets at the death. He can grab huge fantasy points with both bat and ball.
Ravindra Jadeja – Jadeja has been in sublime form with both bat and ball and is a must have pick for this encounter.
Varun Chakravarty – Chakravarty has troubled the CSK batsman over the last two seasons and as spineers play a key role on the track at Mumbai he will the one player to watch out for.
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