Published on: Mar 26, 2022 6:30 pm IST|Updated on: Mar 26, 2022 11:47 pm IST
CSK vs KKR Toss Update: The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will start off with the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) facing the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 26 March, 2022 (Saturday). In the finals of the IPL 2021 season, Chennai Super Kings got the better of Kolkata Knight Riders by a convincing margin of 27 runs. Both the teams have two new captains with Ravindra Jadeja leading Chennai this year while KKR has appointed Shreyas Iyer as their skipper.
Fixture Name: Match 1, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Competition: Indian Premier League 2022
Date: 26 March
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Ground: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
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The surface at the Wankhede Stadium has favoured the batters as seen in the first two games this season. It has been a belter of a track where the bowlers have found it really challenging to find their rhythm. The par score will remain around 160-170 with the dew factor expected to play a big role especially in the second innings. It will be good fantasy cricket move to pick more of batsmen in your teams.
Team Form Guide: CSK (recent last): W W L L L KKR (recent last): L W W W W
Toss Update: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bowl first.
1. Ruturaj Gaikwad 2. Devon Conway 3. Robin Uthappa 4. Ambati Rayudu 5. Ravindra Jadeja (C) 6. Shivam Dube 7. MS Dhoni (wk) 8. Dwayne Bravo 9. Mitchell Santner 10. Tushar Deshpande 11. Adam Milne
Related: CSK IPL 2022 Batting, Bowling Player Stats
Ruturaj Gaikwad Stats in IPL
For the Chennai Super Kings, opening batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad had a breakthrough performance during the previous edition of the IPL. Ruturaj Gaikwad was the leading run-getter last year with a staggering tally of 635 runs from 16 matches.
Ravindra Jadeja Stats in IPL
CSK’s newly appointed skipper Ravindra Jadeja will definitely be an important performer to watch out for due to his brilliant abilities both with the bat and ball. During the previous season, Ravindra Jadeja took as many as 13 wickets and also scored 227 runs.
1. Venkatesh Iyer 2. Ajinkya Rahane 3. Shreyas Iyer (C) 4. Nitish Rana 5. Andre Russell 6. Sheldon Jackson (wk) 7. Sam Billings 8. Sunil Narine 9. Shivam Mavi 10. Varun Chakravarthy 11. Umesh Yadav
Related: KKR IPL 2022 Batting, Bowling Player Stats
Shreyas Iyer Stats in IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders newly appointed skipper Shreyas Iyer is coming into this tournament on the back of some remarkable performance at the international level. Shreyas Iyer scored three amazing half-centuries in all of the T20Is against Sri Lanka at home recently.
Venkatesh Iyer Stats in IPL
For the Kolkata Knight Riders, Venkatesh Iyer delivered a breakthrough performance in the second half of the previous competition. While playing in just 10 matches, Venkatesh Iyer notched up a wonderful tally of 370 runs at an impressive strike-rate of 128.47.
According to the Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders today match prediction, Chennai Super Kings are the favourites to win this match.
Related: CSK vs KKR Cricket Betting Tips
WICKET-KEEPERS: Sam Billings BATSMEN: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa ALL-ROUNDERS: Ravindra Jadeja, Venkatesh Iyer BOWLERS: Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Dwayne Bravo
CSK 2022 squad: Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Dwayne Bravo, Devon Conway, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Prashant Solanki, C Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, Chris Jordan, K Bhagath Verma, Mukesh Choudhary, Simranjeet Singh.
KKR 2022 Squad: Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Sam Billings, Aaron Finch, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan
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