IPL 2022 CSK vs KKR Highlights: Dhoni's vintage 50 in vain, Knights win big

IPL 2022 CSK vs KKR: MS Dhoni scored his first fifty in three years to take Super Kings to 131/5. It wasn't enough as Knight Riders chased it down easily to win by 6 wickets. Rahane top-scored with 44

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Live Updates | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: What will be KKR's Playing 11?

Kolkata on the other hand would promote Nitish Rana to the opening position in absence of Shubman Gill who was picked by Gujarat Giants and might play Uttar Pradesh's Rinku Singh in the middle order. Saurashtra's Sheldon Jackson would most probably don the gloves now that Dinesh Kartik is gone too. Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson and Shivam Mavi will still form the formidable bottom-six with Pat Cummins' place being filled in by either Chamika Karunaratne or Mohammad Nabi at the initial stage when he will not be available.

 

KKR Predicted Playing 11

 

Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rinku Singh, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi

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Live Updates | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: What will be CSK's Playing 11?

 

The Chennai Super Kings will replace Faf du Plessis with Devon Conway as the opener from the last season. They would also get the services New Zealand quick Adam Milne in place of Josh Hazlewood and due to injury Deepak Chahar too will sit out and his place in the Playing 11 most likely will be taken by the Under 19 sensation Rajvardhan Hangargekar. The team would initially go with Robin Uthappa but might replace him with Shivam Dube at some later stage. 

 

Here's how their Playing 11 could look like

 

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C), (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Adam Milne, Prashant Solanki

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: The Wankhede has been blessed by the arrival of Sir Jadeja

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: Captain Iyer is here

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: A look at the two squads

IPL 2022 CSK Full Squad

 

MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, C Hari Nishaanth, N Jagadeesan, Chris Jordan, K Bhagath Varma.

 

KKR IPL 2022 Squad

 

Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer, Pat Cummins, Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Chamika Karunaratne, Baba Indrajith, Ashok Sharma, Pratham Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Sam Billings, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammed Nabi, Aman Khan, Umesh Yadav.

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: How will the pitch behave at Wankhede Stadium?

 

The Wankhede pitch has over the years had pace and bounce which has acted in favour of the batters, especially in evening games. It will hardly be any different this time around, although with summers approaching, the juices in the red soil of the pitch will be decreasing and it will become drier, to say that the ball would turn from the first game would be a bit far fetched.

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: How will weather play out in Mumbai?

There will be a lot of dew on the ground and from 07:30 pm to 11:00 pm IST, the timing for the match, the humidity will range between 70-87% which is as humid as it can get. It is in these trying conditions that Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders will begin their IPL 2022 journey. The captain winning the toss would have no second thought in choosing to bowl first after winning the toss.

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: Fans rejoicing and so is Wasim Jaffer

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: The battle of two new captains

 

Ravindra Jadeja will be leading the Chennai Super Kings. It would be the first occasion where Jadeja is captaining a team at such a grand stage. He has no prior baggage or burden to go back to even in domestic or age-group cricket as a captain. So observing him captaining the team is going to be a very new experience for both fans and experts alike. 

 

On the other hand, there is Shreyas Iyer, the prodigal son who is still considered the next Indian captain. Though he has led Delhi Capitals to two Playoff finishes back to back as a captain, leading Kolkata for the first time is also a new experience for him and he would want to shine at this opportunity 

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: This is what it is being played for

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: It's Ravindra Jadeja vs Shreyas Iyer

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Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022: The fever begins

 

Finally...after two seasons of exile from India, which included the last season\s humiliating suspension when it was played amidst the raging pandemic which killed thousands of Indians in May 2022, the Indian Premier League is back in India in its entirety and it will begin with a clash between Chennai Super Kings, the defending champions and Kolkata Knight Riders, the runners-up.