IPL 2024 CSK vs KKR highlights: Chennai Super Kings win by 7 wickets

Captain Gaikwad (67) then scored an unbeaten half-century to anchor the chase, while Shivam Dube slammed 28 off 18 balls to take CSK to their third victory of the season and end KKR's winning run.

6:11 PM

Kolkata Knight Riders' bowling arsenal

Also, KKR's bowling so far has been impeccable, which has seen even contributions from Harshit Rana, Russell and Vaibhav Arora. Mitchell Starc and Varun Chakaravarthy are slowly finding their feet after an underwhelming show in the opening two games.

 

Overall, KKR's performance across departments has been flawless and they would not want to fiddle with their playing XI for this encounter.

 

Given the unusual pitch behaviour at Chepauk so far, it could be another run-feast.

5:52 PM

Kolkata Knight Riders' team news

KKR, who alongside Rajathan Royals remain unbeaten in the tournament, have reaped rich dividends for their fearless approach with the bat. Having said that, the personnel in the KKR batting order allow them to bat at the same tempo throughout the innings.

 

Making Sunil Narine open again has proved to be a master stroke. Being the team's highest run-scorer this season, Narine is expected to give a tough time to the CSK bowlers. His opening partner, Phil Salt, has also aided the Trinidadian to a good extent.

 

The middle-order comprising skipper Shreyas Iyer and Ramandeep Singh need to display a lot more consistency, while Andre Russell and Rinku Singh have excelled thus far.

5:46 PM

Chennai vs Kolkata head-to-head stats

• Total matches played: 31
• Kolkata Knight Riders won: 11
• Chennai Super Kings won: 19
• No result: 1
• Abandoned: 0

 

5:38 PM

Who will be two pverseas bowlers in CSK's Playing 11 today?

Pacers Mustafizur Rahman and Matheesha Pathirana missed the last game due to different reasons, exposing the chinks in CSK's bowling attack. If they remain unavailable for the KKR game, CSK will need to think out of the box to make up for their absence.

 

Thus, the onus will be upon Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande and Mukesh Choudhary, alongside spinners Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja and Maheesh Theekshana.

5:29 PM

Chennai Super Kings squad for IPL 2024

CSK sqaud for IPL 2024: MS Dhoni, Aravelly Avanish, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, RS Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur, Maheesh Theekshana and Sameer Rizvi.

5:28 PM

Will Sameer Rizvi get a place in Chennai Playing 11?

It remains to be seen if the young Sameer Rizwi is brought back into the team. The 20-year-old uncapped batter displayed promising intent in his six-ball 14 versus Gujarat Titans but a duck against Delhi Capitals in the subsequent game led to him being dropped against SRH.

5:13 PM

Chennai's top-order need to fire

Defending champions Super Kings would expect a lot more from their top-order as they aim to get their campaign back on track against a power-packed KKR.

Back-to-back defeats would not create panic in the forever calm Chennai dressing room but the management will be keen to fix the flaws going ahead.

Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and the highly rated Rachin need to up their game to provide Super Kings the start they need in the powerplay. Gaikwad is striking at 118.91 while Ravindra will be itching to make an impact after not doing much in the previous two games.

CSK's leading run scorer has been Shivam Dube who has tallied 148 runs at an impressive strike rate of 160.86.

5:01 PM

IPL 2024 today's match: Chennai vs Kolkata

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