After two blockbuster Sunday special matches, the IPL 2024 heads towards its 21st fixture. In-form Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Chennai Super Kings, here is all you need to know (Pic: File Pic/AFP)
Updated On: 2024-04-08 12:52 PM IST
Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar
Chennai Super Kings will lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The match is set to begin at 7.30 PM
So far, in the total of 29 faceoffs between these two teams, the Kings are dominating the sheets with 18 wins whereas, the Knights have come victorious on 10 occasions. One match ended with no result
Playing in front of the home crowd, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra are expected to give the team the start they need in the powerplay
Matheesha Pathirana missed the last match due to a niggle. He is expected to feature in today's match against KKR
People would also like to see some strokes from Sameer Rizvi. He impressed everyone by showcasing two maximums against Gujarat Titans
Kolkata Knight Riders are still unbeaten in the IPL 2024. So far, playing three matches, KKR have won all of them and are in the second place with a net run rate of +2.518
The likes of Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Andre Russell have strengthened the batting of KKR. Another interesting clash of IPL 2024 awaits!
Chennai Super Kings Squad:
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:
Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Dushmantha Chameera, Srikar Bharat, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Sakib Hussain, Allah Ghazanfar