Match Preview: CSK vs KKR

This is the match 33 of VIVO IPL 2018 between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders which will be held at the Eden Gardens.

Head 2 Head

Matches: 17

KKR won: 6

CSK won:11

Form Guide

Kolkata Knight Riders have won TWO out of their last FOUR matches while Chennai Super Kings have won THREE out of their last FOUR matches.

Previous Meeting

It is the match which will be always remembered for the Chennai Fans because of the final over by Vinay Kumar and this was the first and the last game at Chennai for this season due to the Cauvery Dispute.

Pitch Report

The Eden Gardens pitch has helped more fast bolwers than spinners. So 160-170 would be a good score for the team batting first.

Player Battles

1) At the start of the seaon, MS Dhoni was struggling against spinners but later on he has been in a good form against spinners. So, it will be a key player battle between MS Dhoni & Spinners (Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla & Sunil Narine).

2) DJ Bravo has bolwed 102 balls to Andre Russell in T20's and he has scored 216 runs. It will be intresting to see when we see the two West Indians clash against ecah other tonight.

3) Chris Lynn has been struggling to left-arm spinners and the only left-arm spinner who will be playing the gamne will be Ravindra Jadeja. This record can see MS Dhoni going with Jadeja to open the bowling.

News

Nitish Rana is nursing from a minor injury. In case he is not fit, Kolkata will have to choose between Ishank Jaggi and Rinku Singh.

Likely's XI

Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Chris Lynn, 2 Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, 4 Ishank Jaggi / Nitish Rana / Rinku Singh, 5 Dinesh Karthik (Captain & Keeper), 6 Andre Russell, 7 Shubman Gill, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Mitchell Johnson / Tom Curran, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Shivam Mavi

Chennai Super Kings: 1 Shane Watson, 2 Faf du Plessis, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 MS Dhoni, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 DJ Bravo / David Willey, 8 Harbajan Singh, 9 Karn Sharma, 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 KM Asif / Shardul Thakur

Some STATS that matter

1) Piyush Chawla needs only TWO wickets to register 50 IPL wikcets for KKR. So, who will be his 50th IPL vuctim for KKR.

2) Robin Uthappa just needs more 23 runs to register 4000 IPL runs and he even needs only 9 runs to register 1000 runs at the Eden Gardens in the IPL.

3) MS Dhoni needs eight more runs to complete 3000 IPL runs for a single IPL Team. (Suresh Raina is the first player)

Fantasy Picks

Chennai Super Kings: The form of MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu and Shane Watson will keep them the most high picks for this match.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine would be the best option because he has been good with the bat and the ball.

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