The Indian Premier League (IPL) will face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2025 against Chennai Superkings (CSK) today. The match will begin at 7:30 pm at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Kolkata's last win against Chennai was held here in 2018.
Both teams will face the second time this season. In the previous match, Kolkata beat Chennai by 8 wickets. The defending champion Kolkata's performance has not been special this season. The team won 5 out of 11 matches and lost 5, while one match was canceled due to rain. The team has 11 points.
Kolkata needs to win at least two of the remaining three matches to reach the playoffs. On the other hand, Chennai is already out of the playoff race. The team has scored 4 points with 2 wins in 11 matches.
Match Details, 57th Match KKR VS CSK Date: 7 May Stadium: Eden Gardens, Kolkata Time: Toss – 7:00 PM, Match Starts – 7:30 PM
Chennai heavy on Kolkata in Head to Head
The IPL has 33 matches between the two teams. Chennai 20 and Kolkata have won 12 matches, while one match was canceled due to rain. Eden Gardens played 10 matches between the two, with home team KKR A4 and CSK won 6 matches. Kolkata's last win against Chennai was held here in 2018. Then played 2 matches, both Chennai won.
Rahane Top Scorer, 15 wickets in the name of Chakraborty
Defending champions Kolkata could not play as expected this season. No one could leave the batter influence except team captain Ajinkya Rahane. Venkatesh Iyer, the most expensive Kolkata player, failed completely this season, scoring only 142 runs in 11 matches.
Rahane is the highest scorer for the team, who scored 327 runs at a strike rate of 146 and scored 3 half centuries. However, explosive batter Andre Russell has returned to form and scored half a century in the last match.
Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty is a KKR No Top Wicket Tacker, who took 15 wickets in 11 matches. Chakraborty scored at an economy rate of 7.23. Harsh Rana and Vaibhav Arora took 13-13 wickets among the fast bowlers, while Sunil Narayan 10 wickets fast.
Jadeja Top Better, Noor Top bowler
This season has not been special for Chennai batters. Only two left -handed batters of the team, Shivam Dubey and Ravindra Jadeja have scored more than 200 runs. Jadeja scored the highest runs, scoring 260 runs at a strike rate of 137. However, young batter Sheikh Rashid, Ayush Mahatre and Dewald Brewis are performing well for the team.
Chinaman spinner Noor Ahmed is the main bowler of Chennai. He is 16 wickets in 11 matches. Left -handed fast bowler Khalil Ahmed has taken 14 and death -over -specialist Mathish Pathirana took 12 wickets.
Pitch report Eden Gardens Stadium Pitch is helpful for batters. So far 99 IPL matches have been played in this stadium. Here the first batting team has won 42 and the chase team has won 56 matches. The highest team of this stadium is 262/2, which Punjab Kings scored against Kolkata last season.
There are 6 matches played here this season. The first batting team in 4 matches and the chase in 1 match has won. One match did not result.
Weather condition Kolkata's weather is not going to be good on May 7. In some areas, there is a possibility of rains and storms occasionally in the morning and then in the afternoon. The whole day will be cloudy, and 57% of the rainfall is likely. The temperature here is expected to be between 28 and 36 degrees.
Potential Playing-12 (including Impact Player) of both teams
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Sunil Narayan, Rahmanullah Gurbaaz (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramanadeep Singh, Varun Chakravarti, Vaibhav.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Sheikh Rashid, Ayush Mahatre, Sam Karan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dawald Bravis, Shivam Dubey, Deepak Hooda, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Mathisha Pathira.
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