Match 21 of the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) sees the Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Chennai Super Kings at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Wednesday.
The IPL is only a few weeks away and CSK fans have seen it all. They’ve been through personnel concerns, a sorry streak of games, and a swashbuckling partnership between Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis to get them back on track.
Although MS Dhoni and company have only two victories in five games, they come into this meeting with an impressive ten wickets victory against an unfortunate KXIP team.
With players like Shardul Thakur and Shane Watson starring as the three-time IPL champions, CSK will enter this game with great confidence and will look to win their third game at IPL 2020.
However, they come across a side of KKR that has been hot and cold this season. With two wins in four games, KKR has had a decent start to the season, although it has many interesting questions to answer.
Sunil Narine’s form is an important topic of conversation before this encounter with the West Indies unable to make a forceful contribution with the bat or the ball. Rahul Tripathi’s explosive punch and the presence of Tom Banton waiting on the wings, only adds to the complexity of this problem.
Elsewhere, KKR has a largely established unit with the duo of Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill leading the way with the bat. With a solid bowling attack in place, they should turn out to be a handful for CSK.
The head-to-head record is 14-8 in favor of CSK with the three-time IPL champions making double over KKR at the 2019 IPL. Dinesh Karthik and his men would love to get revenge on CSK as both sides seek a victory in Abu Dhabi.
Therefore, a spectacular match can be expected at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Wednesday.
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Squads to choose from
Kolkata Knight Riders
Dinesh Karthik (C), Shivam Mavi, Tom Banton, Sandeep Warrier, Kuldeep Yadav, Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine, Nikhil Naik, Manimaran Siddharth, Andre Russell, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Shubman Gill, Nitesh Rana, Siddhesh Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Chris Green, and Rahul Tripathi
Super Kings of Chennai
MS Dhoni (C), Murali Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Mitchell Santner, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Monu Kumar, N Jagadeesan, Shardeul Thakur, , KM Asif, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, R Sai Kishore, Lungi Ngidi and Josh Hazlewood
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Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (C&WK), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Rahul Tripathi, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Super Kings of Chennai
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla and Shardul Thakur
Match details
Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, Match 21
Date: October 7, 2020, 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
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Launch report
Unlike the fields in Sharjah and Dubai, the one in Abu Dhabi has offered some help to both pacemakers and spinners. While the pacemakers have enjoyed the conditions with the new ball, the spinners have grown in stature as the innings progressed.
Most teams have preferred to watch the opening phase before launching an attack towards the end of the innings and it is estimated that this modus operandi could also be followed on Wednesday.
The average first-inning score at this venue in the 2020 IPL is 168, and the team that hit first was victorious three out of six times. Ideally, however, both teams would be looking to chase by winning the draw and dew is expected to play a major role as the match progresses.
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