KKR vs CSK Live Score Stream, IPL 2020 Match 21 Live Updates: KKR Wins Draw, CSK Launches First; Karn Sharma replaces Piyush Chawla – Sportstar

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the 2020 IPL Match 21 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings at Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

Deepak Chahar will start the process with the new ball, with Tripathi on strike.

Just a little pep talk from MS Dhoni and they run off as Shubman Gill and Rahul Tripathi hit Kolkata. KK and Tripathi’s starting pair change has earned it after their last blitzkrieg with the bat falling in order.

Pitch: Kolkata Knight Riders win the pitch, choose to hit first. Chennai makes a change when Karn Sharma replaces Piyush Chawla.

Playing XI

Super Kings of Chennai: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (w / c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar

Horsemen of the Kolkata Knights: Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (w / c), Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy

Dinesh Karthik: We will hit first. In the last two games, when we hit first, we did a good job. We have returned and we have seen what we can do. We play the same XI.

MS Dhoni: We have been chasing all of this anyway. We have had some bad games and some good games, but we are ready to do anything. As the tournament progresses, you adapt to new questions and that is what happened in the last game. The approach of the openers was great to watch. We have a change: Karn Sharma instead of Piyush Chawla.

Launch report: “It’s the same pitch that was used yesterday. It’s the full length that’s been used for racing on this field. The ball moves a little bit with the good, hard length and that little movement is enough in the T20s. There’s a carry. decent, there are a few more cracks, but the grass holds it together. There shouldn’t be much help for the spinners. It looks like a very good cricket ground. Not much dew, so win the toss and hit first, “considers Deep Dasgupta and Ajit Agarkar.

It will be the first time that Brendon McCullum and Stephen Fleming will meet as KKR and CSK coaches!

Overall, Chennai has won the IPL title three times, while Kolkata has lifted the trophy twice. The sides faced each other in the 2012 final, in which KKR won by five wickets after successfully chasing 191.

CSK captain MS Dhoni he has tormented KKR bowlers quite often, scoring 471 runs with an average of 52.33 and a strike rate of 134.57.

The two teams have met 20 times in the IPL so far, with CSK posting a 13-7 win / loss record against KKR.

Chennai Leggie Karn sharma it could be the trump card against Kolkata as it has claimed 14 wickets at a 7.5 economy rate and a 13.4 strike rate against the men in purple.

The preview

After ending his three-game losing streak, Super Kings of Chennai will seek to continue the momentum against a confusion Kolkata Knight Riders which is not running full blast yet, at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

So far, both sides have won two games, although KKR has played one game less so far.

For CSK, Shane Watson’s return to form in the last game against Kings XI Punjab should give the team hope. It is still too early to figure out if the men in yellow have returned to their best. KKR’s bowling attack is better than what they faced against Punjab.

Match details

Head to head: CSK: 14; KKR: 8; NR: 1

Match No 21

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Time: 7.30 p.m.