Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, match 15 in IPL 2021 will be hosted at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Match Details
Head-to-Head
Last 5 Matches
- Super Kings won by 6 wickets – 29-Oct-2020
- KKR won by 10 runs – 07-Oct-2020
- Super Kings won by 5 wickets – (with 2 balls remaining)
- Super Kings won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) – 09-Apr-2019
- KKR won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining) – 03-May-2018
As the above head-to-head table shows, CSK has won three of the last five matches between the teams. In the game held on Oct 7. 2020 in Abu Dhabi, KKR won the toss and batted first. They amassed 167 all out in their 20 overs thanks mainly to opener Rahul Tripathi’s 81 off 51 balls with 8 fours and 3 sixers.
For CSK, Dwayne Bravo bagged 3/37 in 4 overs, while Sam Curran, Karn Sharma, and Shardul Thakur snared two scalps each.
In reply, CSK could muster only 157/5 and lost the game by 10 runs. Opener Shane Watson top scored with 50 off 40 balls studded with 6 fours and 1 sixer. He was supported by Ambati Rayudu with 30 off 27 balls with 3 fours. Ravindra Jadeja’s heroic effort of 21 not out off 8 balls with 3 fours and 1 sixer at the end went in vain.
For KKR, all the bowlers chipped in with useful spells, and Pat Cummins had the most economical figures of 0/25 in 4 overs. Not surprisingly, Rahul Tripathi was declared player of the match as he was hands-down the best batsman in this game.
TTeam Kolkata Knight Riders Report
ere is KKR’s squad:
- Eoin Morgan (c)
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Vaibhav Arora
- Tim Seifert
- Sunil Narine
- Shubman Gill
- Shivam Mavi
- Sheldon Jackson
- Shakib Al Hasan
- Sandeep Warrier
- Rahul Tripathi
- Prasidh Krishna
- Pawan Negi
- Pat Cummins
- Nitish Rana
- Lockie Ferguson
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Karun Nair
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti
- Harbhajan Singh
- Gurkeerat Singh Mann
- Dinesh Karthik
- Ben Cutting
- Andre Russell
Hard-hitter Andre Russell and skipper Eoin Morgan are expected to guide the team’s batting in the middle and end overs. Pat Cummins and Varun Chakravarthy will take on the onus of leading the bowling.
Team Team Chennai Super Kings Report
is CSK’s squad:
- MS Dhoni (c)
- Suresh Raina
- Shardul Thakur
- Sam Curran
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Robin Uthappa
- Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Narayan Jagadeesan
- Moeen Ali
- Mitchell Santner
- Lungi Ngidi
- Krishnappa Gowtham
- KM Asif
- Karn Sharma
- Jason Behrendorff
- Imran Tahir
- Harishankar Reddy
- Faf du Plessis
- Dwayne Bravo
- Deepak Chahar
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- C Hari Nishaanth
- Bhagath Varma
- Ambati Rayudu
CSK depends on Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, and Moeen Ali at the top to do well in batting. Their bowling will chiefly be handled by Shardul Thakur, Dwayne Bravo, and Lungi Ngidi.
Dream11Dream11 Fantasy Team
our Dream11 team prediction for the match:
- Batsmen: Eoin Morgan (c), Faf du Plessis, Nitish Rana, Suresh Raina, Andre Russell
- Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Mavi
- Wicketkeeper: M S Dhoni
- All-rounders Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja
Is your team the same as our KKR vs CSK Dream11 prediction? Please leave a comment.