Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
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1st Match:
The match between CSK and KKR is the first meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on March 26th 2022.
CSK vs KKR History:
The teams competed against each other 28 times, till date. Out of them, CSK won 18 times and lost 9 times. 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against KKR are WWWWL.
CSK Home:
The teams faced each other 9 times at the home ground of CSK. The host won 7 times. On the other hand, the visitors won twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against KKR are WWWWL.
KKR Home:
The teams competed 9 times at the home ground of KKR. The home team won 4 times and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against CSK are LWWWL.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. CSK also won 6 times, whereas KKR won thrice. 1 match was abandoned without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against KKR are WWWWL.
Teams and Ranks:
Chennai Super Kings:
The team completed 221 games, out of them the team won 132 times and lost 86 times with 3 without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK are WWLLL.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team completed 229 games, out of them the team won 117 times and lost 107 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are LWWWW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 2% to 6% as of now, so there would be extremely less chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 28 to 29 Celsius. The wind would be between 5 to 10 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 23 times in 83 games. The selection slightly favored the teams, as the team won 12 times including a victory in a tied game and lost 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WW*LLW.
The teams never lost a game after choosing to bat first since 2017.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 32 times and lost 28 times, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLLW.
The first batting team won the matches 40 times including a (1) victory in a tied match. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 43 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLLWW.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 44 times including a tied outing and lost 39 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWLL.
CSK:
The team won the toss 10 times in 19 games, and the team won 7 times and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the CSK at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLWW.
The team never lost a game after winning the toss since 2019.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the CSK at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLWLW.
KKR:
The team won the toss 3 times in 11 games, and the team won 7 times and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLL – -.
The team never won a game after winning the toss, till date.
The team never chose to bat after winning the toss, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLLLL.
The team never won a match after losing the toss since 2012.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 118 runs in 2018. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 198 runs in 2019 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 67 runs in 2008, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2015. For the second inning, the lowest total was 79 runs (completed innings) in 2013, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2017.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.23 and 25.12 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other once at the venue. CSK won the encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against KKR at the venue are W – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
CSK:
CSK had an above average record as the team won 11 times and lost 8 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK at the venue are WWWWL.
KKR:
KKR had a horrendous record as the team won once and lost 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are LLLLL.
The team has the only win at the venue in 2012.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Chennai Super Kings:
The team may go with a couple (2) of pacers, as the team has 3 all-rounders, two with pace and the third with spin and a (1) bowling all-rounder with pace.
Chennai Super Kings Eleven: R. Gaikwad, R. Uthappa, D. Conway, A. Rayudu, R. Jadeja, S. Dube, MS. Dhoni, D. Bravo, R. Hangargekar, C. Jordan, A. Milne
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team would like to go with a couple (2) of pacers and a (1) spinner combination, as the team has 3 all-rounders with pace and a bowling all-rounder with spin.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: V. Iyer, A. Rahane, S. Iyer, N. Rana, S. Billings, A. Russell, S. Narine, S. Mavi, C. Karunaratne, V. Chakravarthy, R. salam Dar
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
