Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings
Blog Highlights @
33rd Match:
The match between KKR and CSK is the thirty-third meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 23rd 2023.
KKR vs CSK History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 28 times, till date. Out of them, KKR won 10 times and CSK won 18 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against CSK are WLLLL.
@ KKR Backyard:
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.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (KKR):
The team completed 249 games, out of them the team won 125 times and lost 119 times with five (5) without any result (No Result).
The team is at the eighth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 4 points (in total), victory will bring the team to the any of the sixth to eighth (same) places with 6 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team in any of the eighth (same) or ninth position with 4 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are LLLWW.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for KKR are LWWLL.
The Visiting Side (CSK):
The team completed 241 games, out of them the team won 140 times and lost 98 times with 3 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the third place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 8 points (in total), victory will bring the team to any of the top two positions with 10 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to any of the second to sixth position with 8 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK are WWLWW.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for CSK are WWLLL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Kolkata shows the weather would be partly cloudy till the first half but then isolated or scattered thunderstorms would be expected till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 4% to 6% in the first half, as of now, so there would be extremely less chances of rain and then between 30% to 44%, where the chances would become mid to high. The temperature would be between 27 to 29 Celsius. The wind would be between 8 to 10 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate throughout the engagement and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 28 times in 81 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 12 times and lost 16 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLWWL.
The teams never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2016.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 32 times and lost 21 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LLLWL.
The first batting team won the matches 33 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 48 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWWLW.
Over all, the teams won the toss, won the matches 44 times and lost 37 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLWL.
Home Side (KKR):
The team won the toss 35 times in 76 played games. Out of them, the team won 22 times and lost 13 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWLW.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2015.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWLLL.
The side never lost any battle after being sent to the field since 2012.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 129 runs in 2008. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 201 runs in 2010 at the ground.
The first innings lowest total was 81 runs in 2011, and the highest total was 232 runs in 2019. For the second inning, the lowest total was 49 runs in 2017, whereas the highest was 205 runs in 2023.
The batting average of the first innings is 26.22 and 28.39 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 9 times at the venue. The home team won 4 times and the visiting team won 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against CSK at the venue are LWWWL.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (KKR):
The team had a very good record, as the team won 46 times and lost 30 times in 76 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are LWWLL.
The Visiting Unit (CSK):
The team had a below average record as the team won 5 times and lost 6 times in 11 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK at the venue are WLLLL.
The side never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2011.
The team never won any outing after choosing to bat first since 2010.
The side has never been sent to the field after losing the toss since 2013.
The team never won an outing after losing the toss since 2013.
The side never won any outing after being sent to the bat after losing the toss, till date.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team may go with S. Thakur in place of K. Khejroliya and S. Sharma in place of A. Roy.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: J. Roy, L. Das, + V. Iyer, N. Rana, M. Singh, R. Singh, A. Russell, S. Narine, S. Thakur, U. Yadav, V. Chakravarthy, + S. Sharma
Chennai Super Kings:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Chennai Super Kings: D. Conway, R. Gaikwad, A. Rahane, M. ALi, S. Dube, + A. Rayudu, R. Jadeja, MS. Dhoni, M. Pathirana, T. Deshpande, M. Theekshana, + A. Singh
*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. *Notes: “+”indicate an impact player. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://sportsmintmedia.com/ipl-2023-kkr-vs-csk-match-preview-head-to-head-and-streaming-details/
