Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Blog Highlights @
61st Match:
The match between CSK and KKR is the sixty-first meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on May 14th 2023.
CSK vs KKR History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 29 times, till date. Out of them, CSK won 19 times, whereas KKR won 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against KKR are WLWWW.
@ CSK Backyard:
The teams faced each other 10 times at the home ground of CSK. The host won 8 times. On the other hand, the visitors won just twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against KKR are WWWWW.
The visiting team has never won a game against the host since 2012.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (CSK):
The team completed 247 games, out of them the team won 143 times and lost 100 times with Four (4) without any result (No Result).
The team is at the second place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 15 points (in total), victory will bring the team to the first (top) place with 17 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the second (same) position with 15 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK are WWLLW.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for CSK are WWLWL.
The Visiting Team (KKR):
The team completed 255 games, out of them the team won 128 times and lost 122 times with five (5) without any result (No Result).
The team is at the eighth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 10 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the fifth to eighth place with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the seventh to eighth (same) position with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are LWWLW.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for KKR are WWLLW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Chennai shows the weather would be partly cloudy throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 3% to 4% as of now, so there would be rare chances of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 32 to 33 Celsius. The wind would be between 19 to 22 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 53 times in 83 games. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 30 times including a win in a tie and lost 23 times including a defeat in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLW*LL.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 12 times and lost 18 times including a defeat in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLLW.
The first batting team won the matches 48 times including a couple (2) of victories in a tie. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 35 times including a loss in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLLLW.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 42 times including a win in a tie and lost 41 times, though including a couple (2) of losses in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLWL.
The Home Side (CSK):
The team won the toss 36 times in 66 games. The team won 25 times and lost 11 times including a defeat in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the CSK at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLWL.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the CSK at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWWWW.
The team never lost a battle after losing the toss since 2013.
The side never lost any encounter while defending the target after losing the toss since 2012.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 123 runs in 2011. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 206 runs in 2012 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 70 runs in 2019, and the highest total was 246 runs in 2010. For the second inning, the lowest total was 95 runs (completed innings) in 2015, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2010.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.34 and 24.04 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 host won 7 times and the foreigners won 2 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against KKR at the venue are WWWWL.
None of the sides has ever chosen to bat first after winning the toss since 2012.
None of the teams has never won an encounter after choosing to bat first after winning the toss since 2011.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (CSK):
The team has an extremely good record as the team won 45 times and lost 21 times, including a (1) loss in a tie, in 66 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK at the venue are WWLWL.
The Visiting Unit (KKR):
The team has a horrendous record as the team won 3 times and lost 9 times in 12 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are LLWLL.
The side has never won an outing after winning the toss, till date.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Chennai Super Kings:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Chennai Super Kings Eleven: R. Gaikwad, D. Conway, A. Rahane, M. Ali, S. Dube, + A. Rayudu, R. Jadeja, MS. Dhoni, D. Chahar, M. Pathirana, M. Theekshana, + T. Deshpande
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team may go with V. Arora in place of A. Roy.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: + J. Roy, R. Gurbaz, V. Iyer, N. Rana, A. Russell, R. Singh, S. Thakur, S. Narine, H. Rana, V. Arora, V. Chakravarthy, + S. Sharma
*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: Image was taken from a google search. *Notes: https://hindi.crictoday.com/cricket-hindi/cricket-feature/ipl-2023-csk-vs-kkr-read-pitch-report-including-possible-playing-xi-and-full-match-preview/
