Former India player turned renowned commentator Aakash Chopra has predicted that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will win against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL 2021 final. While CSK are looking for their fourth Indian Premier League trophy, KKR will try to win their third title as well.
Notably, KKR won the trophies in 2012 and 2014 as well. While making his predictions in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra stated that KKR’s winning spree is likely to end in the IPL final. He also claimed that Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni won’t make substantial contributions with the bat.
Aakash Chopra predicted: “I am going with Chennai. I think the Chennai Super Kings are going to win their fourth title and Kolkata might end up losing a final for the first time. The story might just end. Both keepers will together score less than 30 runs. Ya, Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni will both together score less than 30 runs.”
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Howveer, both Dhoni and Karthik have had a poor run with the bat in IPL 2021. Although Dhoni had played a match-winning cameo in the Qualifier 1 against the Delhi Capitals (DC), Karthik is yet to play a big one as well. However, he also shared that Josh Hazlewood and Lockie Ferguson will do well with the ball for their respective sides. While the latter has a stunning economy of 6.46 in this season so far, the former has conceded an average of 8.51 runs per over as well.
He further said: “The four openers – which means Faf, Ruturaj, Venkatesh Iyer and Shubman Gill – will together score more runs than whoever comes at the No.3 and No.4 positions in the two sides. It is straightforward, actually it should be like that.”
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“Hazlewood and Ferguson will concede less than 60 runs. That’s a tough one because dew also comes at times later and the Dubai pitch is favorable for batting. I am saying that they will concede less than 60 on a high-scoring ground. I have made it slightly difficult,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
