The 33rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. KKR is currently placed at the eighth position on the points table of this season of IPL whereas CSK is currently placed at the third spot on the points table.
Kolkata Knight Riders played six games in IPL 2023 so far where they managed to win two matches while Chennai Super Kings also played six matches this season where they won four games. Kolkata Knight Riders played their last game against Delhi Capitals where Delhi Capitals beat them by 4 wickets. Jason Roy managed to score 43 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders in that game.
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On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings played their last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad where they won the game by 7 wickets. Devon Conway played a fiery knock of 77 runs while Ravindra Jadeja grabbed 3 wickets for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in that match. These two teams have played 28 games against each other in the history of IPL so far where Kolkata Knight Riders managed to win 10 games while Chennai Super Kings won the remaining matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Suyash Sharma missed out on the last game for KKR, without the skipper giving a valid reason for the same. It is unknown whether there is a concern of injury or just the balance of the team that dictated his exclusion. KKR could consider bowling with a spinner if Ajinkya Rahane enters the powerplay. Rahane has a strike rate of 222 in the Powerplay this season, the most by anyone KKR has also bowled the most overs of spin in the powerplay in IPL 2023.
Probable XI: Jason Roy, N Jagadeesan (wk), Venkatesh Iyer/Suyash Sharma, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Ben Stokes is back to bowling in the nets, but hasn’t returned to the playing side as yet. It remains to be seen if he is match-fit as yet. Chennai’s openers have been amongst the best in the season, while KKR’s fast bowlers have the worst economy rate and strike-rate amongst all teams this season. While the threat of introducing spin early on looms, CSK’s in-form pair could have their targets in sight anyway.
Probable XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu/Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh
Fantasy XI Suggestion 1:
Devon Conway, Liton Das, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ravindra Jadeja (vc), Moeen Ali, Varun Chakravarthy
Fantasy XI Suggestion 2:
Devon Conway (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Varun Chakravarthy
