The 49th match of IPL 2020 is to be played this evening between the Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings have nothing to lose in this match as they have become the first team to be eliminated this season. In such a situation, she can definitely become a hurdle in the way of Kolkata’s playoffs. KKR has so far won 6 and lost 6 of the 12 matches played this season. If they have to qualify for the playoffs, they will have to win both matches. In such a situation, the entire pressure will be on Kolkata Knight Riders today.
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Kolkata Knight Riders, led by Eoin Morgan, suffered an 8-wicket defeat to Kings XI Punjab in their previous match. No player, except Shubman Gill (57), Eoin Morgan (40) and Lockie Ferguson (24 *), touched the double-digit mark on the small ground in Sharjah.
Batsmen like Nitish Rana and Rahul Tripathi have scored headlines this season, but they have failed to score runs in a sequential manner. If KKR has to qualify for the playoffs then all the players will have to come forward and score the runs.
Talking about bowling, Eoin Morgan needs to change his strategy. Morgan starts bowling with Pat Cummins and the famous Krishna. At the same time, he uses Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine as the third and fourth bowlers. He brings his wicket-taking bowler Lockie Ferguson to the last when the match is on the verge of ending. In such a situation, Morgan will have to learn to use Ferguson at the right time. His four overs are quite important for the team. He can also use some of his over powerplay in death.
At the same time, KKR’s all-rounder Andre Russell has not received any update on the injury. KKR’s balance has also been disturbed by his absence in the team.
At the same time, Chennai Super Kings are playing without any pressure after being eliminated from playoff race. In his last match, he defeated Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets. The key role in this victory of CSK was played by opener Rituraj Gaikwad, who will play an unbeaten innings of 65 runs.
CSK does not need any change in this match. If desired, she can give the rest of her players sitting on the bench a chance to play today.
In the last encounter, KKR defeated CSK by 10 runs.
In the IPL 2020, when these two teams faced each other for the first time in Abu Dhabi, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs. In this KKR victory, the hero was Rahul Tripathi, who played a blistering 81-ball 81 after getting the chance to open the batting.
Head to head
So far, 22 matches have been played between these two teams in IPL, in which Chennai Super Kings have been successful in winning the Kolkata Knight Riders 8 times and Chennai Super Kings 13 times. In the last 6 matches, CSK has defeated KKR 4 times.
Both teams
Kolkata Knight Riders Team: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (w), Eoin Morgan (c), Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Prisidh Krishna, Varun Chakraborty, Andre Russell, Kuldeep Yadav Sandeep. Warrior, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Tim Seifert, Chris Green, Rinku Singh, Ali Khan, Tom Banton, Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddharth
Chennai Super Kings Team: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (w / c), N Jagadeesan, Sam Curren, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav Piyush Chawla, Murali Vijay, Karan Sharma, Lungi Nagidi, Ravi Srinivasan Sai Kishore, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood
