🏏IPL 2024: Match 22 - CSK vs KKR at Chennai @ 7:30PM IST🏏 - Page 2

Probable Best Players of the Match

Probable Best Batter:

Ruturaj Gaikwad holds the key for the Chennai Super Kings in the batting department. Coming in as an opener he can build a strong foundation for CSK as he has done in the previous seasons. He has not been able to perform at his best so far in the ongoing event and would be eager to showcase his real batting form in the upcoming game.

Probable Best Bowler:

Deepak Chahar has the ability to generate swing early on and provide some early breakthroughs for CSK. He is coming out a long rehab and will look to compensate for the time loss. He has looked good in patches so far in the tournament and would be eager to bowl a match-winning spell.

Scenario 1

Chennai Super Kings win the toss and bowl

Power Play score – 70-80

First Innings Score - 210-220

Kolkata Knight Riders win the match

Scenario 2

Kolkata Knight Riders win the toss and bowl

Power Play score - 45-55

First Innings Score - 165-175

Kolkata Knight Riders win the match

Team news and Impact Player strategy

Chennai Super Kings

Matheesha Pathirana was doing a little bit of bowling on Sunday, with CSK bowling consultant Eric Simons saying he was left out of the last game as a precaution. It is still unclear, though, if he is ready to play on Monday. Ditto for Mustafizur Rahman, who had to leave for home to work on getting a US visa, but is understood to be on his way to India and should link up with the team soon. Moeen Ali could keep his place given he hits Narine at a strike rate of 181 in the IPL (20 off 11 balls, two dismissals) and offers an offspin option against the left-hand batters of KKR.

Likely XII: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Shivam Dube, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 MS Dhoni (wk), 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Tushar Deshpande, 11 Mukesh Chaudhary/Shardul Thakur, 12 Maheesh Theekshana

Raghuvanshi after cracking 54 off 27 balls: 'I just backed my instincts'

Kolkata Knight RIders

Nitish Rana, who hasn't played since KKR's opening game, tweeted that he "can't wait to get on the field", so he might be in line for a return. Harshit Rana, though, who didn't bowl in their last match despite being in the XI, arrived in Chennai with his arm in a sling. Angkrish Raghuvanshi might continue to be their Impact Player, swapping in or out for a bowler.

Likely XII: 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Sunil Narine, 3 Venkatesh Iyer, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Angkrish Raghuvanshi/Nitish Rana, 6 Andre Russell, 7 Rinku Singh, 8 Ramandeep Singh, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Harshit Rana/Vaibhav Arora, 11 Varun Chakravarthy, 12 Anukul Roy/Suyash Sharma

Did you know?

- CSK have lost only 8 out of 34 games played in Chepauk since 2013

- In 74 balls of face-off in the IPL, MS Dhoni has scored only 39 runs against Sunil Narine, which includes a solitary boundary

What they said:

"I think his work-ethic. I think his strongest suit is his ability to work hard. Lot of people talk about skill as something that's really important but what really matters is the willingness to work hard. Because that is the sort of talent that not everyone possesses." - Abhishek Nayar on Angkrish Raghavanshi

"It's a long tournament. We wanted to be conservative about our decision making around him (Pathirana)." - CSK bowling Eric Simons

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Hope CSK wins today s match....else it will be difficult to catch up. 💙💛

This is as per a news article.

As reported by Sportstar, Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman and Sri Lankan pace sensation Matheesha Pathirana will be back in action for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) upcoming IPL 2024 game against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Chennai.