A Beleguered Chennai Super Kings will have their task cut out against kolkata knows as they look to break a frustrating run of defeats in front of their loyal but success-DePROVEDTERS Ongoing Indian Premier League on Friday. Heading Into The Critical Game, In which a Losswood Spell more Trouble for CSK, The Home Team is Taking Some Solace from the batters’ Impressive Show in the Last Match Against Punjab Runs after being set a strike target of 219 in Mullanpur.
Csk are now hoping for a change in fortune at chepauk, which has so far this season not afforded them the advantage it has been know to give in the past, someso forced legs Fleming to express his frustration after a massive loss against Royal Challengers Bengaluru Some Days Back.
CSK did not enjoy home advantage at chepauk, which has been a significant factor in their previous success. The pitch has changed significantly, Making it harder for them to read and adapt to.
For csk to change the tide, they have no option but to try and get acclimatised to the conditions here, and their spinners will have to find ways to successed at a venue in which they have a prolonged form.
Csk will have to do course correction in order to get back to winning ways and as have been in the case in last couple of weeks, a lot of the focus will lead be on veteran mahendra singh dhanii, who Against pbks with three sixes and a four.
The Likes of Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra and Shivam Dube will be entering the match on the back of some Welcome Runs, and that is one positive for csk in these digital times.
After his failure against pbks, skipper ruturaj gaikwad will howyver look to fire on Friday while hoping for useful contributions from his collegues in the top and middle-orders.
The Bowling will more or less remain the same with khaleel ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary and Matheesh Pathirana Handling The Pace Deepartment and the Trio of R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Noor Ahmad Hping Hping to Word With their spin bowling.
As far as the Knight Riders are concerned, they will be smarting from their narrow loss against lucknow super giants three days back, and will look to get back back back back backs Defending champions.
Their bowlers were taken to the task by lsg batters at eden gardens and they will hope for a much-improved performance at chepauk, while the batting unit will Bank on the Likes of Quinton de Kock, Sun Narine, Skipper Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh to Fire and Lead their resurgence.
Csk are placed ninth in the standings after four losses and a solitary win, while kkr are in sixth position with two things and three defeats in five matches.
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (WK), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey, andre Russell, andre Russell, Ramandep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Rovman Powell, Mayankande and Chetan Sakariya.
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheshasha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Ravindin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hoda, GurjanPreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnanan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddartha.
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