In the 22nd fixture of IPL 2024, defending champions Chennai Super Kings will host Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Their previous meeting happened in the last season and Kolkata Knight Riders came out as the winners.
Chennai Super Kings are currently at the 3rd spot in the point table with 3 wins and 2 losses. They have maintained their net run rate at +0.976.
Kolkata Knight Riders are currently leading the point table with 3 consecutive wins and a net run rate of +2.518.
Narine is the leading scorer for the team with 134 runs in 3 matches at an average of 44.67 and a strike rate of 206.15.
The betting tip is...
Sunil Narine to score above 40.5 runs.
Chennai Super Kings started the new season of IPL with a win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, they witnessed their first loss against the Delhi Capitals on Sunday.
The primary problem of Chennai lies in their batting unit. Despite having world-class batters in the team at the top, the top order has failed to score runs. Rachin Ravindra and Ruturaj Gaikwad have not given the desired results. Shivam Dube is their leading run-scorer with 103 runs in 3 matches at an average of 51.50 and a strike rate of 151.47.
The bowling has given better results as compared to the batters. Mustafizur Rahman is their leading wicket-taker with 7 wickets in 3 matches at an economy of 8.83. Matheesha Pathirana is following him with 4 wickets in 3 matches at an economy of 7.50.
Matheesha Pathirana is expected to be an impact player for the team.
Predicted Lineup: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana (Impact Player)
Kolkata Knight Riders have come out as a dominating force in the league this year. They are on a winning streak of 3 matches and have not lost a single game in the league.
Their last win came against Delhi Capitals and they dominated the fixture with the bat. Sunil Narine was the highest scorer with 85 off 39 balls at a strike rate of 217.95. Angkrish Raghuvanshi (54 off 27), Andre Russell (41 off 19), and Rinku Singh (26 off 8) gave a major push to the overall score.
On the bowling front, impact players Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakaravarthy picked up 3 wickets each at an economy of 6.75 and 8.25. Mitchell Starc also took 2 wickets at an economy of 8.33. Andre Russell and Sunil Narine contributed with a single wicket each.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi is expected to be an impact player for the team.
Predicted Lineup: Shreyas Iyer (c), Philip Salt (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Impact Player)
Chennai Super Kings are in trouble right now as their primary batter has failed to perform. The team is mostly dependent on the bowling unit for a win and thatβs a very difficult situation to be in.
Kolkata Knight Riders have made some positive changes in the team and hence they are churning out positive results. Their confidence is also on a different level with 3 consecutive wins. We predict a win for Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday.