IPL Match 21: KKR vs CSK

MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will lock horns today when they face each other at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Chennai on the other hand started to come on their own after three losses on the trot as the MS Dhoni-led side would look to make their ascent to top-four from being at the bottom.

KKR, in their last game, were in with a decent chance of chasing 229 runs against the Delhi Capitals (DC), though they lost the match by 18 runs in Sharjah.

The toss between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings for the 21^st match of IPL 2020 will take place at 7:00 PM (IST).

This game is scheduled to start at 07:30 PM IST (06:00 PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC). The game will be telecasted on the Star Sports Network (Available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali). Also, live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.

Playing XI

Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (captain), Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarthy, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Ali Khan, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi.

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (captain), Imran Tahir, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Monu Kumar, R Sai Kishore, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Karn Sharma, Murali Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, KedarJadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla.

Pitch Condition/Report:

The track at Abu Dhabi is a decent one for batting. At the same time, the spinners will also get some purchase off the track.