Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) 1at match of the IPL 2022 Tamil News: Defending champions CSK will be looking to start the series with success. Kolkata will try to put a stop to it.
The 15th Indian Premier League (IPL – 2022) series starts tomorrow, Saturday (26th). Defending champions Chennai Super Kings face Kolkata Knight Riders in their first league match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Fans are boundlessly interested as the series takes place after the mega auction. Let us now briefly look at the strengths and weaknesses of both teams.
CSK – 4 time champions – Strengths and weaknesses of the team
Chennai Super Kings have won the IPL title four times in IPL history. 5 times advanced to the final. MS Dhoni, the long-time captain of the team, has now handed over his post to all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. However it looks like he will continue to play in matches so one can expect Jadeja to lead the team better along with Dhoni.
The Chennai team, which has bought and amassed senior and young players in the mega auction, is getting ready to use them perfectly. The team’s batting line-up includes champions Rudraj Kejriwal, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa, Moin Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Twain Bravo and Dhoni. Newcomer Devon Conway joins them.
All-rounders include Sivam Dubey, Chris Jordan and Mitchell Santner. Along with Ravindra Jadeja and Moin Ali, there are quality spinners like Mitchell Santner and Sri Lanka off-spinner Mahesh Deekshana.
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— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 25, 2022
Fast bowler Deepak Sahar is out due to injury. His omission from the team could cause a slight setback for the team. There is also a side to the expectation of whom the team will bang in response to him. However, the fast bowlers have players like KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, New Zealand’s Adam Milne and Indian youngster Rajwardhan Hungerker.
Dhoni, who was the unshakable captain of the Chennai team, is now set to make his debut as a normal player. Although he showed excellent play last season, concerns about his current form are contagious. But everyone knows that Dhoni can recover from that. Will he play in all the matches in the series? Let’s see depending on that.
2 time champion; Strengths and weaknesses of the KKR team
Kolkata Knight Riders are two-time champions in the IPL. The team lost to Chennai Super Kings in the final last season. After the mega auction, the new captain is as enthusiastic as the young players.
Sreyas Iyer bids Rs. The Kolkata team bought him for Rs 12.25 crore and appointed him as the team captain. Shreyas Iyer effectively led the Delhi team in the 2020 IPL series. Expect him to act with the same style. Besides, he has been in strong form lately. This has given the team extra excitement.
The batting line-up for Kolkata has experienced players like Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane and Nitish Rana. Similarly, there are quality all-rounders like Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine. One can expect Varun Chakraborty to do the trick on the spin this season as well as last season.
Australian Test team captain Pat Cummins, Sivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav and Tim Southee are some of the famous fast bowlers on the attack.
Kolkata, which seems to be a strong match, has a shortage of talented Indian players. Similarly the team did not buy proper players for wicket keeping and batting. It was only at the last minute of the auction that Sam bought Billings and Alex Hales. Another major setback for the team is Andre Russell’s fitness. He gets seriously injured when he dives to the fielding. It totally affects the team. The team will be balanced if he is fit.
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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 24, 2022
After the mega auction, the Chennai Super Kings – Kolkata Knight Riders teams are set to see the field with new captains and some newcomers. Defending champions Chennai will be looking to start the series with a win. Kolkata team will try to put a stop to it. So there will be no shortage of excitement in the first league match between the two teams.
List of Chennai Super Kings players:
Rudraj Kejriwal, Ambati Rayudu, Moin Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Deepak Sahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Mahesh Deekshana, N Jagadeesh, Harikeshpathi, Hungerker, Bhagat Verma, Prasanth Solanki, Chris Jordan, Dwayne Pretorius, Devon Conway, Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner.
List of Kolkata Knight Riders players:
Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Sivam Mavi, Varun Chakraborty, Sam Billings, Anukul Roy, Rasik Salam, Abi. Singh, Aman Khan, Ramesh Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Tim Southee, Alex Hales, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, P Indrajith, Samika Karunaratne.
The proposed XI of both teams is as follows;
Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
- Rudraj Kejriwal, 2. Devon Conway, 3. Ambati Rayudu, 4. Robin Uthappa, 5. Ravindra Jadeja, 6. MS Dhoni, 7. Sivam Dube, 8. Dwayne Bravo, 9. Adam Milne, 10. KM Asif, 11. Rajwardhan Hungerker or Tushar Deshpande
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
1. Shreyas Iyer, 2. Venkatesh Iyer, 3. Ajinkya Rahane, 4. Nitish Rana, 5. Sam Billings, 6. Andre Russell, 7. Sunil Narine, 8. Varun Chakraborty, 9. Pat Cummins, 10. Sivam Mavi, 11. Umesh Yadav.
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