IPL 2015: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - Venue, date and predicted line-ups
It's not even 48 hours since they last met; Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) meets again but this time in KKR's home. CSK won their home tie and KKR will want to make it even by winning their home game at the Eden Gardens stadium.
CSK currently are the league table toppers with 12 points from 7 matches and KKR is almost in the middle with 7 points from 7 matches. Gautam Gambhir led KKR have surely got Brad Hogg as a decent replacement for Sunil Narine and this might help them to strengthen their arsenal more. CSK's offie, R Ashwin will not be playing in the next two matches because of his finger injury and their spin attack will be led by Ravindra Jadeja in his absence. Head to head, CSK have won 10 while KKR have clinched 5 out of their 15 encounters.
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date and time: April 30, 2015; 08:00pm Indian Standard Time
Previous meeting: CSK won by 2 runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium
Points table
| Positions | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSK | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | RR | 9 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | RCB | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | KKR | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | SRH | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | DD | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | MI | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | KXIP | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Highest run-scorers
KKR: Gautam Gambhir (190 runs in 6 matches)
CSK: Dwayne Smith (253 runs in 7 matches)
Highest wicket-takers
KKR: Morne Morkel (9 wickets in 5 matches)
CSK: Ashish Nehra (13 wickets in 7 matches)
Predicted line-ups
KKR XI: Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Ryan ten Doeschate, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Brad Hogg, Piyush Chawla, Pat Cummins/Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav
CSK XI: Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (Captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Irfan Pathan, Ishwar Pandey, Mohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra