CSK vs KKR highlights, IPL 2021: Chennai Super Kings beat KKR by 2 wickets to claim top spot on points table

First ball, Chahar to Gill, clips it through square leg region and opens his account. KKR 1/0.

KKR's young openers - Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer walk out to bat in the scorching Abu Dhabi heat. MS Dhoni has set the field as Deepak Chahar open's the CSK attack. HERE WE GO!!!!!

• 250th: Ambati Rayudu will be playing his 250th T20 match.

• 4: sixes Ambati Rayudu needs 4 more sixes to complete 200 T20 sixes, he will also complete 150 IPL sixes.

• 50: This could be the 50th match for Eoin Morgan for KKR in the IPL.

• 50: This could be the 50th T20 match for Prasidh Krishna.

• 1000: Eoin Morgan is 46 runs away from completing 1,000 runs for KKR in IPL.

• 50: Eoin Morgan is 5 sixes away from completing 50 sixes for KKR in IPL.

• 150: Eoin Morgan is 1 catch away from completing 150 catches across T20s.

• 150: Nitish Rana is 2 sixes away from completing 150 sixes across T20s.

• 50: Rahul Tripathi is 6 sixes away from completing 50 sixes in IPL.

• 50: Rahul Tripathi is 3 catches away from completing 50 catches across T20s.

• 50: Shubman Gill is 7 sixes away from completing 50 sixes across T20s.

• 1000: Sunil Narine is 98 runs away from completing 1,000 runs in IPL.

• 150: Sunil Narine is 1 wicket away from completing 150 wickets for KKR across leagues.

• 50: Prasidh Krishna is 6 wickets away from completing 50 wickets across T20s.

• 150: Andre Russell is 8 sixes away from completing 150 sixes across T20s.

"We have one change, Curran comes in for Bravo. He had a few niggles in the CPL, so we need to make sure he doesn't develop them further. The support staff is very important. Having experienced players in the side helps. In IPL it's about managing the combinations.

“We are going to bat first, we don't have any changes. Will be a different challenge as it's a day game. There's more pace in the wicket as compared to the last year. In this sort of heat, it might get slower later,” said Morgan.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood

Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Prasidh Krishna

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and opted to bat first against Chennai Super Kings.

‘Looks like it will be slow, and on the drier side. The teams would expect bowlers to enjoy themselves with variations in pace, length, and the occasional fuller delivery. Should be a fascinating battle," reckon Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Nick Knight on Star Sports.

9 ininngs

280 runs

4 fifties

25 sixes

Here's our KKR predicted XI vs CSK

Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (Captain), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna

15 innings

11 dismissals

198 runs

18 Average

Have a look at our CSK predicted XI vs KKR

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood.

4000: Dinesh Karthik is 54 runs away from completing 4000 runs in IPL.

200: Dinesh Karthik is 10 sixes away from completing 200 sixes across T20s.

200: Dinesh Karthik is 7 catches away from completing 200 catches across T20s.

50: Dinesh Karthik is 10 dismissals as wicketkeeper away from completing 50 dismissals for KKR in IPL.

50: Dinesh Karthik is 12 sixes away from completing 50 sixes for KKR in IPL.

150: Karthik is 4 dismissals away from completing 150 dismissals as a wicketkeeper in IPL.

KKR openers have been doing a great job but the skipper hasn't been in his best of form. He has struggled to find form this season in 8 innings he has scored 99 runs at strike rate of 110 which is the lowest among all the KKR batsman with min. 5 innings batted. Against CSK, he has played 9 innings and has scored 107 runs at an average of 15.29 which is the worst among all the active teams.

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Well, every one is fit and fine as of now. And we hope it goes like the same. Rayudu, who got hit on his elbow while batting against MI, is also fine and will be available for the selection.

KKR have struggled in the initial phase of the IPL 2021. In the India leg, their average score in the PowerPlay was 44. However, in the UAE, they have shown massive improvemmnet. The average has jumped up to 60. Isn't that intersting?

Matches: 23

CSK win: 15

KKR win: 8

vs MI: Won by 7 wickets

vs RCB: Won by 9 wickets

vs DC: Lost by 7 wickets

vs PBKS: Won by 5 wickets

vs RR: Lost by 6 wickets

vs RCB: Won by 6 wickets

vs MI: Won by 20 runs

vs MI: Lost by 4 wickets

vs SRH: Won by 7 wickets

vs RCB: Won by 69 runs

Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Prasidh Krishna, Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Tim Southee, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Vaibhav Arora

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood, Robin Uthappa, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Jason Behrendorff, Krishnappa Gowtham, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Sam Curran, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Varma

Hello and welcome to the live blog of IPL 2021 match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders iin Abu Dhabhi. It's going to be a great tussle between two of the highly-confident sides of the league. On one side of the ring, it's CSK who have been phenomenal this season and one win away from gaining the top spot on the points table again. They are set to lock horns with Eoin Morgan's KKR who are on a roll in the UAE. The way Knight Riders made their way to the top half of the points table is simple terrific and they will defiinitely root for third win in the trot. And so will CSK who are leaving no stone unturned to stun the opposition. 

So, fasten your seatbelts because it's going to be a cracking double header Sunday which has hell lot of entertainment on offer.