KKR vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2023: Rahane's 71* helps Chennai Super Kings thrash Kolkata Knight Riders by 49 runs

A full toss by Khejroliya, on the hip. Gaikwad slams it over the midwicket boundary for a six!

A short delivery by Khejroliya, on the wide line. Conway guides it over the lone gully for a simple four!

A full delivery by Wiese, and wide. Conway is there but mistimes his drive. he still gets a four, as it goes to the left of mid-off to the ropes!

A short delivery by Wiese, outside off. Conway pulls it with much aplomb through midwicket for a four!

A short delivery by Umesh and Conway gets a big top edge on his pull shot, and it goes past fine leg with ease for a six!

CSK: 22/0 (3)

A full delivery by Wiese, on the pads. Conway whacks it over square leg for a six!

CSK: 14/0 (1.5)

Umesh pitches it up, outside off. Gaikwad tries to drive, but inside edges it past the leg stump for a four!

Gaikwad and Conway to open for CSK. Umesh will bowl the first over for KKR.

KKR: N Jagadeesan(w), Jason Roy, Nitish Rana(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Suyash Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

After winning the toss, KKR skipper Rana said, "Would like to bowl. Looks a good pitch. Will be better to chase if dew comes. If we can click in all three departments, result will be in our favour. Two changes - Wiese in for Litton. Jagadeesan in for Mandeep."

Meanwhile, CSK skipper Dhoni said, "Would've bowled first as well. Players have grown in confidence, especially the bowling department. What is important is for everyone to contribute. Take that one good catch, one good run out. I have played a lot of cricket over here. I had a job at Kharagpur which was two hours from here. The love comes from there."

KKR captain Rana has won the toss and opted to bowl vs CSK.

Toss is coming up and is scheduled for 7:00 PM IST!

For KKR, they will be relying on Suyash and Venkatesh for their Impact Player option. Meanwhile, CSK will use Rayudu.

CSK head coach Fleming has already confirmed that Stokes will be on the bench once again. The England all-rounder played in the first two matches of IPL 2023. Meanwhile, even Magala and Chahar will be unavailable.

At the Eden Gardens, since IPL 2018, the captain winning the toss has opted to bowl in the last 20 games at the venue.

KKR are currently eighth in the IPL 2023 points table with four points in six matches, packed with two wins and four defeats. On the other hand, CSK are third in the standings with eight points in six fixtures, including four victories and two losses.

Rahane has also not been in good form against KKR spinner Narine. Narine has dismissed the India international four times in ten innings.

Varun has been in good form against Dhoni. The KKR spinner has dismissed him thrice in 16 balls.

Ahead of the match, CSK's Fleming commented on the fixtures. He said, "The travel is more exhausting than what people think. We are about to embark on a busy couple of weeks, so we are well aware of the challenges. It's a massive challenge."

After KKR's defeat in their previous match vs DC, KKR captain Rana said, "I take the responsibility for this (loss against Delhi Capitals), I should have stood there. Credit to the bowlers though, I think the upcoming games will be good for us. We need to play well as a team. We need to bowl like the way we did today, if we manage to sort these things out, we can fight better."

1. KKR (133/4) beat CSK (131/5) by 6 wickets, March 26 - 2022

2. CSK (192/3) beat KKR (165/9) by 27 runs - October 15, 2021

3. CSK (172/8) beat KKR (171/6) by 2 wickets - September, 2021

4. CSK (220/3) beat KKR (202/10) by 18 runs - April 21, 2021

5. CSK (178/4) beat KKR (172/5) by 6 wickets - October 29, 2020

Both sides have faced each other in 27 matches, with CSK winning 17 times and KKR coming out on top in nine occasions.

Ahead of the match, CSK captain Dhoni praised Pathirana. He said, "You need time to pick his action (Pathirana). He has got variation, he has got good pace. We have seen with Malinga - someone who has an awkward action and who is very consistent with line and length - it's difficult to score off him. Definitely he has been a find"

KKR: Jason Roy, Litton Das(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Mandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anukul Roy, Tim Southee, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, N Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Aarya Desai

CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Ambati Rayudu, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, RS Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu

Hello and good afternoon everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today's second IPL 2023 match between KKR and CSK, straight from Eden Gardens in Kolkata.