Time: 8 PM IST
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Pitch: Spin friendly
Weather Forcast: 30 Degrees with no chance of rain. A bit humid
Preview
Chennai are back at their home ground after an exile of 1095 days and the excitement cannot be contained at the moment. Their first game of this season was a reminder of how things were before their ban and an astonishing win in that game has dialed the excitement up a notch. Both the teams are known for their consistency through the IPL and are considered the big guns when it comes to winning the trophy. Both teams won their first match and are looking to build on that.
Team News
Chennai Super Kings
Bravo snatched the game from MI singlehandedly
Kedar Jadhav was injured while batting but came back at the end to win them the game. His exploits at the end, however, did his body no good and he looks to miss out this game due to injury. That has opened up a place in the middle order and Raydu looks like the player to fill that spot with Murli Vijay opening the innings. Jagdeesan could also get a chance in not for Murli Vijay. Dhruv Shorey could also make a debut if Dhoni decides to do something different.
In the bowling department, they would be looking to give Ngidi a chance since Mark Wood was very expensive in the first match. They might also give Karn Sharma a chance in place of Harbhajan.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Narine has changed the course of his career with the adaptation of power hitting which has landed him a place at the very top of the innings
KKR are looking good on the back of their first win in the tournament. They had a very comfortable win over one of the better sides in the league and will like to enter this game with the same XI that won them their first match.
Probable XI
CSK
Shane Watson, Murali Vijay/ N Jagadeesan, Suresh Raina, Ambati Raydu, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh/ Karn Sharma, Mark Wood/ Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir
KKR
Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c&wk), Andre Russel, Rinku SIngh, Piyush Chwala, Mitchell Johnson, Kuldeep Yadav, Vinay Kumar