By Swapneel Deshpande April 22, 2023
Nitish Rana‘s Kolkata Knight Riders will face MS Dhoni‘s Chennai Super Kings in today’s IPL Match 33. The Match will be played at Eden Gardens on Sunday, 23 April 2023. Keep reading to find out IPL 2023 Match 33 KKR vs CSK Match Prediction.
Chennai Super Kings are entering the match off of a victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad at home, defeating the Aiden Markram-led team easily. However, Kolkata’s previous match was a loss to the Delhi Capitals, who were captained by David Warner. When they play Chennai next, the defending champs would like nothing more than to resume their winning ways.
The Kolkata Knight Riders have lost their last 3 matches. On the other hand, CSK have won 2 out of their 3 matches. Chennai will look to keep on the winning momentum while KKR will look to bounce back after a hattrick of losses.
Let’s have a look at the head-to-head record for KKR vs CSK. It will help us to know who will win today’s IPL match.
Total Matches Played: 27
Chennai Super Kings Won: 17
Kolkata Knight Riders Won: 9
Tie: 0
No Result: 1
The pitch at the Eden Gardens is batting-friendly. Spinners might get turn as the game progresses. With dew in mind, teams might prefer chasing at this ground.
On Sunday, temperatures in Kolkata are predicted to range from 26 to 33 degrees Celsius.
Jagdeesan might replace Mandeep Singh, who hasn’t been playing well, in the lineup. Expect Shardul Thakur to take Kulwant Khejroliya’s post as well.
Since the Super Kings have been playing so well, don’t anticipate them to alter the winning formula.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Jason Roy, Litton Das (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagdeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh, Matheesha Pathirana
The pitch is batting friendly as the bounce can be trusted on this ground. Teams winning the toss would elect to bowl first.
The top Kiwi batsman Devon Conway scored three straight fifty-scores in the last encounter against Sunrisers Hyderabad, smashing a match-winning innings of 77* off 57. Conway has scored 258 runs in just six innings to dominate the CSK scoring table.
The 31-year-old leg-spinner Varun Chakravathy was Kolkata’s finest bowler against Delhi in the most recent match, taking two wickets for just 16. With nine wickets from six innings, Varun is the team’s bowling leader so far in IPL 2023.
Below are the two cases of today’s IPL match. Have a look at who will win today’s IPL Match Kolkata vs Chennai :
First Innings score prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders will score between 165-175
Result prediction: Chennai Super Kings will win the match by 6 wickets
First Innings score prediction: Chennai Super Kings will score 180-190
Result prediction: Chennai Super Kings will win the match by 5-15 runs
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