Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in match number 33 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.
After a thrilling win over Gujarat Titans (GT), thanks to heroics from Rinku Singh, KKR are on a downward spiral and will be desperate to press the reset button to break their three-match losing streak.
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The Nitish Rana-led side, which showed a lot of promise with two wins against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans, suddenly seem to be losing their plot.
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KKR have four points from six matches and are eighth in the IPL points table, with only Sunrisers Hyderabad (4) and Delhi Capitals (2) below them.
It will also be the biggest test for KKR skipper Rana as emotions will be in favor of CSK talisman MS Dhoni in what could be his last appearance at the iconic Eden Gardens.
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Dhoni’s signature number 7 jersey is expected to turn out to be a throng of fans in yellow at Eden Gardens on Sunday evening.
Such has been the demand that the tickets for this match have already been sold out. And those that are available on the black market are being sold for very high prices.
weather report
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Kolkata on Sunday, April 23. The temperature will be between 25 degree Celsius to 32 degree Celsius. Rain could interrupt play with a 40 percent chance. The humidity and wind speed could be observed at 76 per cent and 9 km/h.
full squad
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma , David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy.
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (Captain), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangergekar, Dwayne Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mathisha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki , Mahesh Thikshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rashid, Nishant Sindhu, Sisanda Magla, Ajay Mandal, Bhagat Verma, Akash Singh.
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