After a heart stopping win in their last outing, KKR, who is desperate to make it to the playoffs will be fired to keep the momentum alive as they host CSK in an IPL 2025 match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Here are the expected lineups for both the teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders predicted XI
Batting 1st: Sunil Narine, rahmanullah gurbaz (wk), ajinkya rahane (c), venkatesh iyer, angkrish raghuvanshi, rintu singh, andre russell, rovman power, harshit rana, vaiibha araraun, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Bowling 1st: Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Vaiun Chakaravarthy, Vairabhav Arorarara.
Impact Player options: Angkrish Raghuvanshi/Chetan Sakariya, Manish Pandey, Mayank Markande, Anukul Roy.
Chennai Super Kings predicted XI
Batting 1st: Rachin Ravindra, Ayush Mhatre, Shaivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Ravindra Jadeja, Ms Dhoni (C & WK), Deepak Hooda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana.
Bowling 1st: Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Hooda, Dewald Brevis, Rachin Ravindra, Ayush Mhatre, Shaikh Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (C).
Impact Player Options: Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar/Jamie Overton, Anshul Kamboj, Sam Curran.
KKR vs CSK Dream11 Fantasy Team Picks
WICKETKEEPERS
Ms Dhoni, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
BATTERS
Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis
ALL-ROUNDERS
Sunil Narine, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran
BOWLERS
Noor Ahmad, Varun Chakravarthy, Khaleel Ahmed
Team Composition: KKR 4-7 CSK | Credits Left: 14
The Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya rahane (C), Rinku Singh, Quinton De Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Angrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, vanun Chakaravarthhye, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moen Ali, Chetan Sakariya.
Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Ms Dhoni (C), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed, Shreyas Gopal, Devon Conway, Mukesh Choudhary, Anshul Kamboj Nathan LLis, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddth C, Vansh Bedi, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre.
