CSK WON THE TOSS AND CHOSE TO FIELD
Kolkata Knight Riders Subs: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sakib Hussain
Chennai Super Kings Subs: Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
Again it should be nail-beating match so stay tuned in at the end of the match.
Dhoni has yet to do anything great with the bat in this IPL. That doesn’t mean he’s out of form. He was seen in an aggressive mood in the Chennai practice ahead of the KKR match. So far in IPL, 38 runs have come from the bat of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Did not get that big run. His strike rate is 211.11. He was seen in an aggressive mood in only one innings. However, 42-year-old Dhoni can defeat Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday with the bat.
The home match against KKR is very important for Chennai Super Kings. The CSK camp is not thinking without a win against the still undefeated KKR. Ruturaj Gaikwad’s team is looking up to Dhoni for victory. Dhoni was seen in a familiar mood during practice ahead of the match against KKR. Dhoni hit one six after another with the bat in the net. Former CSK cricketer Suresh Raina enjoyed Dhoni’s batting while standing outside the net. The video of Dhoni hitting six consecutively has gone viral on social media.
Dhoni is still considered by cricket experts to be one of the best finishers in the world. If Chennai bats first, Dhoni can drop in at the end and take the team’s runs out of the opponent’s reach. If Chennai bats later, Dhoni can lead the team to victory. Seeing Dhoni in the nets, some cricket experts feel that Shreyas Iyer’s team may face a tough test on Monday. Apart from batting, Dhoni’s wicket-keeping and cricket brain can trouble KKR.