IPL 2022 - CSK vs KKR Dream11 Today Match Prediction, Top Picks, Playing 11, Captain, Vice Captain, Player Stats, Pitch Report & Weather Update
Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Information | |
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Date | 26th March, 2022 |
Time | 7:30 PM IST, 02:00 PM GMT, 07:30 PM LOCAL |
Venue | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
The finalists of the IPL 2021 - Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders will face each other in the inaugural match of the IPL 2022 edition, which is scheduled to take place on 26th March, 2022 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
CSK won the last encounter between these two sides, and clinched their 4th IPL title. In their head to head contests, CSK has an edge over KKR with 18 wins in 28 matches.
It is going to be an exciting contest with the revamped squads this season and Shreyas Iyer stepping in as the newly appointed captain of the KKR.
The pitch at Wankhede offers balanced assistance to both batters and bowlers. Pacers can try to fetch some wickets on this high-scoring pitch. The par score is around 195
The weather forecast reports a clear sky on the matchday with temperature to hover around 27 degree celsius.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Shivam Dube, Mitchell Santner, Chris Jordan, Tushar Deshpande
Shreyas Iyer (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Mohammad Nabi, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sam Billings (wk), Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav
Moeen Ali is yet to arrive in India as he is still waiting in Birmingham to get approval for his visa from the Indian Commission in the UK. He will miss the 1st match.
Matches Played | CSK Won | KKR Won | Draw | NR | |
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Overall | 28 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
PLAYER | POSITION | Dream11 CREDITS |
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M. Dhoni | Wicket Keeper | 8.5 |
A. Rayudu | Batter | 9 |
S. Iyer | Batter | 9.5 |
N. Rana | Batter | 9 |
R. Gaikwad | Batter | 9.5 |
R. Jadeja | All Rounder | 9.5 |
A. Russell | All Rounder | 10 |
V. Iyer | All Rounder | 9 |
D. Bravo | Bowler | 8.5 |
T. Southee | Bowler | 8.5 |
V. Chakravarthy | Bowler | 8.5 |
Dream11 Captain - R. Jadeja
Dream11 Vice Captain - S. Iyer
Iyer is the newly appointed captain of the KKR team. He has been in great touch recently in the Test series against Sri Lanka where he scored 157 runs in the last Test. He is the top-picked player among the batters in this match. Shreyas Iyer has played 87 IPL matches in which he scored 2375 runs.
Gaikwad is also a top-picked batter for this match along with Shreyas Iyer. He was the orange cap winner in the IPL 2021, smashing 635 runs in 16 matches. In December 2021, Gaikwad scored 4 centuries in 5 matches in List A matches.
Ravindra Jadeja is the man in form as witnessed in the Sri Lankan Test series. Jadeja displayed match-winning performances in the IPL 2021. He is our dream 11 captain for this match. Jadeja has scored 2386 runs and picked 127 wickets in 200 IPL matches.
Chakravarthy has been pretty impressive in the last 2 IPL seasons. In 31 IPL matches, he has picked 36 wickets. He was one of the key players behind KKR’s successful season in the IPL 2021.
Andre Russell is an important player for KKR side and they retained him before the mega auction. Russell has played 84 IPL matches so far in which he scored 1700 runs and picked 72 wickets. He has a batting strike rate of 178.57.
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