IPL 2024 CSK vs KKR Highlights: Chennai beat Kolkata by 7 wickets

IPL Live Score 2024, CSK vs KKR, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: If Pathirana does play, CSK will be secure about dealing with Rinku Singh as he and fellow Sri Lankan Mahesh Theekshana have a good record against the KKR finisher. The pair have conceded only a combined 35 runs in 33 balls against Rinku even though they have never been able to dismiss him.

IPL Live Score 2024, CSK vs KKR, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Matheesha Pathirana was out injured during CSK's previous game and it was pretty clear just how important he is to their cause. He had been doing a bit of bowling on Sunday and CSK bowling consultant Eric Simmons had said that him being kept out of the last game was a precautionary measure. However, there is no clarity over whether he can take the field today or not.

IPL Live Score 2024, CSK vs KKR, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku has been as brilliant as ever. He has done exactly what is required of him, which is hit the big ones as soon as he comes into the middle off the few balls he will get to play, considering the rest of the squad is doing so well. He has scored just 54 runs this season but it has come at a strike rate of 192.85.

IPL Live Score 2024, CSK vs KKR, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The yellow fortress is traditionally known as a spinner's hunting ground but our statsman Nikhil Narain reveals that things have taken a different turn so far this season. Spinners have taken four wickets at an average of 46.5 and economy of 8.4. Meanwhile, fast bowlers have taken 18 wickets at an average of 27.7 and economy of 8.8.

IPL Live Score 2024, CSK vs KKR, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR have the highest run rate among any team in the first six overs of their innings this year. They have a run rate of 12 in the powerplay, Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 11.7 while Mumbai Indians are third at 10.4.

IPL Live Score 2024, CSK vs KKR, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR have started off with three consecutive wins and they have been some comprehensive ones at that. They sit second at the moment only because Rajasthan Royals have started off with four wins but KKR's net run rate is the best by some distance. They are going at 2.518 at the moment and the second best is RR's 1.120. None of the other sides have got an nrr above one.

IPL Live Score 2024, CSK vs KKR, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Dushmantha Chameera, Srikar Bharat, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Sakib Hussain, Allah Ghazanfar

IPL Live Score 2024 CSK vs KKR, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Daryl Mitchell, MS Dhoni(w), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Sameer Rizvi, Devon Conway, Mustafizur Rahman, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, RS Hangargekar, Matheesha Pathirana, Nishant Sindhu, Aravelly Avanish

IPL Live Score 2024 CSK vs KKR, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of match 22 of IPL 2024 where Chennai Super Kings hosts Kolkata Knight Riders at Chepauk. Stay tuned for more updates!