Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders, last year’s finalists, will face each other in the opening match of IPL 2022. This season, the Chennai Super Kings will attempt to defend their IPL title.
CSK vs KKR – Team News:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
KKR will miss the services of Aaron Finch and Pat Cummins. Australia’s contracted players cannot play in the IPL while Australia is having an international series.
Cricket Australia will allow contracted IPL players to join the IPL after April 6th. Pat Cummins is their main bowler, and Tim Southee may play in place of Pat Cummins.
Venkatesh Iyer will open the innings. In the absence of Aaron Finch, Nitish Rana should open the innings. Shreyas Iyer will play at the No. 3 spot, which is more suited for him.
In the middle order, we have Sheldon Jackson, Sam Billings, and Andre Russell, who will be in the middle order. Anukul Roy is a spin-bowling all-rounder.
Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy as specialist spinners, and Shivam Mavi and Tim Southee as pacers. I’ll pick Chamika Karunaratne ahead of Southee, but the team may pick Southee.
My Probable Playing XI:
Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Sam Billings, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy
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Chennai Super Kings:
Moeen Ali isn’t available for the selection of the first match. Deepak Chahar is still recovering, he isn’t fully fit, and he will miss the first few matches. CSK will lose their two key players. It will be tough to replace them.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway will open the innings. They will miss Faf Du Plessis, who was their consistent performer in the last season. Robin Uthappa may play at 3, having performed well in last season’s knockout matches.
They bought back Ambati Rayudu, who will play a similar role as last season in the middle order. Shivam Dube will play as a hard hitter and the 6th bowling option.
The bowling lineup will be made up of 3 seamers and 2 spinners. Ravindra Jadeja and Santner will be those two spinners. Bravo will be a sure starter.
Adam Milne performed well in the Hundred League. So, he will start ahead of Chris Jordan. Rajvardhan Hangargekar may replace Deepak Chahar.
My Probable Playing XI:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Adam Milne.
CSK vs KKR Dream11 Fantasy Picks:
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu
Wicketkeeper: Sam Billings
All-Rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell
Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy, Dwayne Bravo, Adam Milne
Captain: Shreyas Iyer
Vice-Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad
