Finally, the two champion teams will face each other. Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders will not be the match against the teams but it will be against unstoppable, undisputed, the devastating Andre Russell the Muscle vs the Mastermind, Captain Cool, our own Maahi who knows how to use bowler against any of the disastrous batsmen. Whistlepodu will host Kolkata Knight Riders after a clinical win against Kings XI Punjab which was a close encounter.
The death bowling of Chennai Super Kings has been on fire as bowlers just gave 30 runs in the last 5 overs. Kolkata Knight Riders are almost taking rest on the shoulders of Andre Russell, but it will interesting to see if Russell could continue the same momentum of cricket against Chennai Super Kings led by MS Dhoni. Faf Du Plessis has given a stronghold to the batting department, but interestingly, the team will likely not make any changes for the hosts.
On the other hand, Harry Gurney was awarded as Man of the match against Rajasthan Royals for 25/2 in his four overs. This means Lockie Ferguson will again take a seat at the pavilion. Chennai Super Kings scored 160 runs against Kings XI Punjab and defend that tiny score easily despite a knock-hitting performance by KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan. This shows that the score of 160-170 will be enough to stop the opponent side, keeping in mind that the track assists the spinners a lot.
Probable XI:
Chennai Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c, wk), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Scott Kuggeleijn, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c, wk), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney, Prasidh Krishna
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Scott Kuggeleijn, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, KM Asif, Monu Kumar
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Carlos Brathwaite, Sandeep Warrier, Lockie Ferguson, Yarra Prithviraj, KC Cariappa
