Match Details:
The 21st match of the Indian T20 League 2020 will be played between Kolkata and Chennai at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. We have got the best Kolkata vs Chennai team prediction for today’s match.
Kolkata vs Chennai Match 21 is scheduled to start at 07:30 PM IST (06:00 PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC). The game will be telecasted on the Star Sports Network (Available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali). Also, live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.
Preview
Kolkata and Chennai will play each other for the first time this season. Kolkata are coming off a loss where Morgan and Tripathi nearly pulled it off at Sharjah against Delhi. Dinesh Karthik and co are sitting at fourth position in the points table with two wins in four games. They are having a decent campaign so far with everyone performing and doing their job. However, they need to make some bold decisions on opening with Sunil Narine and Dinesh Karthik’s batting position. With all of their young bunch of players performing well, they would expect to take two points from this game in Abu Dhabi.
On the other side, Chennai bounced back with a big ten wickets win against Punjab. 178 was a tricky target to chase on that pitch but they did it without losing a wicket. Shane Watson‘s back in form with Faf being in brilliant touch and the return of Ambati Rayudu makes Chennai’s batting much better. But their middle-order yet to deliver any match winning performance. However, the bowling looks decent with the likes of Bravo and Shardul doing match winning spells in the death. They would like to continue the momentum and make it two in a row in Abu Dhabi.
Today’s Probable Playing 11:
Chennai Probable Playing XI:
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Curran, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Shardul Thakur.
Bench:
Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Monu Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Murali Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan.
Kolkata Probable Playing XI:
Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik (C) (WK), Andre Russell, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pat Cummins.
Bench:
Chris Green, Rinku Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton, Manimaran Siddharth, Lockie Ferguson, Ali Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Nikhil Naik, Kuldeep Yadav.
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for MyTeam11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – MS Dhoni
Batsmen – Faf Du Plessis (C), Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Eoin Morgan, Shubman Gill (VC)
All-Rounders – Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo
Bowlers – Shardul Thakur, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for MyTeam11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – MS Dhoni
Batsmen – Ambati Rayudu (VC), Faf Du Plessis, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Shubman Gill
All-Rounders – Andre Russell (C)
Bowlers – Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy
Injury & Availability News
(Will be added when there is an update)
Kolkata vs Chennai Weather Report
The weather will continue to be hot and humid in Abu Dhabi. There is no chance of rain at all. The temperature will be around 33-34 Degree Celsius.
Pitch Report
The pitch looks equally good for batting and bowling. Anything above 160 is difficult to chase here. It is expected to give some initial seam movements for the pacers and help for the spinners in the middle overs.
Average first innings score:
169 (Considering last five Indian T20 League matches at this venue)
Record of the chasing teams:
Won – 2, Lost – 3, Tie – 0 (Considering last five Indian T20 League matches at this venue)
MVP for MyTeam11 Fantasy from each team
Shubman Gill – Kolkata – Shubman Gill has 152 runs at an average of 50.67 for Kolkata this season. He scored 70 in his last outing at this venue. He has an average of 40.5 against Chennai in his T20 career.
Faf Du Plessis – Chennai – Faf Du Plessis is second leading run-scorer of the season. He has 282 runs in five innings at an average of 94 with a SR nearly 150. He scored an unbeaten 58 at this venue in the season opener. Further, he has an average of 47 against Kolkata.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection
Captain Options: Faf Du Plessis, Andre Russell, Shane Watson
Vice-Captain Options: Shubman Gill, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni
Today’s Kolkata vs Chennai Probable Winners
Chennai is expected to win this match.
