What are the chances?

Quick notes:

Head to Head record: Total Played – 20* CSK – 12 KKR – 7

In total of 7 matches played at Eden Gardens between the two teams, Super Kings have won 4 of them.

Chennai has beaten Kolkata 3 times in the last 5 matches including this season – LWWLW

CSK last 5 matches – WWWLW

KKR last 5 matches – WWLLW

Chances of win:

Chennai Super Kings have higher chance of winning.

Toss:

Last match played at Eden Gardens was nearly 10 days ago, the pitch will be a bit of a mystery for the teams. Surface was hard with a good bounce in the last match and also provided a bit of grip to the spinners. There is a rain forecast for the whole day; match may get affected by the thunderstorms in Kolkata. Team winning the toss may want to chase looking at the conditions and weather.

*including a washout match

Kolkata Knight Riders

Team news:

Nitish Rana has a bit of back problem for which he will give a fitness test on the match day, if he is unavailable the management will have to think of an equivalent replacement for him.

Key players:

Andre Russell will be the key player, he can be devastating as batsmen and can provide important breakthroughs with his bowling, and he has been scoring runs at a strike rate of 202.94 in this season. Watch out for Shubman Gill who has been providing some very important cameos for his team towards the end..