Key match-ups, analysis, form, team news, weather forecast, tickets, TV and streaming information, odds, predictions and more ahead of the latest encounter in the 2023 IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders take on Chennai Super Kings in the 2023 Indian Premier League.
The match is scheduled to start at 7.30pm local time (3pm BST) on Sunday, April 23.
The match will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
This sees two teams at opposite ends of the table go up against one another, with CSK sitting in third and KKR are down in eighth.
KKR are in a rotten run of form. After a dominant 81-run win in their first match against RCB and an improbable three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in their second, their luck ran out and they're now on a three-match losing streak.
Chennai Super Kings' form could not be more different to their opponents, with four wins from their last five seeing them sit third. Net run rate is all that separates them from top spot.
Devon Conway starred in their previous fixture, scoring an unbeaten 77 to see the side home in a chase of 135 against Sunrisers after Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets.
Devon Conway [Dubyangshu Sarkar/Getty Images]
CSK are still without superstar Ben Stokes for at least another week after he suffered another injury setback, according to coach Stephen Fleming.
Deepak Chahar has stepped up his rehabilitation by returning to bowling in the nets, but he will undergo further scans on his hamstring before it is decided whether he will play any part in the tournament.
There are no fresh injury concerns for KKR.
Andre Russell was the bright spark on an otherwise dark day for Kolkata Knight Riders in their previous outing against Delhi Capitals, with the West Indian scoring 38 runs from 31 deliveries, including four sixes. The rest of the side managed just two maximums between them.
However, 2023 has proven to be an otherwise lean season for the allrounder, with just 98 runs and three wickets in six matches.
This fixtures promises to see an interesting clash between two allrounders, with Russell's record against CSK's Ravindra Jadeja making for compelling record, and vice versa.
Jadeja has bowled to Russell in ten separate T20 innings and has dismissed him on five occasions. However, Russell likes taking on the spinner, striking at 143.47 from the 43 balls he has faced against Jadeja.
It's not just Jadeja's bowling that Russell has taken a liking to, with the fast bowler dismissing his spin-bowling counterpart in two of the four innings he has bowled to him, as well as conceding just 12 runs from 16 deliveries.
Jadeja's ability with bat and ball is well known, with the same being true of Russell. They both can change a game in their side's favour, which may just be backed up further if they can get the better of each other in this match.
Matches played: 28
Kolkata Knight Riders wins: 10
Chennai Super Kings wins: 18
It will be humid in Kolkata for this fixture, with temperatures expected to be around 30 degrees Celsius.
Andre Russell [R Satish Babu/Getty Images]
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (injured), Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jadadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Shakib Al Hasan (unavailable), Jason Roy (replacement signing)
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sidhu, Kyle Jamieson (injured, replaced by Sisanda Magala), Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Verma
Kolkata Knight Riders: Jason Roy, Litton Das, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Mandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, , MS Dhoni (c), Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana
Chennai Super Kings are the favourites for this one, with odds of 8/11. Kolkata Knight Riders can be backed at 11/10.
The way that both sides are playing at the moment means Chennai will have little problem in moving a step closer to securing their place in the playoffs. Convincing CSK win.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
If you are watching from the Middle East, you'll be able to view the game on Times Internet.
People from Bangladesh can watch the game on Gazi TV.
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