Find out team news, TV and streaming information, odds, weather forecasts and much, much more ahead of the next game of the 2021 Indian Premier League season
Chennai Super Kings meet Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2021 Indian Premier League.
The game is scheduled for 2pm UAE (11am BST, 3.30pm IST) on Sunday, September 26, 2021.
The two sides will meet at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Chennai are top of the ladder and have won both games since the restart, including victories over Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians. After a disappointing campaign in 2020, MS Dhoni's men have fought back strongly.
Kolkata, meanwhile, are one of several sides marooned in mid-table; but they began the second half of this year's tournament with convincing wins over the same two sides, hammering RCB by nine wickets after bowling them out for 92 and then chasing 156 comfortably with 29 balls to spare.
Chennai Super Kings are heavily fancied to win this one, with Dafabet offering odds of 4/6. Kolkata Knight Riders are available at 23/20.
Dafabet are backing Ruturaj Gaikwad to top-score for CSK, offering odds of 5/2. Shubman Gill is available at 13/5 for KKR.
Ruturaj Gaikwad has been one of the competition's form players since the restart; it was his unbeaten 88 that set up CSK to beat Mumbai indians, before adding 38 in the win over Mumbai.
KKR have been indebted to contributions from some of their lesser lights since the restart: Rahul Tribathi and Venkatesh Iyer have been in the runs, with Andre Russell still to fire with the bat.
Both sides will be inclined to remain unchanged, given their success since the competition restarted.
The two teams have played each other 26 times.
Chennai Super Kings wins: 16
Kolkata Knight Riders wins: 9
Temperatures are set to hit 37 Celsius at the start of this game.
Follow the Met Office forecast here.
Yes, a limited number of fans are allowed to attend games during the IPL's UAE leg.
Chennai Super Kings are top of the tree, and for good reason. Despite KKR's improved form, it's hard to look past another win for Dhoni's charges.
IPL TEAM GUIDES
Sky Sports have the rights in the United Kingdom.
You can aso stream the tournament using the Disney+ Hotstar digital platform, though the matches are only available for VIP or Premium subscribers.
Star Sports have the television rights in India.
Streaming service YuppTV have acquired digital streaming rights in a host of markets, including Australia, continental Europe, Malaysia, Southeast Asia with the exception of Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, Central Asia, and Central and South America.
In the USA, the games will be broadcast on Willow TV and the Willow TV website. Fox Sports have the broadcasting rights in Australia, while Supersport will televise the games in South Africa. In the Caribbean, Flow TV have the rights.
The following broadcasters owning the rights for their respective regions:
Bangladesh: Channel 9
Afghanistan: Lemar TV
Malaysia: Measat
MENA/UAE: BeIN Sport
Hong Kong: Now TV
Singapore: SingTel
New Zealand: Sky Sport
Papua New Guinea: EMTV
Chennai Super Kings squad: Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Narayan Jagadeesabn, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M.Harisankar Reddy, K.Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, R Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood
Kolkata Knight Riders squad: Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim Southee
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna
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