What a final coming up! It is CSK vs KKR again! In 2012 KKR beat CSK in the final and won their first IPL title. Can they do the same and win their 3rd IPL title, or will CSK beat them and win their 4th IPL final?. Come on! Let’s start the preview! And we’ll do that by looking at the Probable playing 11 for both teams.
Probable 11 For Chennai Super Kings:
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Faf Du Plessis
- Moeen Ali
- Robin Uthappa
- Raina
- Dhoni (C) (WK)
- Jadeja
- Bravo
- Deepak Chahar
- Shardul Thakur
- Deepak Chahar
I have replaced Rayudu with Raina because Rayudu hasn’t played well in the last two matches, and he has scored below 5 in the previous few matches. If Raina is fit for playing, then I’d recommend him playing instead of Rayudu.
Probable 11 For Kolkata Knight Riders:
- Shubman Gill
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Rahul Tripathi
- Eoin Morgan
- Dinesh Kartik
- Nitish Rana
- Shakib Al Hasan
- Sunil Narine
- Lockie Ferguson
- Shivam Mavi
- Varun Chakravarthy
I haven’t changed KKR’s playing 11.
Rivalry To Watch Out!
I will be talking about two rivalries. DHONI VS NARINE and DHONI VS VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY.
First, I will be talking about Dhoni VS Sunil Narine.
Dhoni has struggled a lot against Narine in the past, and Narine is one of the only bowlers Dhoni can’t face freely. Like if you compare him playing against a spinner like Chahal, he doesn’t struggle so much. Dhoni has an abysmal strike rate against Narine, and his strike rate against Narine is only 47.62.
Now, we’ll talk about Dhoni VS Varun Chakravarthy.
Varun Chakravarthy has gotten Dhoni out three times in the last two seasons, and he got Dhoni out two times in 2020 and one time in 2021. The one ball Dhoni hasn’t been able to face from him is the Wrong-One, and he keeps on misreading the ball and keeps on getting bowled. Dhoni has a performance against Chakravarthy, and he has scored 0 runs against him in the three matches he has played against him.
Pitch Report:
The final is happening in Dubai. So the pitch may be slow in the first half, and the dew will come into play in the second half. The reason I said MAYBE is that the 1st qualifier which happened had a good amount of dew. So I think about 160 or 170 would be a good target if you are batting first. I would recommend that the team which wins the toss should elect to bowl first.
Weather Report:
According to the weather reports, tomorrow will be a sunny and a beautiful weather. No rain will be expected tomorrow to come and spoil the final.
Prediction:
This match is really hard to pick. But we are picking the super kings. This is because they have played the qualifier 1 in Dubai, so they will know how the pitch will play, whereas KKR have played their last to playoff matches in Sharjah, which is a smaller and slower pitch. That’s why we are picking CSK. We are picking CSK also because they beat KKR both times this season. Anyways, Good Luck To Both Teams!
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Until Later! Bye!
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