Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and have opted to field<\/b><\/p>\n
Captains focus on fresh start and adapting to conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n Ruturaj Gaikwad said they would have preferred to bowl first as well, but expects the pitch to remain consistent through the game. He added that the surface looks slightly challenging, and the aim is to put up a competitive total while making use of the conditions.<\/p>\n Ajinkya Rahane confirmed that Kolkata Knight Riders will bowl first. He felt the previous game had positives despite the result not going their way, and said the focus is on starting fresh. Rahane stressed the need to stay positive, take key moments, and build confidence, with the plan to begin well with the ball and chase effectively.<\/p>\n Chennai Super Kings<\/b> (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Khaleel Ahmed<\/p>\n KKR<\/strong> (Playing XI) :<\/strong> Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh (vc), Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi<\/p>\n Impact Player Substitutions:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n Kolkata Knight Riders:<\/strong>\u00a0Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Dahiya, Tim Seifert, Navdeep Saini<\/p>\n Chennai Super Kings:<\/b>\u00a0Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Short, Matt Henry<\/p>\n Pitch report<\/strong> -The surface at MA Chidambaram Stadium looks hard with good bounce and carry, and with shorter square boundaries in play, another high-scoring game is likely after multiple 200-plus totals here this season, while Chennai Super Kings may rely more on pace as spin has struggled, leaving players like Sanju Samson and Finn Allen key if they get going early.<\/p>\n KKR search for answers as CSK look to build momentum<\/b><\/p>\n Kolkata Knight Riders remain the only winless side, with three losses and one washout. Captain Ajinkya Rahane is still searching for a settled combination. While Cameron Green and Finn Allen have shown glimpses, KKR have failed to finish games.<\/span><\/p>\n Chennai Super Kings, meanwhile, come in after a 23-run win over Delhi Capitals. Sanju Samson led the charge with an unbeaten 115, supported by Ayush Mhatre. At MA Chidambaram Stadium, CSK hold a strong record, but KKR\u2019s spin options in Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy keep them in the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and have opted to field Captains focus on fresh start and adapting to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":48619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48615"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48625,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48615\/revisions\/48625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}