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- In the 18th season of IPL 2025, 5-time champion Chennai Super Kings will face last season’s champion Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday. This match will be played at Chennai’s home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium from 7:30 pm.
- Team captain Rituraj Gaikwad is out of IPL due to injury, so the captaincy of Chennai has come back to Dhoni. Dhoni will captain Chennai in today’s match. Today Chennai Super Kings will face Kolkata with a changed attitude and will try their best to win.
- Chennai has played 5 matches of IPL so far this season where they have won only 1 match and lost 4 matches. Currently Chennai Super Kings is at number 9 in the points table.
- Kolkata Knight Riders played 5 matches of IPL this season where they won 2 matches and lost 3 matches. Currently Kolkata Knight Riders is at 6th position in the points table.
- It is important for both the teams to win today’s match if they want to remain in the tournament. In such a situation, a tough competition is expected between the two teams.
Match Details, 25th Match
CSK vs KKR
Date- 11 April
Stadium- MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai
Time: Toss- 7:00 PM,
Match Start – 7:30 PM
Chennai’s batting is struggling this season
- This season, Chennai’s batting seems to be struggling. So far, none of Chennai’s batsmen have been in form. In the last match against Punjab, Rachin Ravindra scored 36 and Devon Conway scored 69 runs, giving the team a good start but he could not lead the team to victory.
- Even in the middle order, none of Chennai’s batsmen seem to be in form. In bowling, Noor Ahmed has taken 11 wickets in 5 matches and is the highest wicket taker of the team so far.
Kolkata’s batting is strong
- Kolkata batsmen have batted well this season. In the last match against Lucknow, despite getting a target of 239 runs, Kolkata batsmen batted brilliantly and took their team to 234 but had to face defeat by 4 runs.
- In that match, Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane played a brilliant innings of 61 runs. So far, Rahane has scored 184 runs in 5 matches and is also the highest run scorer of the team.
- In bowling, Varun Chakraborty has taken 6 wickets in 5 matches and is currently the highest wicket taker of the team.
CSK vs KKR: Who is ahead in head to head?
- Chennai has the upper hand in head to head. So far 31 matches have been played between the two teams in IPL where Chennai has won 20 matches and Kolkata has won 11 matches.
- 11 matches have been played between the two teams at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai where Chennai has won 8 and Kolkata has won 3 matches.
CSK vs KKR: Pitch Report
- The Chennai pitch is mostly a bowling pitch and spinners get help here. Therefore, batting becomes a bit difficult here.
- So far, 88 IPL matches have been played here where the team batting first has played 51 matches and the team chasing has played 37 matches.
CSK vs KKR: Weather Report
- The weather in Chennai is expected to be clear on Friday, 11 April. The day will be sunny. There will be occasional clouds and there is a 22% chance of rain. Today’s temperature is expected to be between 28 and 37 degrees Celsius.
Probable playing-12 of Chennai Super Kings
- MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper and captain), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mukesh Choudhary, Noor Ahmed, Mathish Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Shivam Dube, Sheikh Rashid.
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing-12
- Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
