Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - 33rd match - April 23rd

The 33rd match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings on the 23rd of April, 2023 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

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Kolkata Knight Riders Form Guide:

Kolkata Knight Riders are currently placed at the 8th on points table.

The top run scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders is Venkatesh Iyer with 234 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Kolkata Knight Riders is Varun Chakravarthy with 9 scalps under his belt.

Kolkata Knight Riders have lost their previous match against Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and they were bowled out for a small total of 127. Jason Roy at the top of the order scored 43 in 39 balls. Apart from him, no other batter showed any resistance to a good bowling performance by Delhi Capitals. As a result, Kolkata Knight Riders were bowled out for a tiny total on the board.

During the chase, Delhi Capitals skipper David Warner finally came good and smashed 57 off 41 balls to almost win the match for Delhi Capitals. A couple of wickets fell in the latter half of the innings creating panic but Axar Patel in the lower order ensured that his team got home comfortably in the 20th over with 4 wickets in hand.


Chennai Super Kings Form Guide:

Chennai Super Kings are placed at the 3rd position on points table.

The top run scorer for Chennai Super Kings is Devon Conway with 258 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Chennai Super Kings is Tushar Deshpande with 10 scalps under his belt.

Chennai Super Kings have won their previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets.

Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first and they were restricted to an under par total of 134 for 7 in 20 overs. Harry Brook at the top of the order was dismissed early on. Rahul Tripathi and Abhishek Sharma tried to up the ante but they too were dismissed at a wrong time. This led to a frequent fall of wickets which resulted in Sunrisers Hyderabad being reduced to a low total of 134 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Chennai Super Kings started off very well with the opening pair of Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad taking the bowlers to cleaners and accumulating good number of runs in the powerplay overs. They stitched a partnership of 87 runs for the first wicket and almost sealed the deal for Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings eventually chased the target in the 19th over with 7 wickets in hand.


 Let’s have a look at the squads:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Bhagath Varma, Ajay Mandal, Kyle Jamieson, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed, Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shreyas Iyer (C) Injured, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T), Nitish Rana (C - stand in), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T), Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Kulwant Khejroliya, David Wiese, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Kolkata Knight Riders

Who will win?-  Kolkata Knight Riders

Top Batter (Runs Score) – Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders), Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders), Tushar Deshpande (Chennai Super Kings)

Most Sixes – Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders), Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

Player of the Match- Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Team Scores Batting first – Kolkata Knight Riders 180+, Chennai Super Kings 170+

Match Handicap:  Kolkata Knight Riders 

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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