Indian T20 League 2024: Chennai vs Kolkata, Match 22 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Chennai (CHE) and Kolkata (KOL) will take on each other in the 22nd math of the Indian T20 League (ITL) 2024 on Monday (April 8) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Chennai have won and lost two matches each and are in third position in the points table. They have lost their last two matches against Delhi and Hyderabad, respectively. Kolkata have won all three matches and are in second position in the points table. 

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CHE vs KOL Head to Head

Chennai and Kolkata have played a total of 30 matches so far. Kolkata have won 11 matches, while Chennai have been victorious on 19 occasions. Kolkata have won only three out of 10 matches at the MA Chidambaram Stadium against Chennai.

They had to wait for 11 years to register the third victory at this venue against Chennai and it came last season. Kolkata have won just three out of the last 10 matches against Chennai.

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CHE vs KOL, Match 22: Today's MPL Opinio Prediction

CHE vs KOL Probable Playing XIs

CHE:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

KOL:

Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy 

MA Chidambaram Stadium Pitch Report

The surface at the MA Chidambaram Stadium might offer decent support to the batters. The average first innings total in the last 10 T20 matches here has been 169 runs.

The teams batting first and second have won equally in the last 10 matches here. The team winning the toss might be tempted to bowl. 

CHE vs KOL Key Player Battles

Shivam Dube vs Kolkata’s bowlers

Dube has been one of the best performers for Chennai in recent times. He is the leading run-scorer for the team this season with 148 runs in four games at a strike rate of 160.86.

Dube has scored 141 runs in six matches against Kolkata. He has a batting average of 41 against Varun Chakaravarthy and has scored 41 runs off 24 against him. Dube has an average of 103 against off-spinners. 

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Ruturaj Gaikwad vs Kolkata’s bowlers

Gaikwad has scored 260 runs in seven outings against Kolkata at an average of 37.14 and a strike rate of 139.03. He has a strong record against Sunil Narine and has made 55 runs off 39 deliveries against him.

Andre Russell vs Chennai

Russell has made 311 runs in 12 outings against Chennai at a strike rate of 168.10. He has scored four half-centuries against Chennai. With the ball, Russell has taken nine wickets at an average of 32.44. Russell has a strike rate of 225 against Shardul Thakur.

Sunil Narine vs Chennai

Narine has 21 wickets to his name against Chennai in 19 matches at an economy of 6.38. He has made 96 runs against Chennai at a strike rate of 141.17. Narine has an economy of 3.5 against Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He has made 18 runs off nine deliveries against Tushar Deshpande.

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Rinku Singh vs Chennai’s bowlers

Rinku has made two half-centuries in five matches against Chennai so far. He has scored a total of 136 runs at a strike rate of 124.77. Rinku has made 36 runs off 20 deliveries against Ravindra Jadeja. He has a batting strike rate of 229 against Tushar Deshpande.