CSK vs KKR Prediction

KKR broke their purse in the Mega auction to get Shreyas Iyer on board as the team’s captain. KKR look more balanced now with the new captain and the retained players such as Andree Russel, Sunil Narine, and Venkatesh Iyer. This could make CSK vs KKR prediction tougher than before. They showed faith in Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, and Shivam Mavi and brought them back to add more strength to the squad.

Defending champions CSK have spent on the team’s prime bowling allrounder Deepak Chahar and the star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo. With the addition of Shivam Dubey, the team is full of all-rounders. CSK had to let go of their experienced opened Faf Du Plessis this year. They might look at Ambati Rayadu and Devon Conway as the team’s new opening options.

Both the teams took perfect advantage of the mega auction to build their squad to add spice to CSK vs KKR prediction which is looking more interesting in the new season. Despite CSK being the stronger team historically, look out for KKR to trump CSK in our KKR vs CSK prediction analysis.

CSK vs KKR Match Prediction

When it comes to the match prediction between CSK and KKR in the Indian Premier League, CSK have always had an upper hand in IPL history. After all, CSK have won 2/3rd of the matches against KKR in T20s.

CSK dominates KKR at home. Out of the 9 games played against KKR in Chennai, CSK have won all but two games. We can expect Chennai Super King to win the game at home against Kolkata Knight Riders now that the full season of IPL 2022 is likely to happen in India.

The situation slightly evens out for KKR at home in Kolkata with 5 wins in 9 games. It is tough to predict the outcome of the match when these two face each other at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

CSK have won 9 out of 11 games at home

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UAE has been the primary neutral venue, across Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai, where these two teams have in IPL 2020 and 2021.

CSK dominated there as well with 3 wins in 4 games against KKR including the final of IPL 2021 which CSK won by 27 runs to lift their 4th Indian Premier League title under MS Dhoni.

Among neutral venues, CSK and KKR have won a match each at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

KKR have won 2 titles to date under the then captain Gautam Gambhir. KKR won the 2012 IPL Final against CSK chasing a big total of 191 runs.

Overall, in the last couple of seasons, CSK have won 4 out of 5 games against KKR.

CSK have retained MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali and Ruturaj Gaikwad. MS Dhoni has scored the second-highest runs (500) against KKR behind Suresh Raina.

Dhoni is expected to make an impact in the matches against KKR. MS Dhoni has played the most number of matches against KKR than any other CSK player.

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja 18 wickets against KKR) is a definite starter in playing XI for CSK. He has the best bowling figures of 4 for 12 against KKR. His continued all-round performance will be key for CSK against KKR in the IPL 2022.

Ruturaj Gaikwad has been another key player for CSK against KKR as he has a good batting average and a decent strike rate against KKR in IPL 2021.

Ravindra Jadeja with 18 Wickets is the key player against KKR and a probable Man of the Match candidate from CSK.

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KKR have retained Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russel, Sunil Narine and Venkatesh Iyer.

Sunil Narine is an automatic pick in the playing XI against CSK as he has the most wickets (21) against them. He has been the spearhead of the bowling unit since 2012 and has been a match-winner for KKR, especially against CSK. Venkatesh Iyer would be another automatic pick in the team.

The coin toss has been fair to both KKR and CSK both of whom have won an almost equal number of tosses.

Earlier, CSK preferred to bat first and KKR preferred to bowl first after winning the toss. The trend seems to be changing recently as both teams are keen to field first after winning the toss.

Our analysis suggests that in the KKR vs CSK match prediction, CSK is more likely to win against KKR irrespective of the outcome of the toss.

CSK vs KKR Head to Head

In CSK vs KKR head to head encounters, CSK have a win percentage of 66.66% – 18 wins in 27 T20 matches across IPL and Champion’s league – against KKR.

In IPL, KKR vs CSK head to head record stands at CSK with 17 wins and KKR with 8 wins with 1 no result.

Head-to-Head	CSK Played	CSK Won	CSK Win %	KKR Played	KKR Won	KKR Win %
Overall	25	17	68%	25	8	32%
Bat First	14	7	50%	11	2	18%
Bowl First	11	10	91%	14	6	43%
Home	9	7	78%	9	4	44%
Away	9	5	56%	9	2	22%
Neutral	7	5	71%	7	2	29%

This can be partly attributed to the dominating performance by CSK with the bat against KKR. The top 3 run-scorers among the two teams are all from CSK – Suresh Raina (747), MS Dhoni (500) and Faf Du Plessis (437).

The highest run-scorer for KKR is Robin Uthappa with 349 runs which lesser than Faf at the third sport for CSK. Even the top 3 highest scores by individuals are all from CSK which include Suresh Raina (109), Michael Hussey (95) and Faf Du Plessis (95) in CSK vs KKR head to head matches in all IPLs.

Andre Russell is a key player in the batting unit for KKR against CSK as he is the top 6th run-scorer (344) with a destructive strike rate of 178.24. His highest score against CSK is 88 not out in just 36 balls with 11 sixes that came in IPL 2018.

Head-to-Head	CSK	KKR
Most Runs	747 – Suresh Raina	349 – Robin Uthappa
Highest Individual Score	109 – Suresh Raina	95 – Manvinder Bisla
Most Wickets	18 – Ravindra Jadeja	21 – Sunil Narine
Best Bowling Figures	5/22 – Pawan Negi	4/29 – Brad Hogg

Andre Russell is a key player for KKR. Watch out for him as Man of the Match in our betting tips page.

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In the bowling unit, Sunil Narine has taken 21 wickets and is the highest wicket-taker for KKR against CSK with an astonishing economy of 6.30. Varun Chakravarthy has picked up 5 wickets in 5 matches played against CSK with a decent economy of 6.75.

For CSK, Ravindra Jadeja has picked up the most wickets against KKR (18) and has an average economy of 7.47. No bowler from KKR except Sunil Narine (21) and Piyush Chawla (12) come in the list of top 7 wicket-takers from both teams. This shows the dominance of CSK over KKR in the bowling unit as well.

CSK have a higher average first innings score of 166 runs against KKR who are at an average of 156 runs batting first. In the Indian Premier League, CSK have won 8 matches against KKR batting first compared to just 2 wins by KKR while batting first.

KKR have performed better while chasing against CSK with 6 wins. However, CSK still trumped KKR by completing 9 successful chases against KKR.

Overall if we look at the two teams head to head, CSK have a good blend of experienced players like MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja and young players like Ruturaj Gaikwad who have very good records against KKR. The bowling unit of KKR mostly relies on Sunil Narine to pick wickets against CSK.

CSK also has the superior highest score of 220 runs scored against KKR compared to KKR’s 202. Interestingly, both highest scores came in the same match in IPL 2021.

Head-to-Head	CSK	KKR
Highest Team Score	220	202
Lowest Team Score	55	61
Average 1st Inn Score	166	156
Average 2nd Inn Score	150	153

Overall, CSK have won 2 or more matches in a season 6 times compared to just 2 such instances for KKR.

CSK and KKR have played many last over thrillers. In one such IPL match, in 2015 in Kolkata, Andree Russell stole the show with his all-around performance helping KKR win the game with just a ball to spare.

Whichever way we look at it, Chennai Super King comes out on top in all aspects against Kolkata Knight Riders.

A balanced team, a calm captain and the ability to raise the performance at crucial junctures have helped CSK dominate KKR over the years. We expect the dominance to continue hereon.

Tournament	Match Date	Venue	Match Winner	Margin
IPL 2022	26-Mar-22	Mumbai	KKR	Won by 6 wickets
IPL 2021	15-Oct-21	Dubai	CSK	Won by 27 runs
IPL 2021	26-Sep-21	Abu Dhabi	CSK	Won by 2 wickets
IPL 2021	21-Apr-21	Mumbai	CSK	Won by 18 runs
IPL 2020	29-Oct-20	Dubai	CSK	Won by 6 wickets
IPL 2020	7-Oct-20	Abu Dhabi	KKR	Won by 10 runs
IPL 2019	14-Apr-19	Kolkata	CSK	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2019	9-Apr-19	Chennai	CSK	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2018	3-May-18	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 6 wickets
IPL 2018	10-Apr-18	Chennai	CSK	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2015	30-Apr-15	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2015	28-Apr-15	Chennai	CSK	Won by 2 runs
IPL 2014	20-May-14	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 8 wickets
IPL 2014	2-May-14	Ranchi	CSK	Won by 34 runs
IPL 2013	28-Apr-13	Chennai	CSK	Won by 14 runs
IPL 2013	20-Apr-13	Kolkata	CSK	Won by 4 wickets
IPL 2012	27-May-12	Chennai	KKR	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2012	14-May-12	Kolkata	CSK	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2012	30-Apr-12	Chennai	KKR	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2011	7-May-11	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 10 runs
IPL 2011	8-Apr-11	Chennai	CSK	Won by 2 runs
IPL 2010	13-Apr-10	Chennai	CSK	Won by 9 wickets
IPL 2010	16-Mar-10	Kolkata	CSK	Won by 55 runs
IPL 2009	18-May-09	Centurion	KKR	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2008	18-May-08	Kolkata	CSK	Won by 3 runs
IPL 2008	26-Apr-08	Chennai	CSK	Won by 9 wickets

CSK vs KKR Toss

In the earlier seasons of the IPL, In the game between CSK vs KKR, CSK used to prefer to bat after winning the toss. As KKR started performing better in chases thanks to players like Andre Russel, CSK changed its strategy to preferably bowling first against KKR after winning the toss.

It’s no secret that KKR loves to field first in the KKR vs CSK matches after winning the toss. They have a much better record against CSK while chasing.

The two titles which KKR won have both come while chasing. One of those wins came against CSK in IPL 2012.

Thus, when it comes to Toss, you can expect both these teams to field first after winning the toss.

CSK and KKR are likely to bowl first against each other.

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