Chennai Kings lead 3–2 in last 5 matches against Kolkata in Super Kings face to face
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The 21st match of the 13th season of IPL will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi from 7:30 pm today. Currently, KKR is at number four and CSK at number 5 with 4-4 points. In such a situation, both teams will want to win this match and strengthen their position in the points table. So far in the season, Kolkata has won 2 out of 4 matches and lost 2. On the other hand, Chennai has won only 2 out of 5 matches.
Chennai have won 3 of the last 5 matches against Kolkata. Kolkata has defeated Chennai only 2 times in this. There were two matches between the two in the 12th season. Chennai won easily in both.
Kolkata captain Dinesh Karthik and all-rounder Andre Russell are very important for the team. Karthik has scored only 37 runs in 4 matches played so far. At the same time, Russell has also contributed 48 runs in 4 matches and has taken 4 wickets. Team opener Sunil Narine has also not been able to perform anything special so far.
After winning the opening match of the season, Chennai lost 3 consecutive matches. He then defeated Punjab by 10 wickets in the last match. Opener Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson played tremendous innings. In such a situation Chennai will leave no stone unturned to win this match.