New Delhi: The 15th season of the Indian Premier League is going to start today. Today’s first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. This time all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will be commanding the captain of Chennai. At the same time, young Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer is going to be seen as the captain of KKR. Let us tell you that the final match of the last season of IPL was played between these two teams. The trophy of the last season of IPL was won by Chennai Super Kings.
This time 2 new teams have joined the 15th season of IPL. This time in the IPL, two new teams will make their IPL debut in the form of Lucknow Supergiants and Gujarat Titans. Even before the start of the 15th season of IPL, Chennai Super Kings suffered two major setbacks.
Chennai (CSK) fast bowler Deepak Chahar will not be seen in the initial matches due to injury. Deepak is an important player for Chennai. Chennai has bought Deepak for Rs 14 crore. Deepak was injured during the India and West Indies series itself, after which he is trying to recover from his injury soon. At the same time, Chennai player Moeen Ali is also not going to appear in the team’s first match. Moeen Ali was also able to join the Chennai team late due to a delay in getting a visa.
The strongest link of Kolkata (KKR) is their spin bowling. Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty, who play for Kolkata, can prove to be important for the team. It has become very difficult to choose the opening for Chennai. Chennai has two opening batsmen in the form of Devon Convo and Robin Uthappa. At the same time, Chennai can open with Robin Uthappa and Rituraj Gaikwad in today’s match. At the same time, Kolkata can get Ajinkya Rahane to open with Venkatesh Iyer.
Today’s match is going to be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Chennai’s record in this stadium is much better than Kolkata’s. Chennai has won 12 matches and lost 7 matches in 19 matches at the Wankhede Stadium. At the same time, Kolkata has played 12 matches and has been able to win only 1 match. Kolkata won its only match at this ground in the year 2012 against Mumbai Indians.
Let us tell you that the coverage of IPL (IPL 2022) starting from today will be on Star Sports, along with this, cricket fans will also be able to watch the match on Disney Hotstar. The first match of IPL will start at 7:30 PM IST.
Probable playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Sam Billings (Keeper), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Chamika Karunaratne, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakraborty, Umesh Yadav.
Chennai Super Kings: Rituraj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja (Captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Keeper), Dwayne Bravo, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mahesh Tikshan, Adam Milne.
