Match Details: IPL 2019 Match 29 KKR vs CSK
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: 14 April 2019
Time: 4:00 pm (IST)
Probable Playing XI for KKR: Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Joe Denly, Shubman Gill, RobbieUthappa, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Harry Gurney.
Probable Playing XI for CSK: MS Dhoni (c & wk), Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Scott Kuggeleijn, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar.
IPL 2019 Match 29 KKR vs CSK Match Prediction
IPL 2019 Match 29 KKR vs CSK Toss Prediction
Kolkata Knight Riders have a 25-7 win-loss record in run-chases at the Eden Gardens. This season Kolkata Knight Riders have won all three matches when they’ve chased targets. Toss winning captain would like to bowl first.
IPL 2019 Match 29 KKR vs CSK Score Prediction
Eden Gardens is probably one of the smallest grounds in IPL 2019, 9 runs an over is the average score on this pitch this season. The average first innings score at Eden Gardens is 175 and average first innings score this season is 190, that would be a good score.
| Batting First | Predicted Score |
|---|---|
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 195+ |
| Chennai Super Kings | 188+ |
Our Prediction for IPL 2019 Match 29 KKR vs CSK Who Will Win?
Kolkata Knight Riders are second on the points table with 8 points 7 matches just behind Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings are table topper with 12 points; losing only one match in 7 played.
Kolkata Knight Riders will be playing their 5th match in 10 days and 2nd time against Chennai Super Kings within 5 days. Also a few of the Kolkata Knight Riders’ players took flu and hence KKR couldn’t play with their first-choice XI in the previous match against Delhi Capitals. Both openers – Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine were ruled out of the last match; Chris Lynn due to flu and Sunil Narine minor hamstring. Though skipper Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell played through; Dinesh Karthik is also having flu and Andre Russell is hurting from the strain he picked up against Chennai Super Kings in their previous encounter.
The Kolkata Knight Riders’ scoring rate of 9.18 is the best among all teams in VIVO IPL 2019, while Chennai Super Kings’scoring rate of 7.09 is the lowest.
Kolkata Knight Riders have taken 25 wickets in IPL 2019 which is the fewest wickets in IPL 2019 by a team, while Chennai Super Kings have taken 50 wickets which is the most wickets in IPL 2019 by a team.
CSK’s overall bowling economy rate of 6.93 is the best team economy rate in IPL 2019.
| Team | Batting First Winning % | Batting Second Winning % |
|---|---|---|
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 49% | 52% |
| Chennai Super Kings | 48% | 51% |
In our prediction, Kolkata Knight Riders are likely to win this match.