Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, stats and trivia – IPL IV
The players barely got five-days rest after a long 43-day World Cup, as the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) gets underway with a fascinated contest between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
With a record of 8.20 runs per over in IPL matches, the stadium has a stunning batting track. Both spinners and fast bowlers have shown their magic equally well here, as the pacers have picked up 36 wickets, while the spinners have 34 scalps to their credit
in the league matches at the venue.
Indian Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knight-c71599 Riders. The two players performed
fantastically in the World Cup final, where both of them put together a spectacular partnership of 109 runs and steered http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The two teams have faced each other in six IPL matches and Chennai’s side won four of them. Both of Chennai’s previous home games against Kolkata Riders ended in nine-wicket wins for the hosts.
Interestingly, both teams have made so many changes in the line-up that no one is sure about the kind of response the crowd will show during the IPL 2011 starter.
Dhoni’s XI is the first IPL franchise to have made it a two-title year, as they won both, the IPL and CLT20, titles last year.
Chennai’s Suresh Raina was the third highest run-scorer after Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis in the previous IPL edition. In 46 IPL games, Raina has scored 1375 runs at an average of 38-plus with a strike rate of 142.05.
Dhoni is the second best Chennai batsman with his 1033 runs in 43 games. The Chennai skipper holds an average of 38.26 and a strike rate of 132.27.
In the bowling department, Albie Morkel is the most successful IPL bowler for the Super Kings with his 41 wickets in 39 games. The IPL has not yet experienced the real class of their all-rounder, Scott Styris, as he has an average of just 18.00 in 10 matches.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shadab-Jakati-c2475 and Ravichandaran Ashwin were the top wicket-takers for Chennai team last year, with 13 scalps apiece.
On the other hand, the new Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper, Gambhir, who took over the responsibility of leading KKR from Sourav Ganguly, has scored 1097 runs at a strike rate of 125.52 in 40 IPL matches.
Kolkata’s side has a habit of giving away too many extras, as the team conceded 20 extras in their last year game against the Chennai Kings.
The second-highest scorer in the IPL 2010, Jacques Kallis has scored 10 half-centuries in the league but has yet to taste his first century.
The Australian members of Kolkata’s side, Bret http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Meanwhile, the KKR side will miss Bangladeshi captain, Shakib-al-Hassan.
The match will be an entertaining show, as there are some fantastic players in both line-ups. The Chennai Super Kings are scheduled to play their next game against Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833, while Kolkata Knight Riders will face Kumar Sangakkara-led Deccan Chargers
in their upcoming game in the league.
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