Abu Dhabi: Former Indian Premier League winners Kolkata
Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings will face other today in Abu Dhabi. Both
teams have registered only two wins as the IPL has been turning out to be unpredictable
and bold as ever. The fans are hoping to see underdogs like Rajasthan Royals
and Kings XI Punjab in play-offs squaring off with big teams such as Chennai
Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. Yet, there is still a long wait to the
play-offs and the fortunes of these teams will depend simply on their consistency
to score points every week. Kolkata lost their opening game to the defending
champions Mumbai Indians but managed to score two consecutive wins against Rajasthan
Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad but fell against the resurgent Delhi Capitals.
Eoin Morgan and Andre Russell will play significant part for Kolkata against
Chennai tonight.
Chennai boasts a wide array of an extremely talented
superstars in their ranks, but it has not been all rosy for Chennai in this
year’s IPL. In their opening game, Chennai scored a comfortable win against
Mumbai Indians but fell short in the next three matches losing to Sunrisers
Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals. In their fourth match, they
returned in a typical CSK unforgiving fashion by thrashing Kings XI Punjab. The
skipper MS Dhoni will play a huge part as ever and veteran players like Faf du
Plessis and Shane Watson will have to outperform Kolkata top order in order to
win against the Knight Riders.
