CSK vs KKR Match: The opening match is being contested at the Wankhede Stadium between previous year's winners Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders (CSK versus KKR).
The opening match of the IPL is being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai among Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The KKR won the toss and chose to bowl first.
According to the statistics, KKR has a significant edge, having won 10 of the first 14 matches. Chennai has lost six of its first 12 matches. KKR, on the other hand, has lost 10 of the 11 games played at Wankhede.
There has been a significant alteration in the Chennai team two days before the match. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has led the squad for 14 years, will step down as captain. In his stead, Dhoni has delegated captaincy to all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. The Chennai team would take the ground without Dhoni's captaincy for the first time since 2019. Dhoni was unable to play in two matches during the 2019 season, therefore Suresh Raina captained the team.
So far, Chennai has played the first match of the IPL 12 times, winning 6 times and losing 6 times. On the other side, when it comes to Kolkata, the KKR have won 10 of their first 14 games. From 2013 to 2019, Kolkata won their opening match seven times in a row. In 2020, Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata by 49 runs. Previously, the first match of the IPL was played only once, in 2011, between Chennai and Kolkata. This game was won by Chennai with a score of 2 runs.
Iyer was the captain of Delhi and led the team to the 2020 finals.
So far, Chennai has played the first match of the IPL 12 times, winning 6 times and losing 6 times.
KKR has won 10 of their first 14 games. From 2013 to 2019, Kolkata won their opening match seven times in a row.
Previously, the first match of the IPL was played only once, in 2011, between Chennai and Kolkata. This game was won by Chennai with a score of 2 runs.
The last time these two teams met on the pitch was on October 15, 2021. This match was won by Chennai with a score of 27 runs.
CSK and KKR have met 27 times in IPL 2022, with the Chennai team winning 18 times. Only eight games have been won by the KKR team. (CSK Stadium vs. KKR Stadium) At the same time, the outcome of one match could not be revealed. If we look at the last five matches, CSK has won four of them. Both teams competed in three IPL 2021 matches, with the Chennai Super Kings winning all three. The Chennai Super Kings have a clear lead in this circumstance.
CSK: Rituraj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), Shivam Dubey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Tushar Deshpande.
KKR: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson, Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakraborty.
