CSK's problems grow bigger. The sides best batter has been ruled out of the tournament leaving CSK without their batting lynchpin and their captain. Dhoni steps up as captain again as he did in 2022, but like in 2022 he comes in as a captain taking over a side which is struggling. They are on the risk of losing a third in a row at Chepauk, something that has not happened in their history before. KKR too are on the bottom half and their stalwarts in Sunil Narine and Andre Russell are yet to find their best.

CSK vs KKR Match Details

Date: April 11th, 2025

Time:  7:30 PM IST

Venue: Chepauk, Chennai

CSK vs KKR Weather Report

Clear weather and a nice evening is expected for the game.

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Pitch Report

Average Score Batting First in the five games: 165

Average Score Batting Second in the five games: 160

Wins Batting First in the last Five games: 3

Wins Batting Second in the last Five games: 2

Batting first could work better on a slowish track.

CSK vs KKR Head to Head

Stats	Matches	CSK Won	KKR Won	NR	Tie
Overall	5	3	2	0	0
At Chennai	10	7	3	0	0
Last Five T20Is	10	4	1	0	0

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI 

Sunil Narine, Quinton De Kock, Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Moeen Ali, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora 

Impact Player: Varun Chakravarthy

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudary

Impact Player: Matheesha Pathirana

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Players to Watch

Ravindra Jadeja

With Ruturaj Gaikwad out CSK will need their biggest star in the unit to step up big time. He has not done much of note yet, struggling against spin and not living up to expectations in the back end. His bowling too has not been very penetrative and that is what CSK will really be relying on as his form is directly proportional to CSK's fortunes.

Venkatesh Iyer

Venkatesh Iyer has found his rhythm with two solid knocks. He likes the Chennai attack as well and the longer he bats the longer he could keep the spinners, in particular Jadeja, away. 

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Tips

CSK are struggling at home and the loss of their captain leaves them with a massive disadvantage coming into the fixture.

Match Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders Will Win the Match