Chennai Super Kings have played 12 matches so far in the Indian Premier League 2023, won 7, lost 4, and got 1 point from match abandonment. With 15 points, they take the 2nd in the points table. Kolkata Knight Riders have played 12 matches so far, winning 5 and losing 7. With 10 points, KKR is placed in the 8th spot.
In their earlier encounter ongoing tournament, Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 49 runs. Batting first in the match Chennai Super Kings posted a total of 235 runs on the scoreboard. Later, Kolkata Knight Riders couldn't reach the target and lost this match.
Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals in their previous game of the IPL 2023. In the match, CSK batted first and scored 167 runs losing 8 wickets. In reply, Delhi Capitals failed to reach the score and lost the match. Rilee Rossouw slammed 35 runs while Manish Pandey had 27 runs for the Delhi team. Mitchell Marsh took 3 wickets for the Delhi Capitals in this match.
For Chennai Super Kings, Shivam Dube and Ruturaj Gaikwad hit 25 and 24 respectively. Ravindra Jadeja was awarded man of the match. Matheesha Pathirana picked 3 wickets for the Chennai team. Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs in this match.
Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a loss against Rajasthan Royals in their previous game of the IPL 2023. In the match, Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and scored 149 runs losing 8 wickets. Venkatesh Iyer slammed 57 runs while Nitish Rana had 22 runs for Kolkata.
For Rajasthan Royals, the chase was quite easy. With Yashasvi Jaiswal's 98* and Sanju Samson's 48, RR reached the target in the 13.1th over itself with 1 wicket in their kitty. Yashasvi Jaiswal was awarded man of the match. Yuzvendra Chahal took 4 wickets for the Rajasthan team. Rajasthan Royals won by 9 wickets (with 41 balls remaining) in this match.
