IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings – Stats Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders will square off against Chennai Super Kings in the 57th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Wednesday. 

When these two teams had met earlier in the season, CSK had received an eight-wicket hammering against KKR after they could only manage 103 runs on the board. 

While CSK is out of the playoff race, it will be a must-win contest for KKR to stay alive in the tournament.

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KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane needs 31 runs to complete 5000 runs in the IPL.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi needs 52 runs to complete 500 runs in the IPL and also needs five fours to reach 50 boundaries.

Varun Chakravarthy needs two wickets to complete 100 scalps in the IPL.

Venkatesh Iyer needs 32 runs to complete 1500 runs in the IPL.

Moeen Ali needs five fours to complete 100 boundaries in the IPL.

Sam Curran needs three runs to reach the 1000-run mark in the IPL.

Deepak Hooda needs four runs to reach the 1500-run mark in the IPL. He also needs two fours to complete 100 boundaries in the tournament.

Vijay Shankar needs two sixes to complete 50 maximums in the tournament.

Chennai Super Kings Squad: Ayush Mhatre, Shaik Rasheed, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni(w/c), Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tripathi, Shreyas Gopal, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Mukesh Choudhary, Urvil Patel, Nathan Ellis, Andre Siddarth C

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Anrich Nortje, Mayank Markande, Spencer Johnson, Chetan Sakariya, Quinton de Kock