Chennai Super Kings will square off against Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Tuesday in the 22nd match of IPL 2026. While CSK registered their maiden win in the last game against Delhi Capitals, KKR is still looking for their first victory of the season.
Sanju Samson scored a fantastic knock of 115 runs and his return to form is a huge positive for CSK. However, Ruturaj Gaikwad would also want to get back amongst the runs to get his confidence back.
On the other hand, KKR would need to come up with an improved performance, especially with the ball.
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Sanju Samson needs four fours to complete 400 boundaries in the IPL.
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad needs four sixes to complete 100 maximums in the IPL.
Shivam Dube needs 52 runs to complete 2000 IPL runs.
Ayush Mhatre needs 10 fours to complete 50 boundaries in the IPL.
Rinku Singh needs five fours to complete 100 boundaries in the tournament.
Sunil Narine needs 11 fours to complete 200 boundaries in the IPL.
Matheesha Pathirana needs three wickets to complete 50 scalps in the tournament.
Rachin Ravindra needs 10 fours to complete 50 boundaries in the IPL.
Manish Pandey needs 58 runs to reach the 4000-run mark in the IPL.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Tejasvi Dahiya, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Blessing Muzarabani, Saurabh Dubey, Sarthak Ranjan, Rachin Ravindra, Prashant Solanki, Varun Chakaravarthy, Matheesha Pathirana, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra
Chennai Super Kings Squad: Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Matthew Short, Akeal Hosein, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Matt Henry, Ramakrishna Ghosh, MS Dhoni, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Chahar, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Urvil Patel, Aman Khan, Zakary Foulkes

