The new-look CSK and KKR franchises will test the strength of their rejuvenated units in the IPL 2022 opener on Saturday with an opportunity to set their combination right for the upcoming matches.
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 will set its tone with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) challenging the runners-up of last season Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the inaugural contest at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. It will be an opportunity for both the franchises to have a look at their newly built unit at the IPL mega auction and set the combination right for the upcoming matches. Know CSK vs KKR IPL 2022 Live stream, Preview, Where to watch, Head to Head record
It will, however, be interesting to see how the new-look CSK franchise perform under their new skipper Ravindra Jadeja. The Chennai-franchise will be highly dependent on their prolific opener Ruturaj Gaikwad to give them a head start but will be missing out on the services of all-rounder Mooen Ali who arrived in India only on Thursday after a late clearance of visa. Ambati Rayudu and Dwayne Bravo, meanwhile, will be crucial in the middle-order alongside Jadeja but their former skipper MS Dhoni’s form will still remain a cause of concern. In the pace department, India’s U-19 World Cup star Rajavardhan Hangargekar could be handed his CSK cap while Chris Jordan will be expected to bring in his T20 experience to the play.
KKR, on the other hand, will look to make a strong start to their IPL 2022 season under the captaincy of inform Shreyas Iyer. All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer could be seen opening the batting for the knights while mystery spinner Sunil Narine can be used as floater in the batting line-up. The Kolkata-franchise will also bank on their spin twins Mohammad Nabi and Varun Chakravarthy to provide breakthroughs at regular intervals of time.
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All the matches of the IPL 2022 will be broadcast live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3, and Star Sports 3 HD channels in India.
Live streaming of IPL 2021 will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar, Jio TV, and, Airtel TV in India.
The entire IPL tournament will be broadcast live in regional languages on Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu, Star Sports 1 Kannada, and Star Sports 1 Bangla.
Other regional language platforms apart from these include Star Sports 1 Marathi, Star Sports 1 Malayalam, Suvarna Plus (Kannada), Jalsha Movies (Bengali), Maa Movies (Telegu), Star Pravah HD (Marathi), Star Gold, Star Gold HD, Vijay Super SD, Asianet Plus (Sunday matches).
CSK and KKR have faced-off in 26 IPL matches. The Chennai-franchise hold an upper hand with 17 wins while KKR have won eight and one match ending in no result.
Chennai Super Kings: Ravindra Jadeja (captain), MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa, Devon Conway, Shivam Dube, N Jagadeesan, Hari Nishanth, Subhranshu Senapati, Dwayne Bravo, Bhagath Varma, Dwaine Pretorious, Mitchell Santner, KM Asif, Adam Milne, Simrajeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Chris Jordan, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Rajavardhan Hangargekar, Prashanth Solanki.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Tim Southee, Sam Billings (wicketkeeper), Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Umesh Yadav, Chamika Karunaratne, Sheldon Jackson (wicketkeeper), Baba Indrajith (wicketkeeper), Aman Khan, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rinku Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Anukul Roy, Mohammad Nabi, Ashok Sharma, Rasikh Salam.
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