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KKR vs CSK Today Match Toss Update: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the toss and chose to bat first against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their crucial Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 encounter at the iconic Eden Gardens stadium on May 7.
What did the captains say after the toss?
After winning the toss, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane said:
"We will bat first. Looks a good wicket. Last two games we batted first and did really well. We want to put runs on the board and defend it. What's important is taking one game at a time. Not thinking much about the future. Lots of learnings from the previous match, guys are looking forward to this game. You are bound to lose close games, but you need to be confident. If there's a chance, we will try to give our best. Venkatesh Iyer misses out, Manish Pandey comes in."
Meanwhile, CSK skipper MS Dhoni, after losing the toss, said:
"I have played a lot of cricket here while growing up, like a home ground for the amount of cricket I have played here. When it was Zonal trophy, a few office leagues, overall I have played a lot of cricket here and nearby. What's important is to get answers for the next year. What hasn't gone well for us in the tournament. Trying to get those answers, our middle order batting and bowling solutions. We are giving chances to players, but we want a good playing XI or XII. You can try such things towards the end. What players will slot in. They have two quality spinners, so it will be a challenge. Conway and Urvil Patel come in for Rasheed and Curran."
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI):
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):
Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Devon Conway, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Ravichandran Ashwin, MS Dhoni(w/c), Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana
Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Shivam Dube, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Jamie Overton, Deepak Hooda
Pitch Report
"The pitch that's going to be used tonight is right in the centre. The square boundaries are 62m and 64m respectively, 75m down the ground. The surface looks a bit tacky, looks a bit up and down. A little area on the surface looks loose. There will be a bit inconsistent pace on the wicket. There might be some turn later on, but you need to use the new ball really well. Scoring heavily in the powerplay will be crucial tonight. There are patches where it looks hard, there are a few patches where it doesn't. Four out of five games have been won by teams batting first. The team batting first should try to score 200-plus, it's achievable. Both the teams have some good spinners who can exploit the conditions," Deep Dasgupta, Aaron Finch analysed the pitch.
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