Today Cricket Match Prediction, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, IPL T20 2020, 21st Match. Who Will Win, On Oct 07, 2020

The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of the Indian Premier League. The 21st Match match of Dream11 IPL T20 2020 is scheduled to play between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday, 7th October 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. We are posting safe, accurate, and secure today match prediction for all matches of IPL T20 free.

The performance of Kolkata Knight Riders had been average in this season of the IPL T20 so far. They had played a total of four matches with two wins to their name. They had lost two matches and are holding the 4th position on the points table. They were beaten by Delhi Capitals in their most recent match by the margin of 18 runs. They won the toss and decided to field first. Their bowling unit almost failed to give the best performance in that match. They leaked 228 runs in their inning of 20 overs. This is the highest total in this edition of the Indian Premier League that they leaked as no bowler from the KKR side could give its best performance. Andre Russell was the most economical and highest run-scorer from their side who picked two wickets in his four overs bowled out against 29 runs. Kamlesh Nagarkoti picked one wicket in his three overs bowled out while he was charged for 35 runs. Varun Chakravarthy also picked one wicket in his four overs bowled out while he leaked plenty of runs. He was charged for 49 runs. Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, and Sunil Narine were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders performed well in the previous match but they failed to chase the target of 229 runs. They could manage to score 210 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Nitish Rana was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 58 runs on 35 deliveries with the help of four boundaries and the same sixes. Eoin Morgan had an outstanding performance with the bat. He smashed 44 runs on just 18 balls with the help of one boundary and five sixes. Rahul Tripathi was the other batsman from their side who scored some runs. He scored 36 runs while he faced 16 deliveries and smashed three boundaries and the same huge sixes. Shubman Gill had 22 runs to his name while the skipper, Dinesh Karthik could manage to score just six runs.

Chennai Super Kings had an outstanding start to this edition of Dream11 IPL and won their very first match against Mumbai Indians but after that, lost three matches consecutively. They had played a total of five matches two wins to their name. They had lost three matches and are holding the 6th position on the points table. After losing three matches, they made their comeback again and won their most recent match against Kings XI Punjab with a handsome margin of 10 wickets. They lost the toss and were asked to bat first. The performance of their bowling unit was not impressive. They leaked 178 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Shardul Thakur was the highest wicket-taker from their side who picked one wicket in his four overs bowled out against 39 runs. Ravindra Jadeja also picked two wickets in his four bowled out while he was charged for 30 runs. Piyush Chawla was the other bowler from their side who picked one wicket in his two overs bowled out against 22 runs.

The big names of the bowler unit of Chennai Super Kings failed to pick any wicket in the previous match. DJ Bravo, Sam Curran, and Deepak Chahar were the bowlers who remained wicketless in the previous match. The way how the batting order of CSK performed in the previous match was just outstanding. They chased the target of 179 runs without losing any wicket in 17.4 overs. Shane Watson who was struggling in the previous matches had an outstanding performance in the previous match. He scored 83 runs on 53 deliveries with the help of 11 boundaries and three sixes. Faf du Plessis also had an outstanding performance with the bat in the previous match. He scored 87 runs while he also faced 53 balls and smashed 11 boundaries and three sixes. Both openers of CSK remained not out in the previous match till the chase of the target.

Kolkata Knight Riders are overall a strong team as compared to the Chennai Super Kings at least on papers. According to our IPL T20 prediction, Kolkata Knight Riders is the favorite team that will win this match. There are many factors that make Kolkata Knight Riders a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders is also strong and in good form
• Chennai Super Kings had got their key players back to the form
• Chennai Super Kings have depth in the batting and bowling
• Kolkata Knight Riders have some power hitters in the side like Andre Russel

Kolkata Knight Riders are full of experienced and young players of the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitter of t20 format is the part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today match for Kolkata Knight Riders have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Kolkata Knight Riders have 51% chances to win this match
Chennai Super Kings has 49% chances to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of the Indian Premier League as we had observed in the previous matches. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as there is some rain expected and can make the batting a bit difficult.

The 21st Match match of the Indian Premier League is going to be held at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 190 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast for Abu Dhabi is good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

Dream11 fantasy team lineup prediction for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings 21st Match match IPL 2020. After checking the latest player’s availability, which players will be part of both teams, he possible tactics that the two teams might use as we had leaned from previous seasons of Indian Premier League to make the best possible Dream11 team.

WICKET-KEEPER:
M Dhoni
BATSMEN:
S Gill
S Watson
R Tripathi
N Rana
F Plessis (VC)
A Rayadu
ALL-ROUNDERS:
A Russell (C)
BOWLERS:
V Chakravarthy
P Cummins
D Chahar

Date: Wednesday, 7th October 2020
Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM LOCAL / 07:30 PM IST

Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Opened: 2004
Capacity: 20,000
Ends: North End, Pavilion End
Time Zone: UTC +04:00
Home to: United Arab Emirates
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 44
Matches won batting first: 19
Matches won bowling first: 25
Average 1st Inns scores: 137
Average 2nd Inns scores: 128
Highest total recorded: 225/7 (20 Ov) by IRE vs AFG
Lowest total recorded: 87/10 (18.3 Ov) by HK vs OMAN
Highest score chased: 166/6 (19.4 Ov) by HK vs AFG
Lowest score defended: 129/6 (20 Ov) by ENG vs PAK

Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Chris Green, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Ali Khan, Tom Banton, Manimaran Siddharth.