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Background

IPL 2021: Match 38 is here and we are here for the first of the two matches on this Super Sunday in the Indian Premier League. The mighty Chennai Super Kings play against Kolkata Knight Riders. If Chennai win, they almost secure a place in the playoffs, but with five matches still to be played, stakes are much higher for Kolkata in this match. 

KKR Vs CSK match will start at 3:30 pm as per IST and it will be played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

Commentators like to call this phase of the IPL the 'Business end of the tournament'. It is only logical as four out of eight teams are at 8 points in the league table and are hopeful for a place in the playoffs. 

KKR are coming after two back-to-back victories. One against RCB, while the other against Mumbai Indians. Venkatesh Iyer and Rahul Tripathi are in good form and thus, KKR would expect them to perform well. KKR look like a dominant side with prime young talent at their top order while an experienced and hard-hitting middle and lower order batting. Sunil Narine and Andre Russell provide them with good all-rounder options. 

Hello & welcome from Abu Dhabi for Match 3⃣8⃣ of the #VIVOIPL! 👋

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Squads:

Chennai Super Kings Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood, Robin Uthappa, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Jason Behrendorff, Krishnappa Gowtham, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Sam Curran, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Varma

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Prasidh Krishna, Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Tim Southee, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Vaibhav Arora

19:27 PM (IST)  •  26 Sep 2021

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: 19.6 Overs / CSK - 172/8 Runs

Sunil Narine to Deepak Chahar, single. 1 more run added to the score of Chennai Super Kings

19:24 PM (IST)  •  26 Sep 2021

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: 19.5 Overs / CSK - 171/8 Runs

Big Appeal!... Chris Gaffaney (NZ), Tapan Sharma (IND) and Virender Sharma (IND) raises his finger, Ravindra Jadeja out LBW on Bowler\'s bowling

19:23 PM (IST)  •  26 Sep 2021

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: 19.4 Overs / CSK - 171/7 Runs

Sunil Narine bowls another dot ball against Ravindra Jadeja, No run taken.

19:22 PM (IST)  •  26 Sep 2021

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: 19.3 Overs / CSK - 171/7 Runs

Display of superb running by Chennai Super Kings batsmen, Shardul Thakur runs 3 quick runs

19:21 PM (IST)  •  26 Sep 2021

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: 19.2 Overs / CSK - 168/7 Runs

Sunil Narine bowls another dot ball against Shardul Thakur, No run taken.