The 57th match of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. This match will be played on May 7 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The match will kick start at 7:30 PM IST. Both teams played each other on April 11 in Chennai and that game was won by Kolkata. So far, CSK has played 11 games and has two wins while KKR has played 11 games and has five wins.
KKR vs CSK: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata Knight Riders |
|---|---|
| Ayush Mhatre | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) ✈️ |
| Shaikh Raseed | Sunil Narine ✈️ |
| Sam Curran ✈️ | Ajinkya Rahane © |
| Shivam Dube | Andre Russell ✈️ |
| Dewald Brevis ✈️ | Angkrish Ranghuvanshi |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Venkatesh Iyer |
| MS Dhoni (c & wk) | Rinku Singh |
| Noor Ahmad ✈️ | Moeen Ali ✈️ |
| Khaleel Ahmed | Ramandeep Singh |
| Matheesha Pathirana ✈️ | Varun Chakravarthy |
| Anshul Kamboj | Harshit Rana |
KKR vs CSK Squad
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Chennai Super Kings |
|---|---|
| Ajinkya Rahane (C) – Top Order Batter | MS Dhoni (c) – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Quinton de Kock (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Vansh Bedi – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Manish Pandey – Top Order Batter | Devon Conway ✈️ † – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Rovman Powell ✈️ – Middle Order Batter | C Andre Siddarth – Batter |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Top Order Batter | Shaik Rasheed – Batter |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Rahul Tripathi – Top order Batter |
| Ramandeep Singh – Middle Order Batter | Ruturaj Gaikwad – Batter (Withdrawn) |
| Rinku Singh – Middle Order Batter | Ravichandran Ashwin – Bowling Allrounder |
| Luvnith Sisodia (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter | Dewald Brevis ✈️ – Batting Allrounder |
| Venkatesh Iyer (VC) – Allrounder | Sam Curran ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Moeen Ali ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Shivam Dube – Allrounder |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder | Ramakrishna Ghosh – Bowling Allrounder |
| Anukul Roy – Allrounder | Shreyas Gopal – Allrounder |
| Andre Russell ✈️ – Allrounder | Deepak Hooda – Allrounder |
| Vaibhav Arora – Bowler | Ravindra Jadeja – Allrounder |
| Harshit Rana – Bowler | Anshul Kamboj – Allrounder |
| Spencer Johnson ✈️ – Bowler | Ayush Mhatre – Batting Allrounder |
| Mayank Markande – Bowler | Jamie Overton ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder |
| Anrich Nortje ✈️ – Bowler | Rachin Ravindra ✈️ – Batting Allrounder |
| Chetan Sakariya – Bowler | Vijay Shankar – Allrounder |
| Varun Chakravarthy – Bowler | Khaleel Ahmed – Bowler |
| Umran Malik – Withdrawn Bowler | Nathan Ellis ✈️ – Bowler |
| Mukesh Choudhary – Bowler |
KKR vs CSK 2025: Injury Updates
Kolkata Knight Riders: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
Chennai Super Kings: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
