Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Prediction: Riders confident to keep playoffs hopes alive

It is game 57 of the Indian Premier League cricket and the Kolkata Knight Riders will be at home against the Chennai Super Kings. This season, the two teams have not had the best of their performances, but the Kolkata Knight Riders are now on their way to make the playoffs. Ahead of this game, the Kolkata Knight Riders have just secured a win, while the Chennai Super Kings are on a losing run. How will this game end? Below, I will preview this game and offer the best betting opportunities.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings: Match Start Date and Time

This match is expected to take place on the 7th of May 2025. The kickoff time will be 5:00pm. 

• Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings
• Date: Thursday, May 7th, 2025
• Kick-Off Time: 5:00pm (AEST)
• Stadium: Eden Gardens

Weather and Pitch Report

The weather forecast is not really good and this match could be disrupted. There was a partly cloudy sky on Monday with moderate rain and thunderstorms in Kolkata. However, this Wednesday is not expected to be better, with a thunderstorm and lightning a possibility. The humidity is expected to be high at around 84% while the wind gusts travel at up to 32 km/h. As for the temperature, it should range between 28 and 32 degrees Celsius.

The batters will enjoy the Eden Gardens the most in this fixture, but the spinners will also have their time. The surface is mostly flat, which helps produce a perfect bounce, but as the match progresses, it becomes slower and becomes beneficial to the spinners. 

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings: Match Analysis

The Kolkata Knight Riders are having a mixed season and will now have to keep their level of play high. Despite starting their season on a negative note, recent games have now seen them improve with two wins in their last two games. The Kolkata Knight Riders kept their playoff hopes alive against the Rajasthan Royals last time out and will hope to extend that run. In that encounter, this team won by only one run in a 206-205 contest. However, this team now has to show character against a Chennai Super Kings they have defeated this season. 

Ahead of this game 12, Kolkata Knight Riders have accumulated 11 points. In those encounters, the Kolkata Knight Riders had a +0.249 net run rate, which sees them sitting 6th in the standings.  

Chennai Super Kings are playing for pride and they will now be focused on hurting teams. In their recent matches, the Chennai Super Kings have struggled and game by game, they have failed to show any surprising performance. The previous time out, this team was on the road against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and they lost by 2 runs in a 213-211 contest. However, Chennai Super Kings have now lost four of their last five matches, with their last win being against Lucknow Super Giants in mid-April.

Ahead of this game, Chennai Super Kings have only four points , equalling two wins in eleven matches this season. This team sits at the bottom of the standings with a net run rate of -1.117.

Kolkata Knight Riders Form

Angkrish Raghuvanshi is a player to watch in this game. This season, he has shown incredible performances with a been a 3-s and 40s. Also, he has amassed 285 runs from 10 matches in IPL 2025 at an average of 40.71 and a strike rate of 146.15.

Also, Varun Chakravarthy is currently the leading wicket taker for Kolkata Knight Riders and will have to be at his best if the Knight Riders want a win here. The leg spinner has taken 15 wickets from 11 matches this season at an average of 20.73 and an economy rate of 7.23.

Kolkata Knight Riders Expected Lineup

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.

Chennai Super Kings Form

Despite being his debut season, 17-year-old Ayush Mhatre has been an incredible asset for the Chennai Super Kings. In his most recent contest, he scored 94 runs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. 

Meanwhile, Matheesha Pathirana has been the most effective bowler for the Chennai Super Kings and once again showed his quality against the Rajasthan Royals with this side scoring over 200 runs. The Super Kings pacer has scalped 12 wickets from nine matches in IPL 2025 so far.

Chennai Super Kings Expected Lineup

Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana.

Who will win in Match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings

The head-to-head record between these two teams is heavily in favour of the Chennai Super Kings. In the two teams' histories, they have met 32 times, with the first encounter in 2010, which the Super Kings won. However, the Kolkata Knight Riders have won 12 of those matches, while 20 went in favour of the Chennai Super Kings.  

However, recent trends have changed, with the Kolkata Knight Riders winning three of the last five. In their most recent meeting in April, the Knight Riders won by 8 wickets in a 103-107 encounter. 

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Prediction

Chennai Super Kings look very lost right now and they do not look like a side that could secure a win. While looking at the structure of this side, it is just clear Chennai Super Kings will need to give a lot and stay at a high level. However, the Kolkata Knight Riders are now looking like a serious contender and their slim playoff hopes seem to be fuelling their improved play. Yet, the Kolkata Knight Riders still look a bit sloppy with how their encounters have ended. Also, they have conceded many runs, which will be something they will need to improve on, as the Chennai Super Kings have also been brilliant in attack in the last two games. Yet, I feel the Kolkata Knight Riders are in the best position to get the best result out of this home fixture. 

Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders to win