Kolkata Knight Riders are up against Chennai Super Kings in a crucial IPL 2023 encounter on Sunday (May 14) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
CSK are currently sitting 2nd in the IPL table, with 15 points after 11 games. KKR are currently placed 7th with 10 points after 12 games. The Knights are almost out of the tournament and another defeat on Sunday will confirm that.

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (C), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sidhu, Kyle Jamieson (injured, replaced by Sisanda Magala), Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Verma
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy (replacement for Shakib Al Hasan), Aarya Desai, Johnson Charles (replacement for Litton Das)
CSK Team News vs KKR: CSK have Ben Stokes already out with injury. But they have found their perfect team balance and woud be keen to continue with the same lineup as they take on the Knight Riders.
Ambati Rayudu came into the side in the last match, but if they bowl first, Matheesha Pathirana can come in to replace any other overseas players in the starting lineup.
KKR Team News vs CSK: KKR have Umesh Yadav out injured while Shardul Thakur has also played a limited role so far.
KKR captain Nitish Rana will have to make some tough decisions as their key stars Andre Russell and Sunil Narine have failed to live up to their lofty expectations. Jason Roy may keep his place, while KKR may bring back Suyash Sharma to the starting lineup if they bowl first.
CSK Playing 11 vs KKR: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana
CSK Impact Players - Ambati Rayudu, R Hangargekar, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh, Subhranshu Senapati
KKR Playing 11 vs CSK: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (C), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana
KKR Impact Players - Vaibhav Arora, Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, N Jagadeesan, Sunil Narine