Defending Champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of Indian Premier League 2022 on March 26. Here is the expected playing XI of both the teams:

Chennai Super Kings

Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja(C), MS Dhoni (wk), Maheesh Theekshana/Chris Jordan, Dwayne Bravo, Tushar Deshpande, Adam Milne 

Kolkata Knight Riders

Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Chamika Karunaratne, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav