The Punjab Kings’ are placed 8th on the points table with 6 points from 9 matches. Even if they win 4 of the 5 remaining matches, they’ll still find it tough to make the Final Four.
CSK vs PBKS Live Updates, Match 49: Sam Curran has a tough task. The 25-year-old, who’s leading the Punjab Kings in Shikhar Dhawan’s absence, has to make sure they beat Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Chennai Super Kings. PBKS have just three wins to their name, and a loss today will virtually knock them out, with CSK becoming the fourth team to have a minimum of 6 wins.
Playing XIs
Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran(c), Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Richard Gleeson, Mustafizur Rahman
Curran says
We’ll bowl first. Looks like a good surface, new wicket and we’re excited after that last match. An amazing stadium and an amazing crowd, we’ll have to start well and take early wickets. We’ll take the confidence from that chase of 261. It’s just about fight and determination, they’re a good team, but we need to be brave. Same team for us.
Toss
Punjab has won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Welcome to live coverage of the 49th match of the IPL 2024 season between the Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings.
CSK vs PBKS: Squads
Chennai Super Kings: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali. Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman. Matheesha Pathirana, Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra. Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh. RS Hangargekar, Maheesh Theekshana, Nishant Sindhu, Aravelly Avanish, Richard Gleeson.
Punjab Kings: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran (c), Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma (wk). Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar. Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh. Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Tanay Thyagarajan, Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Chris Woakes, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Shikhar Dhawan.
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