Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings IPL Match Today: Sam Curran’s Punjab Kings (PBKS) will lock horns against Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match No 53 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamshala on Sunday.
Just three days back, PBKS outclassed CSK by seven wickets at Chepauk, considered their fortress. CSK are placed fifth on the table with 10 points and the five-time champions will hope the change of venue would bring a change in fortune as well with just four games to go to seal their place in the knockout stage.
Punjab Kings, on the other hand, have seen a resurgence as they registered back-to-back wins to re-ignite their playoffs hopes.
Playing XI predictions for the PBKS vs CSK IPL match today
Punjab Kings predicted XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar
Impact Sub – Arshdeep Singh
Punjab Kings player to look out for: Harpreet Brar has only six wickets in ten games, but his economy rate has been an excellent 7.21. When PBKS faced CSK earlier in the week, Brar was the Player of the Match for his figures of 2 for 17, which included dismissing the big-hitting Shivam Dube for a first-ball duck.
Chennai Super Kings predicted XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana
Impact Sub – Mukesh Choudhary
Chennai Super Kings players to look out for: CSK’s batting has become too dependent on skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and six-hitting machine Shivam Dube and the moment one of them fails, it puts the pressure on others who have not been consistent in bailing out the team.
PBKS vs CSK head-to-head stats ahead of IPL match today
Total matches played: 27, Punjab Kings won: 14, Chennai Super Kings won: 16
PBKS vs CSK head-to-head at HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala
Matches played: 2, Punjab Kings won: 1, Chennai Super Kings won: 1
PBKS vs CSK Squads
PBKS: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw
CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Aravelly Avanish, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, RS Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur, Maheesh Theekshana and Sameer Rizvi
PBKS vs CSK Pitch Report
Dharamsala has hosted only two T20s in the last seven years and both have been high-scoring. One can expect another high-scoring run-fest at this venue.
PBKS vs CSK Weather Report
According to accuweather.com, there are chances of rain in Dharamshala on May 5. There is 56 per cent chance of rainfall at during the toss time.
PBKS vs CSK livestreaming details
The PBKS vs CSK IPL 2024 match will be streamed on the JioCinema App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on May 5, Sunday from 3:30 PM IST.
