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After a poor campaign in IPL 2020, the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lost their opening match in the 2021 edition of the league. After setting the chase of 188, they couldn’t survive the attacks of the Delhi Capitals, especially Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan, as they were unstoppable with their batting techniques.
Their next game is against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Friday, April 16 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Punjab Kings, on the other side, started their campaign with a four run victory over the Rajasthan Royals (RR).
However, against the CSK, the Punjab side doesn’t have great records by any means. But if we look back, the Punjab Kings have defeated the MS Dhoni’s CSK one back in the year 2014.
PROBABLE PLAYING XIs
Punjab Kings
Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith/Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami
Bench: Mandeep Singh, Dawid Malan, Sarfaraz Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Fabian Allen, Harpreet Brar, Saurabh Kumar, Prabhsimran Singh, Utkarsh Singh, Ishan Porel, Riley Meredith/Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi
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Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar
Bench: Robin Uthappa, Imran Tahir, KM Asif, Bhagath Verma, C Hari Nishanth, Narayan Jagadeesan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harishankar Reddy, Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma
Head-to-Head count
Overall
Played – 24 | Punjab Kings– 9 | Chennai Super Kings – 15 |N/R – 0
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At neutral venues
Played – 12 | Punjab Kings – 4 | Chennai Super Kings – 8 |N/R – 0
PROBABLE BEST BATSMAN OF THE MATCH
KL Rahul – Punjab Kings
KL Rahul doesn’t have overly great numbers against the Chennai Super Kings, with the sore of 292 runs at an average rate of 36.50. But as for scoring in Wankhede Stadium, he has grabbed 310 runs with a top score of unbeaten 100. In the last game against the Rajasthan Royals, he got a 50 ball 91 whih keeps him in a good light.
PROBABLE BEST BOWLER OF THE MATCH
Dwayne Bravo – Chennai Super Kings
Dwayne Bravo is CSK’s one of the standout bowlers against the Capitals as he took up one wicket and gave away 28 runs. Against Punjab Kings, the player has picked 22 wickets from 55 overs in total. SK would be hoping for a good performance from the bowler this time.
