The Indian Premier League (IPL) will face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 49th match of the 2025 with Punjab Kings (PBKS). The match will begin at 7:30 pm at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepock. Both teams will play them for the second time this season.
Punjab has won his last three matches at Chepock Stadium. The team beat CSK in 2023 by 4 wickets and 7 wickets in 2024. In the first 2021, PBKS beat Mumbai by 9 wickets. Chennai and Punjab have played a total of 8 matches at this stadium. Chennai has won 4 matches and Punjabe 3. While a match was tie.
Talking about the current season, it is difficult to go to Chennai's playoffs. The team has won only 2 in 9 matches and CSK points are in the last place of the table. While PBKS won 5 of his 9 matches while one match was canceled due to rain. Shreyas Iyer's captaincy team is fifth.
Match Details, 49th Match CSK VS PBKS Date- 30 April Stadium- MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepok, Chennai Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM
CSK in the Head to Head ahead of a win 31 matches have been played between Chennai and Punjab in the IPL. Out of which CSK won 16 matches and 15 matches PBKs made their own name. In the 2024 season, the two teams played in 2 matches, both of which made 1-1 matches in their own name. PBKS won by 18 runs in the first match of this season.
Dubey Chennai's Top Better The latest form of Chennai Betters has not been special. Apart from Shivam Dubey from the team, no one has scored 200 runs in 9 matches of the current season. Dubey has scored 242 runs at a strike rate of 133.70. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored 140 runs in 9 matches. However, in the last few matches, Young opener Ayush Mhatre and Sheikh Rashid have given the team a good start.
Noor Ahmed is a CSK top bowler in the bowling department. He is 14 wickets in 9 matches. Apart from that, Khalil Ahmed has taken 12 wickets and death -over -specialist Mathishti Pithirana has taken 7 wickets.
Priyanka-Prabhasimran in a wonderful form Punjab openers Priyanka Arya and Prabhasimaran Singh are in excellent form. Priyanka is the top batter of the team, scoring 323 runs in 9 matches. In the meantime his highest score is 105 and strike rate is more than 200. Prabhasimar has scored 292 runs. His best score is 83 runs against Kolkata in the last match.
Left Arm Pacer Arshadeep Singh is the top bowler of Punjab. He has taken 11 wickets in 9 matches. Apart from that, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is 9 wickets fast.
Pitch report Chennai's pitch is made of red clay that usually helps spinners. However, fast bowlers also benefit in some of the first overs. The average score of the first innings on the field is 163 runs. The Chepoc Stadium has been hosted by 90 matches of IPL. Of these, 51 matches have won the first batting team, while the batting team has won 39 matches.
The highest score here Chennai scored 246 for 5 against Rajasthan in 2010. The lowest score is recorded in the name of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The team was out for 70 against Chennai.
Weather condition According to Acuweather, the maximum temperature in Chennai on April 30 is expected to be 36 degrees and minimum of 28 degrees. The match will start at 7:30 pm. This will cause the players to have less heat. There is no possibility of rain during the match.
Potential Playing-12 (including Impact Player) of both teams
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Sheikh Rashid, Ayush Mahatre, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Vijay Shankar, Sam Karan, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Khalil Ahmed, Mathish Pathira and R. Ashwin.
Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyanka Arya, Glenn Maxwell, Josh English, Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh, Marco Yansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshadeep Singh.
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