Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings IPL 2024 Match 49

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are ready to host the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 49th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) season scheduled to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on 1 May, 2024. Both these teams will definitely be feeling very much high on momentum having won their respective previous matches this season. Chennai Super Kings managed to register a comprehensive 78-run victory over the Sunrisers Hyderabad while the Punjab Kings went on to chase down a mammoth target of 262 runs with as many as 8 balls to spare against Kolkata Knight Riders. Both these sides will be aiming to extend their winning run further in the crucial juncture of this IPL 2024 season. 

After having conceded two back-to-back defeats at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants in both home and away encounters, the Chennai Super Kings made an impressive comeback with a brilliant win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led team are currently placed at the third position on the IPL 2024 points table with as many as 5 victories and 4 losses. However, the CSK team management will definitely be hoping to maintain the winning consistency in order to qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs. The duo of skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube hold the key with the bat while right-arm speedster Matheesha Pathirana has bowled really well in this T20 competition. 

On the other hand, the Punjab Kings will be feeling high on confidence after a sensational victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in their most recent IPL 2024 match. PBKS are slotted at the eighth spot on the IPL 2024 points table with as many as three wins and six losses so far. Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan has not been available for the last few games and there is still no clarity regarding his injury update. It will be really important for the spin duo of Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar to come good on the helpful Chepauk wicket. They will once again depend a lot on the likes Jonny Bairstow, Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma to deliver the goods in the batting department. 

CSK vs PBKS IPL 2024 Pitch Report

It will be really interesting to see the nature of the pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai after teams scoring 200+ totals in the last two games. The track looked really flat especially under the lights during the previous game between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. However, the major concern will be the dew factor in this CSK vs PBKS IPL 2024 match. Therefore, the captain winning the toss will once again decide to bowl first. 

Probable Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

This will be the last match in the Indian Premier League 2024 season for CSK's left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman before he returns back to Bangladesh to play the T20I series against Zimbabwe. Daryl Mitchell retained his place after an amazing half-century against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Despite a strong of poor scores, senior batsman Ajinkya Rahane is expected to be part of the playing XI. 

CSK Playing 11

1. Ajinkya Rahane
2. Ruturaj Gaikwad (C)
3. Daryl Mitchell
4. Moeen Ali
5. Shivam Dube
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. MS Dhoni (wk)
8. Deepak Chahar
9. Mustafizur Rahman
10. Tushar Deshpande
11. Matheesha Pathirana

MS Dhoni, Aravelly Avanish, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), 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, Sameer Rizvi.

Probable Punjab Kings Playing XI

Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan is very much unlikely to be part of the playing XI in this game against Chennai Super Kings and thus, Sam Curran will be the stand-in captain. Incidentally, Liam Livingstone did not played the previous game against Kolkata Knight Riders and thus, he can make a comeback in place of Rilee Rossouw. The rest of the team is expected to be the same in this crucial game. 

PBKS Playing 11

1. Jonny Bairstow
2. Prabhsimran Singh
3. Sam Curran
4. Liam Livingstone
5. Shashank Singh
6. Jitesh Sharma
7. Ashutosh Sharma
8. Harpreet Brar
9. Arshdeep Singh
10. Harshal Patel
11. Kagiso Rabada

Shikhar Dhawan (c), Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harshal Patel, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa and Prince Choudhary