IPL 2024: Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings – Dafanews Match Preview

Punjab Kings will square off against Chennai Super Kings in the 53rd match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on Sunday in a day game. While PBKS has won four out of their 10 matches, Chennai has managed five wins in the 10 games they have played.

PBKS won comprehensively against CSK by seven wickets at the Chepauk on Wednesday. We take a look at the head-to-head battle, players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.

Chennai Super Kings: L W L L W

The defending champions haven’t been able to get the winning impetus on their side. It has been a mixed season and they have looked dependent on the shoulders of a few players and will want a more collective effort.

Punjab Kings: W W L L L

PBKS has won their last two matches, which must have added a lot of confidence to the players. Jonny Bairstow has looked at his absolute best in the last couple of matches whereas Rilee Rossouw played a crucial knock of 43 runs against CSK.

Head to Head: Matches: 30, Won by CSK: 16, Won by PBKS: 14.

Players to watch out for: Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Jitesh Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Arshdeep Singh, and Harpreet Brar will hold the key for PBKS.

MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja, and Matheesha Pathirana will be the crucial players for CSK.

PBKS IPL 2024 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow (ENG), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma.

Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw (SA), Shashank Singh.

All-rounders: Liam Livingstone (ENG), Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran (ENG), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Shivam Singh, Chris Woakes (ENG), Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harshal Patel.

Bowlers: Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada (SA), Nathan Ellis (AUS), Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Prince Choudhary.

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

MS Dhoni, Aravelly Avanish, 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, Richard Gleeson.