Fantasy: Gaikwad, Pathirana should be your top-two picks

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Average first innings score in last three years: 176

50% of the games have been won by the team batting first

Pacers have picked 66.06% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 33.94% of the wickets.

*All data from last three years

Suggested teams

While you could go for the above team, you can also choose your team from Cricket.com’s Fantasy Research Centre. You can use this tool to build your team with the help of algorithms. Then, based on your preferences, the platform will guide you through creating the ideal fantasy XI.

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Top Run scorers at this venue

The above graphic tells you the top batters at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - runs, strike-rate, batting average etc.

Top wicket takers at this venue

The above graphic tells you the top bowlers at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - wickets taken, bowling average, bowling economy etc.

Probable XIs

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Deepak Chahar, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad ( c ), Matheesha Pathirana

Punjab Kings: Rilee Rossouw, Harshal Patel, Jonny Bairstow, Shashank Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran ( c ), Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar