Follow UsChennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Match 49 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium (aka Chepauk) in Chennai on April 30 (Wednesday).
MS Dhoni and Co. are more or less out of the playoff qualification race, and one more defeat would confirm that. Meanwhile, PBKS have won five of their nine encounters and would want a couple of wins on the trot to get closer to that spot in the playoffs.
Chennai Super Kings squad for IPL 2025
Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (capt), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana, Anshul Kamboj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tripathi, Shreyas Gopal, Devon Conway, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi
Punjab Kings squad for IPL 2025
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan, Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Pyla Avinash, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett
CSK's Probable Playing 11
Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Nathan Ellis, Anshul Kamboj (Impact Player)
PBKS' Probable Playing 11
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell/Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar (Impact Player)
You can catch live streaming of CSK vs PBKS and every other IPL 2025 game on Star Sports Network (TV) and JioHotstar (Digital).
The CSK vs PBKS match will kick off on April 30 (Wednesday) at 7:30 PM IST.
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Safe options: Noor Ahmad (CSK), Khaleel Ahmed (CSK), Shreyas Iyer (PBKS), Marco Jansen (PBKS)
Risky Options: Dewald Brevis (CSK), Ayush Mhatre (CSK), Yuzvendra Chahal (PBKS), Priyansh Arya (PBKS)
CSK and PBKS have played 31 games against each other in the IPL. CSK have won 16, while PBKS have won 15 of these games. Punjab, however, have won six of the last seven encounters against Chennai. For CSK vs PBKS Head-To-Head record and other Head-To-Head records, click here.
CSK are having their worst season, while PBKS have played some good cricket in the IPL 2025. Expect Shreyas Iyer and his mean to beat CSK for the second time this season.
In his very first IPL season, Priyansh Arya has forced everyone to sit up and take notice. The young left-handed opener has smashed 323 runs in nine innings at an average of 35.88 and a strike rate of more than 200. In the last match against CSK, he smoked 103 off 42.
Noor Ahmad has been one of the few positives for CSK in the IPL 2025. The left-arm wristspinner from Afghanistan has taken 14 wickets at a strike rate of 13.2 and an economy of 8.03.
The MA Chidambaram Stadium (aka Chepauk) in Chennai has hosted five games so far in the IPL 2025, and the batters here have scored runs at an average of 22.6 and a scoring rate of 8.1 - both the worst amongst all 12 venues used this season. Both seamers and spinners have almost the same numbers.
The temperature in Chennai on April 30 (Wednesday) will be around 32°C during the match with no chance of any rain.