Sam Curran-led Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first against Ruturaj Gaikwad's Chennai Super Kings in match 53 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the HPCA stadium in Dharamshala, on May 5 (Sunday). PBKS picked up a big 7-wicket win over CSK in their previous clash at the Chepauk Stadium and now would like to repeat the same to stay alive in the playoffs race. On the other hand, Chennai would like to win this match and regain their spot in the top four of the points table. Gaikwad has lost the 10th toss this season and brought Mitchell Santner in place of Mustafizur Rahman.
Head-to-Head
Both teams have faced each other 29 times in IPL history out of which Chennai have won 15 games and Punjba have been victorious 14 times. However, PBKS have won the last five games against CSK.
Captains at Toss
"We're going to bowl. Day game, try and see how it plays and chase it down. We've got the same team. We've had two really good wins with the same team. Conditions should be fairly even throughout, it's about batting, bowling, and fielding well," said Sam Curran after winning the toss.
“We've just stuck to our process and doing little things right. We don't look at the track record of the opposition, we focus on ourselves and see what we can do right. This season there have been a lot of injuries, flus, and forced changes so we've had to tinker with our team. I'd say losing 10 tosses but winning 5 games is a positive. Santner comes in place of Fizz (Mustafizur),” said Ruturaj Gaikwad.
PBKS vs CSK Playing XIs
Punjab Kings: Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Rishi Dhawan
Chennai Super Kings: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Richard Gleeson, Tushar Deshpande
Impact Subs: Sameer Rizvi , Simarjeet Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki
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