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The Indian Premier League (IPL) will face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 49th match of 2025 from Punjab Kings (PBKS). The match will begin at 7:30 pm at Chepock’s MA Chidambaram Stadium. Both teams will be face to face for the second time this season.
Punjab has won their previous three matches at the Chepock Stadium. The team defeated CSK by 4 wickets in 2023 and 7 wickets in 2024. Earlier in 2021, PBKS defeated Mumbai by 9 wickets. In this stadium, Chennai and Punjab have played a total of 8 matches among themselves. In this, Chennai has won 4 matches and Punjab has won 3 matches. While there is a match tie.
Talking about the current season, it is difficult for Chennai to go to the playoffs. The team has won only 2 wins in 9 matches and the CSK points are at the last position of the table. At the same time, PBKs have won 5 out of 9 matches while one match was canceled due to rain. The team captained by Shreyas Iyer is at 5th place.
Match details, 49th match CSK vs PBKS date- 30 April Stadium- MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepock, Chennai Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM
CSK ahead of a win in head to head
31 matches have been played between Chennai and Punjab in the IPL. Out of which 16 matches were won by CSK and 15 matches PBKs won their names. In the 2024 season, the two teams clashed in 2 matches, in which both of them won 1-1 matches. In the first clash of this season, PBks won by 18 runs.
Dubey Chennai’s top batter
The recent form of Chennai’s batters has not been special. No one except Shivam Dubey from the team has scored 200 runs in 9 matches of the current season. Dubey has scored 242 runs at a strike rate of 133.70. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored 140 runs in 9 matches. However, in the last few matches, young openers Ayush Mhatre and Sheikh Rashid have given a good start to the team.
Noor Ahmed is CSK’s top bowler in the bowling department. He has taken 14 wickets in 9 matches. Apart from him, Khalil Ahmed has taken 12 wickets and Death Over Specialist Mathish Pathirana has taken 7 wickets.
Priyansh-Prabhasimran in magnificent form
Punjab openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran Singh are in excellent form. Priyansh is the top batter of the team, he has scored 323 runs in 9 matches. During this time his highest score is 105 and the strike rate is more than 200. At the same time, Prabhasimran has scored 292 runs. His best score is 83 runs against Kolkata in the previous match.
Left arm pacer Arshdeep Singh is the top bowler of Punjab. He has taken 11 wickets in 9 matches. Apart from him, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 9 wickets.
Pitch report
Chennai pitch is made of red soil which usually helps spinners. However, fast bowlers also benefit in the first few overs. The average score of the first innings on this ground is 163 runs. Chepock Stadium has hosted IPL 90 matches. Of these, 51 matches have won the first batting team, while the batting team later won 39 matches.
The highest score here Chennai scored 5 wickets 246 against Rajasthan in 2010. At the same time, the record of minimum score here is named after Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The team was dismissed for 70 against Chennai.
Weather condition
According to Aqueder, on April 30, Chennai is expected to have a maximum temperature of 36 degrees and a minimum of 28 degrees. The match will begin at 7:30 pm. In such a situation, the players will have less trouble with the heat. There is no possibility of rain during the match.
Possible playing-12 of both teams
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)- Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper) Sheikh Rashid, Ayush Mhatre, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Vijay Shankar, Sam Karan, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Mathish Pathirana and R Ashwin.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)- Pat Cummins (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishaan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klason (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Ishaan Malinga and Rahul Chahar.