IPL 2021: PBKS vs CSK Preview – Punjab aim consistency after winning start
Punjab Kings will be aware that they got out of jail in their opening match of the season against Rajasthan Royals. Having said that, the KL Rahul-led team will now take on Chennai Super Kings, who are themselves coming into this match after suffering a defeat at the hands of Delhi Capitals in their first match of the season. CSK were dominated in some parts of the game and would want to solve a few issues before they come in front of Punjab.
As far as the head to head statistics are concerned, Punjab have only won nine clashes while Chennai have won 14 matches. With that kind of difference, it is easy to assume that Chennai have the wood over Punjab. As the match will be played in Mumbai, we can expect another high-scoring game where bowlers from both teams would be looking to hide with extremely batting-friendly conditions at play.
Match Info
IPL 2021 Match 8 – Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Head to head
Stat Attack
Punjab opener Mayank Agarwal has a highest score of 45 against CSK in IPL, which means he is yet to score a fifty against them.
Against Punjab Kings, Suresh Raina strikes at 151.87, his best batting S/R against any opposition in the IPL.
Punjab have won only 4 out of 11 matches against CSK at neutral venues in the IPL.
Team News
PBKS
Punjab Kings will be looking to continue their good batting performance from the match against Rajasthan Royals. They decided to play both Riley Meredith and Jhye Richardson in their XI, which was contrary to what experts might have expected with them. As the plan worked out well for the first match, Rahul might continue with the same combination for the second match.
CSK
Chennai Super Kings made a call of not trying Robbie Uthappa in their first XI. But, Ruturaj Gaikwad will be under pressure with his place as the opener as another bad outing might see Uthappa replacing him. Other than that, Chennai had Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis and Moeen Ali as their main four overseas players. The kind of balance which it has provided them in the XI is worth noting and CSK will continue with the same line-up.
Probable XI
