Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings IPL T20 Match Prediction

Betting Tips

• They may have a new name this year but if their first game of this year’s IPL is anything to go on, Punjab Kings are still all about KL Rahul’s batting. He top scored with 91 from 50 balls, falling in the final over after hitting 12 boundaries including 5 sixes. Two others of their top four made scores of 40+, Chris Gayle making 40 from 28 before Deepak Hooda smashed 64 from only 28 balls. With the ball, they opted to use 5 bowlers with each sending down 4 overs. Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh were the pick, taking 5 wickets between them and also the only ones to only concede 1 six each.
• CSK’s batting was full of useful cameos but only one innings of any real substance. Moeen Ali contributed 36, Ambati Rayudu 23, Ravindra Jadeja 26* and Sam Curran 34, Suresh Raina top scoring with 54 before being run-out. With the ball, Dwayne Bravo was the only man in yellow to offer consistent control, his 4 overs conceding only 3 fours and 28 runs in total. Shardul Thakur took 2 wickets but also conceded 53 runs from 3.4 overs.
• Lungi Ngidi will still be unavailable for CSK as will Jason Behrendorff who was signed up as a late replacement for Josh Hazlewood.

Punjab Kings (Batting XI, Fielding XI) : Rahul (c) (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Riley Meredith, Arshdeep Singh

Chennai (Batting XI, Fielding XI): Ruturaj Gakwad, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c) (wk), Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar