IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings – Match Preview

Chennai Super Kings will lock horns against Punjab Kings in the 49th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Wednesday. CSK is struggling at the bottom of the standings with only two wins in nine matches and a poor Net Run Rate of -1.302.

The batters have failed to deliver consistently for CSK and it has led to their downfall. Chennai has always been consistent in the history of the tournament but they haven’t looked like a playoff team.

MS Dhoni’s team will need to win their remaining five matches to keep their playoffs hopes alive, and they can’t afford to make any more mistakes.

On the other hand, Punjab Kings had to share points with KKR after the last game was washed out due to rain. PBKS is in fifth place in the standings with five wins, three losses and one no-result and they would aim to get back among the top four teams.

PBKS openers – Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya – have performed consistently for the Mohali-based franchise but their middle order needs to pull up their socks.

Interestingly, PBKS have won six out of their last seven matches against CSK.

Head to Head: CSK 16 – 15 PBKS.

PBKS Probable XII: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (w), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai/Xavier Bartlett, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar

CSK Probable XII: Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni(w/c), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana, Anshul Kamboj/R Ashwin.

Chennai Super Kings Squad: Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni(w/c), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana, Anshul Kamboj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tripathi, Shreyas Gopal, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi

Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash