In the 41st match of IPL 2023, Chennai Super Kings will clash with Punjab Kings. Punjab had faced a humiliating defeat from Lucknow in the last match. At the same time, CSK was defeated by Rajasthan Royals by 32 runs. Both teams will hit the ground to return to the winning track in such a situation.
For skipper MS Dhoni, the team’s bowling has remained the biggest concern this season. Tushar Deshpande and Akash Singh proved very expensive in the last match. Akash had conceded 32 runs in his two overs, while Tushar had also spent 42 runs. However, the performance of the team’s batters has been phenomenal in IPL 2023 so far. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway have been successful in giving good starts, while Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube have also put in many colors of color.
On the other hand, the Punjab Kings bowlers would like to forget the last encounter against Lucknow as soon as possible. The Punjab bowling attack looked completely helpless in front of the Lucknow batters.
Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh looted runs fiercely, while Sam Curran failed to leave any impact. At the same time, except for Atharva Taide in batting, the performance of the team’s batters was also nothing special in the last match.
Spinners will dominate at the Chepauk ground in Chennai. The last match played at this ground between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings was low scoring, and the spinners wreaked havoc. In IPL 2023, three matches have been played on this ground, and two have been won by the team batting first. The overall record has also been more in favor of the team batting first.
125 matches have been played at M Chidambaram’s ground so far in the history of IPL, out of which the team batting first has won 67 matches, while the team chasing has won 56 matches. However, this season Chennai has also scored 200 plus once on the ground of Chepauk.
Possible Playing XI Of CSK:- Ruturaj Gaikwad, D Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, M Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, M Pathirana
Possible Playing XI Of PBKS:- Shikhar Dhawan, Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Sikander Raza, L Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, K Rabada, Rahul Chahar
