Punjab Kings started their season with back-to-back wins against Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants. However, their unbeaten run was snapped by Rajasthan Royals in their most recent clash in Mullanpur. The Shreyas Iyer-led side would be looking to get back to winning ways on Tuesday.
Chennai Super Kings have struggled so far in IPL 2025. They had a flying to the season, beating arch-rivals Mumbai Indians in their first match. However, they have succumbed to three consecutive defeats with experts and fans questioning their intent to win games. The Men in Yellow would want to end the losing streak with matches coming thick and fast.
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PBKS vs CSK IPL Match Details
Match: PBKS vs CSK 22nd Match of IPL 2025
Captains:
Shreyas Iyer is going to lead Punjab Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead Chennai Super Kings
When: Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
Match is going to start at 07.30 p.m. (IST)
Venue: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Head-to-head of these two teams: Both teams have played 30 matches against each other. Out of which Punjab Kings has won 14 matches and Chennai Super Kings has won 16 matches with zero tie and zero matches ended up in no result.
Likely playing XI
Punjab Kings:
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh.
Impact Player: Yuzvendra Chahal
Chennai Super Kings:
Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed.
Impact Player: Matheesha Pathirana
Pitch report
The first match played at Mullanpur in IPL 2025 saw Rajasthan Royals scoring 205/4 before they restricted Punjab to 155/9. After the match, Shreyas noted that the pitch was holding a bit and a target around 180-185 would have been ideal for them. In the six IPL games played in Mullanpur, the average first-innings score is 174. Teams batting first have won three games and so have chasing teams.
Best players from both of the teams
Best Batsman: Shreyas Iyer
Best Bowler: Noor Ahmad
Weather forecast for today in Mullanpur
Maximum temperature: 33°C
Minimum temperature: 20°C
Wind speed: 11km/h
Chances of rain: 0%
Capacity of stadium: 38,000
Prediction to win: Team bowling first is most likely to win the match
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