PBKS vs CSK Dream11: It is the battle between the kings as Punjab Kings take on Chennai Super Kings. Both teams have played one game each so far and that game reflected the team’s previous year’s woes. Although PBKS won their first match, their bowling performance is giving them headache. Chennai on the other hand, need better finishing by their batsmen and in bowling they looked clueless. So it will be interesting to see whether Chennai has found answers to their pressing issues.
Fixture: Match 8. Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings
When: 16 April, 7: 30 IST
Venue: Wankhede Stadium Mumbai
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PBKS vs CSK Playing 11
Punjab Kings Playing 11 (likely)
Punjab Kings Team News:
Playing Combination: The duo of KL Rajul and M Agarwal will open the innings while the likes of C Gayle and N Pooran will form the middle order. R Meredith, M Shami and A Singh will be lead pacers.
PBKS Playing 11:
KL Rahul
Mayank Agarwal
Chris Gayle
Nicholas Pooran
D Hooda
Shahrukh Khan
Riley Meredith
J Richardson
M Ashwin
Arshdeep Singh
Mohammed Shami
KL Rahul was outstanding in the first game. He scored a brilliant knock of 91 runs off 50 balls with 7 fours and 5 sixes. Expect him to make use of the flat pitch at Mumbai and score more runs. He averages 45.63 in IPL and has scored 2 hundreds and 22 fifties in 82 IPL matches.
D Hooda was Punjab’s surprise package in the last game. He blasted 64 runs from 28 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. He has made 1782 runs in 100 T20 innings at an average of 22.84 and has a strike-rate of 137.6.
Chennai Super Kings Playing 11 (likely)
Chennai Super Kings Team News:
Lungi Ngidi and Jason Behrendorff are unavailable due to quarantine rules.
Playing Combination: R Gaikwad and F du Plessis will open the innings with S Raina and A Rayadu handling middle order. MS Dhoni will be the finisher while S Thakur and D Chahar will lead the bowling arsenal with D Bravo.
CSK Playing 11 (likely)
R Gaikwad
Faf du Plessis
Suresh Raina
M Ali
Ambati Rayudu
MS Dhoni
Ravindra Jadeja
Sam Curran
Dwayne Bravo
Shardul Thakur
Deepak Chahar
S Curran is an impact player and CSK can use him to make the most of his all-round abilities. He scored a quick-fire knock of 34 runs off just 15 balls in the previous game with 4 fours and 2 sixes. He can have a big role to play on Mumbai wicket in the early stages as the conditions help swing.
S Raina made a big statement in the last game scoring 54 runs off 36 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes. He has a stunning IPL record and has made 5422 runs in 194 games. He averages 33.46 and has scored 1 hundred and 39 fifties.
In PBKS vs CSK today’s Dream11 today match prediction, Chennai seems to have good firepower but Punjab has better batsmen who can score big. And this gives them an edge. So PBKS will win this game.
Dream11 Team Prediction
Wicket-keepers: KL Rahul, N Pooran
Batsmen:: C Gayle, D Hooda, S Raina, A Rayudu, F du Plessis
All-rounders: S Curran,
Bowlers: J Richardson, A Singh, D Bravo,
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