The 49th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings. The two teams will face each other today (May 1) at 7:30 PM at the Chepauk Cricket Stadium in Chennai.

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Chennai Super Kings won their last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 78 runs, but before that they faced 2 defeats. CSK is third in the points table with 10 points.

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So Punjab Kings is in very bad condition. But they had achieved a record target of 262 against KKR in their previous match. In such conditions, this match is expected to be tight.

Meanwhile, be it CSK or Punjab, both the teams have strong players. In such a scenario, selecting Dream-Eleven (Dream 11 today's match team prediction) for this match will definitely be a very difficult task, but here we will try to help you to some extent.

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wicket keeper

In this match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings, you can make Jonny Bairstow a part of your team as a wicket keeper in your Dream XI. Bairstow scored a century in the match against KKR.

After this, you can add 5 players to your team as lead batsmen. CSK captain Rituraj Gaikwad's bat is seen to speak strongly in the last few matches.

batsman

Gaikwad missed out on a century against Hyderabad but was instrumental in taking the team past 200. Apart from this you can also include Shiv Dubey, Darryl Mitchell, Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma in your squad, all of whom have shown excellent form in the season so far.

allrounder

You can include Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali and Sam Karan as all-rounders in your Dream XI squad for this match.

Gaikwad captain, Jadeja vice-captain

You can choose Rituraj Gaikwad as the captain for Dream XI team for this match. He has scored 447 runs at an average of 63.86 in 9 matches so far this season and is second in the race for the Orange Cap. Besides, you can pick Ravindra Jadeja as the vice-captain, as Jadeja has done well with both ball and bat in IPL against Punjab Kings.

CSK vs PBKS  Dream 11 Prediction

wicket keeper – Jonny Bairstow.

batsman – Rituraj Gaikwad (skipper), Shivam Dubey, Daryl Mitchell, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma.

Versatile – Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Sam Karan, Moeen Ali.

Bowler – Mathisha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande.