Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings face each other today (May 1) in the 49th match of Indian Premier League 2024. This match is being played at Chennai's Chepauk Stadium.

Both Chennai and Punjab have won their previous matches. Chennai will look to continue their winning streak in this match, while Punjab, who are eighth in the points table, will be eyeing to stay in the playoff race.

CSK Vs. Punjab Live Cricket Score

Chennai Super Kings innings starts

The innings of Chennai Super Kings has started. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to open the innings with Ajinkya Rahane from Chennai
have arrived, while fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has started bowling for Punjab.

Both playing eleven

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran (wk), Riley Rossow, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane, Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Richard Gleeson, Mustafizur Rahman.

Punjab won the toss

Punjab Kings captain Sam Karan has won the toss and decided to bowl first. Punjab have decided not to make any changes in their playing XI for this match. Mathisha Pathirana, who took four wickets in the previous match for Chennai, and pacer Tushar Deshpande will not be available for this match.

In place of these two bowlers, Shardul Thakur and Richard Gleeson have been included in the team. Gleeson will make his debut for CSK.

CSK vs Punjab Head to Head

A total of 28 matches have been played between Punjab and Chennai. Chennai is leading in these matches and has won 15 matches, while Punjab has managed to win only 13 matches.

csk vs punjab pitch report

MA Chidambaram Stadium's pitch is slow. However, in the current season, the batting has been good in all the matches except one. The spinners are expected to get help in this match. Fast bowlers have to use slow and yorkers. Otherwise the batsmen are expected to dominate.