Double header will be played today in the Indian Premier League. The first match of the day will be between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). This match will be played at Punjab's second home ground, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala from 3:30 pm. The toss of this match will take place at 3 pm. Both the teams will face each other for the second time this season. In the last match, Punjab had won by 7 wickets. Today will be the 11th match of these two this season. CSK is placed fifth in the points table with 10 points after winning 5 out of 10 matches. At the same time, PBKS is at seventh position with 8 points with 4 wins out of 10.
A total of 29 matches have been played between Punjab and Chennai in IPL. Out of which Chennai has won 15 and Punjab has won 14 matches. 2 matches have been played between the two teams at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, out of which both the teams have won 1 match each. Talking about the points table, Punjab Kings team is at 8th position. Whereas Chennai team is at fifth position. Both these teams have played 10-10 matches this season. Out of these, Punjab team has won 4 matches and Chennai team has won 5 matches. Today's match will be very important for both the teams. Both the teams will try hard to improve their position in the points table.
If we talk about the pitch here, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium is the second home ground of Punjab. The first match of this season will be played here. A total of 11 IPL matches have been played here so far. Out of which, in 6 matches the teams batting first and chasing in 5 have won. The team's highest score here is 232, which Punjab made against Bengaluru in 2011.
Teams probable playing eleven
Punjab Kings: Sam Curran (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Reilly Rousseau, Jitesh Sharma, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel and Rahul Chahar.
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Richard Gleeson and Tushar Deshpande/Mukesh Chaudhary.