Punjab Kings are set to take on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on 16 April in the eighth match of IPL 2021. The match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Punjab Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals in a thrilling match in their first match of IPL 2021, while Chennai Super Kings were defeated by Delhi Capitals in the first match. Punjab Kings will try to maintain the winning momentum, while the CSK will try to forget their previous defeat and go down with the intention of winning.

Head-to-Head

Overall

Played – 24 | Punjab Kings– 9 | Chennai Super Kings – 15 |N/R – 0

At neutral venues

Played – 12 | Punjab Kings – 4 | Chennai Super Kings – 8 |N/R – 0

Punjab Kings (PBKS) Predicted Playing 11:

KL Rahul (Captain), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Puran, Shahrukh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Zhai Richardson, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshadip Singh

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Predicted Playing 11:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Faf du Plessy, Rituraj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Karan, Ravindra Jadeja, Moin Ali, Shardul Thakur, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar

Pitch report

The Wankhede pitch will be helpful for the batsmen and the decision to bowl first after winning the toss will be correct. The team batting first will aim for a score of 200 as it is difficult to bowl in the second innings due to dew.

WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH IPL 14 ONLINE AND ON TV:

Match - Punjab Kings vs Chennai Superkings, IPL 2021 Match No. 8

Date - 16 April 2021, 7.30 pm IST

Venue - Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

In 2015, the rights to show all the matches of IPL went from Sony TV to Star TV. You can catch all the live IPL action on Star Sports Channels.

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CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK) SQUAD:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, N Jagadeeshan, Rituraj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessy, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moin Ali, Krishnappa Gautam, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harishankar Reddy, K Bhagat Verma, C Hari Nishant, R Sai Kishore.

PUNJAB KINGS (PBKS) SQUAD:

KL Rahul (wk/C), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Prabhsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Moises Henriques, Chris Jordan, Mandeep Singh, Dawid Malan, Jalaj Saxena, Murugan Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Utkarsh Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar.