Sparks set to fly at the Wankhede as two Kings collide

Both sides have savoured their fair shares of joys and sorrows even though the Super Kings have suffered a bit more than the men in red.

Punjab is currently stationed in the eighth position of the points table, just one win superior of the Super Kings while for Jadeja and his men, it has only been two wins from the 7 games that they have played, one of their worst records in an IPL campaign.

Chennai will be coming into this contest on the back of a thrilling win against the struggling Mumbai Indians as MS Dhoni belted out a signature finishing masterclass to deny the Mumbai Indians their closest shy at their opening win.

Punjab, on the contrary, was handed a humbling defeat at the hands of an insuperable Delhi Capitals who put on a resonating display with the ball in their arms to get the Punjab hitters reeling in agony.

This will be an interesting clash considering the fact that Chennai has so far struggled to get their resources to contribute in unison and inconsistency has been a major factor that has bothered the Yellow Army.

For the men in red, however, their strategy of using eight fine strikers of the ball to counter their opposition’s bowling supremacy has worked in spasmodic bursts while their bowlers have struggled to get wickets at regular intervals.

Venue Watch:

Wankhede’s surface is probably the best gift that a batter can get, given the highly conducive ilk of the surface and a free flow of runs with the boundaries being shorter than the ones that the rest of the grounds hosting the tournament has so far starred. The team batting second will relish a bigger bout of supremacy, considering the onset of dew that makes it very hard for the spinners to grip the ball.

Squads:

Chennai Super Kings:

Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Dwaine Pretorious, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Tushar Deshpande, Matheesa Pathirana, Adam Milne, Chris Jordan, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, KM Asif, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Bhagath Varma, Hari Nishanth, Subranshu Senapati.

Punjab Kings:

Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Odean Smith, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Sandeep Sharma, Atharva Taide, Vaibhav Arora, Ansh Patel, Raj Angad Bawa, Benny Howell, Rishi Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk), Baltej Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Nathan Ellis, Prerak Mankad.

Match Details:

Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Date: 25th April 2022

Time: 7:30 PM IST