Chennai Super Kings will gear up for their first home game of the season as they take on the Punjab Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. CSK, sans MS Dhoni, got off to a terrible start and are bottom of the standings. Shreyas Iyer won the toss and Punjab Kings opted to field first at Chepauk.
Punjab Kings have named an unchanged XI from their win over Gujarat Titans. Priyansh Arya continues to remain on the impact subs list, and will open alongside Prabhsimran. CSK have made one change, with Prashant Veer coming in for Matthew Short.
Punjab Kings began their campaign in fine style with a win over Gujarat Titans. Debutant Cooper Connolly smashed a half-century on debut while the likes of Marco Jansen, Vijaykumar Vyshak and Yuzvendra Chahal put in impressive performances with ball in hand.
For Chennai, it was a stark contrast. They were bowled out for a paltry 127 as Rajasthan Royals blew them away in Guwahati. Then Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a mockery of the chase handing them a defeat with more than 7 overs to spare.
CSK vs PBKS Playing XI
CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sanju Samson (WK), Ayush Mhatre, Kartik Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Matt Henry
PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yuzvendra Chahal
