• Chennai Super Kings will face Punjab Kings in the 41st match of IPL 2023.

  • The battle will take place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 30.

IPL 2023: CSK vs PBKS, Match 41: Pitch Report, Probable XI and Match Prediction
MS Dhoni and Shikhar Dhawan (Image Source: Twitter)

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 41st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday (April 30). Notably, both CSK and PBKS have lost their previous matches. While Chennai suffered a defeat against Rajasthan Royals (RR), Punjab lost to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in a high-scoring affair.

Shivam Dube was the standout performer for the Chennai-based team in their last encounter, as he scored a brilliant 52 runs off 33 balls for his side. However, no other batter from CSK could cross the fifty-run mark, and they failed miserably in the run chase. Tushar Deshpande shined for CSK among bowlers, picking up two wickets in the first innings. Meanwhile, despite Atharva Taide’s storming 66 runs off 36 deliveries, PBKS also ended up losing their contest against LSG. Rahul Chahar was the most economical bowler for the Punjab-based side in the high-scoring match.

CSK currently sit at the fourth spot of the IPL 2023 points table and will look to make way in the top two by winning against Punjab. On the other hand, PBKS are on the sixth position and will eye a comeback when they meet Chennai on Sunday afternoon.

Pitch report:

The track at Chepauk Stadium generally favours the spinners. However, the batters can also get going if they spend some time in the middle. Meanwhile, pacers can come into play as well if they bowl in the right areas.

Probable XIs:

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh, Maheesh Theekshana

Punjab Kings: Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Head-to-head record

Played: 27 | CSK won: 15 | PBKS won: 12 | No result: 0

Match Prediction:

Case 1:

  • CSK wins the bats first
  • Powerplay score: 50-55
  • CSK total: 175-180

Case 2:

  • PBKS wins the toss and bowls first
  • Powerplay score: 40-45
  • PBKS total: 165-175

Team batting first to win the contest.

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