Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Match Prediction: Who Will Today's IPL Match Between CSK And PBKS? IPL 2022, Match 11, CSK vs PBKS

Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Match Prediction: Who Will Today’s IPL Match Between CSK And PBKS? IPL 2022, Match 11, CSK vs PBKS. Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings will eye getting back into the winning ways when they face each other in the IPL 2022 match on Sunday (April 3). It will be a night game at 7.30 PM IST.

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Lucknow Super Giants defeated CSK despite CSK scoring 210 runs on board while Punjab Kings could not resist the forceful Kolkata Knight Riders in their last games. In fact, the Chennai Super Kings under new skipper Ravindra Jadeja had lost both the games so far against Kolkata and Lucknow, a first in their brilliant history.

Chennai Super Kings

For the first time in history, Chennai Super Kings have lost the opening two games of the IPL and are languishing at the bottom of the points table. Seems like the change in captaincy is not going as per planned and they need to rethink their strategy now.

Chennai Super Kings underwent three changes in the last game against Lucknow and are still searching for their perfect combination. If Kiwi pacer Adam Milne has recovered from his side strain, he will surely start in the eleven replacing Mukesh Choudhary. Moeen Ali, Dwane Pretorious, and Mukesh Choudhary replaced Adam Milne, Devon Conway, and Mitchell Santner against Lucknow.

Maheesh Theekshana is another option in the bowling department for CSK. He could be brought in for Mukesh Choudhary if Adam Milne doesn’t recover in time from his injury. Despite a poor showing with the ball in the 19th over against Lucknow Super Giants, Shivam Dube is expected to retain his spot in the playing eleven against Punjab Kings.

Unfortunately, after having a poor outing on his IPL debut where he returned with expensive figures of 0/39, left-arm pacer Mukesh Choudhary will have to make way for Adam Milne only if he is fit. It is very much likely that Devon Conway will miss out on the Chennai Super Kings playing 11 for this game against Punjab Kings as well with Robin Uthappa scoring a brilliant half-century while opening the batting with Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Punjab Kings

In a massive boost for the Punjab Kings side, explosive wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow has completed his mandatory quarantine period and will be available for this game against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.

In his short IPL career, Jonny Bairstow has smashed a total of 1038 runs at a phenomenal strike rate of 142.19. The English cricketer has notched up as many as 7 fifties and 1 hundred in the IPL. For the Punjab Kings, right-arm pacer Nathan Ellis is still unavailable as he is participating in the ongoing Australia tour of Pakistan 2022.

Jonny Bairstow may replace Liam Livingstone in the Punjab Kings playing XI as Bhanuka Rajapaksa has been impressive in Punjab’s first two games. After two horrendous outings, Raj Bawa is likely to make way for Rishi Dhawan in the PBKS playing XI for their third match of the season.

Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Match Prediction: Who Will Today’s IPL Match Between CSK And PBKS? IPL 2022, Match 11, CSK vs PBKS

The Chennai Super Kings need an urgent reversal of fortunes but against a strong, all-round Punjab Kings, it will be tough. Punjab Kings will start as favorites.

Chennai Super Kings have had a pretty poor start to this season. They have lost both their games so far. Against Kolkata Knight Riders, they could muster just 131 runs which were chased down easily. Then, Lucknow Supergiants managed to chase down a huge score of 210 against them. The defending champions would be desperate to get back to winning ways.

Punjab Kings have won one and lost one so far. They beat Royal Challengers Bangalore first by chasing down 205. But Kolkata Knight Riders troubled them by bowling them out for only 137 which proved to be very less.

Johnny Bairstow’s return may see one of Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, or Odean Smith dropped while Raj Bawa may have to make way for Rishi Dhawan. Punjab Kings will be strengthened by the England keeper’s return while Chennai is still struggling to find the right combination.

While Deepak Chahar’s return is awaited, CSK also has a couple of fitness issues with their frontline pacers Adam Milne and Chris Jordan, which forced the management to field two rookies in Mukesh Choudhary and Tushar Deshpande on Thursday against Lucknow.

While Adam Milne was injured after the first game against KKR on March 26, Chris Jordan was admitted to a Mumbai hospital for six days due to a tonsil infection.