We’re in the fifteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and it’s only the first time that Chennai Super Kings began a season with two successive losses. Mind you, they were in with a chance to win both games, especially the last one where they lost after putting up 210 on the board. The squad is new, the captain is new and that last loss will have the camp very demoralised, so we’re not sure if they can be competitive today!
They’re up against Punjab Kings in Match 11 of IPL 2022. Punjab chased 200+ against RCB to win their first game and then lost to KKR after having no answers to Dre Russ’ blitz a couple of nights ago. We think Punjab has a better squad on paper but expect this to be a hard fought game today at the Brabourne Stadium. Keep reading for our complete MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) CSK vs PBKS fantasy preview…
Match info
- Tournament: Indian Premier League 2022.
- Date: 3rd April 2022, 7:30pm IST.
- Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.
- Capacity: 20,000+
- Series status: Round robin stage.
Recent form
- CSK: L L
- PBKS: L W
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Numbers
- Head to head in last 5 games, Chennai leads 3-2.
- Ruturaj Gaikwad’s last three T20 scores – 1, 0, 4.
- 2 games at Brabourne in IPL 2022 – both won batting second.
Chennai Super Kings
It’s not the first time we’ve seen Ruturaj Gaikwad beginning a season slowly. He’s a massive talent but we’ll gamble and leave him out of our CSK vs PBKS fantasy team but definitely pick his opening partner Robin Uthappa who is hitting the ball as good as he ever has. Captain Ravindra Jadeja has a thing or two to learn about bowling changes and captaincy but he’s in the form of his life personally, so can’t leave him out.
Joining the squad in the last game, Moeen Ali played fearlessly to score 35(22) and that’s exactly the role he played in their winning IPL 2021 campaign. He bowled just one over in the last game but may bowl more today, and is a good fantasy captain or vice-captain option. Adam Milne missed the last game due to injury but he’s almost back to full fitness and is likely to replace Choudhary or Deshpande in the playing eleven.
Punjab Kings
First name on my team today is leg-spinner Rahul Chahar who has three wickets so far and has gone at an economy rate of less than 5 runs per over. He’s even better against left handed batsmen and with many in the Chennai team, ensure he’s in your CSK vs PBKS Dream11 team. 43(22) in the first game and then a super impressive 31(9) in the next game, we’re loving the run rate boost being provided by Bhanuka Rajapaksa so far in IPL 2022.
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Having completed his quarantine after reaching India, Jonny Bairstow is now available and given his form in the IPL, he’s likely to slot straight into the side, most likely at the expense of Odean Smith. With scores of 19 and 19 so far, Liam Livingstone is yet to show the IPL what he’s capable of but we don’t think he’s far from doing so, so pick him in your MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) CSK vs PBKS fantasy team.
Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings – IPL 2022 Betting
Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings – IPL 2022 Betting
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CSK vs PBKS Squads
Chennai Super Kings Squad
Ravindra Jadeja (C), MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Adam Milne, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Devon Conway, N Jagadeesan, Hari Nishaanth, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Prashant Solanki, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner.
Punjab Kings Squad
Mayank Agarwal (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Odean Smith, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Ishan Porel, Sandeep Sharma, Atharva Taide, Vaibhav Arora, Ansh Patel, Raj Angad Bawa, Benny Howell, Rishi Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Nathan Ellis, Prerak Mankad.
CSK vs PBKS fantasy team
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