PBKS vs CSK Dream11 Team - IPL 2021 | 16 Apr

IPL 2021 season is here and there’s the best cricketing action on offer right now. For fantasy sports fanatics, we’re here to talk about Match 8 of IPL 2021 where the newly christened Punjab Kings is in action after wining their opening game where they narrowly lost even though they put up 220+ in their campaign opener against Rajasthan Royals.

They’re up against a down and out team in Chennai Super Kings that has lost their opening game and it’s going to be a good contest for sure. Not many times in the history of the IPL has CSK lost two consecutive games (if you don’t count their dismal IPL 2020 season) so they will be looking to make a comeback. Keep reading for our complete BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) fantasy preview of the PBKS vs CSK game…

Game details

Series: Indian Premier League 2021.
When: 16th April 2021, 7:30pm IST.
Where: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India.
Capacity: 33,100+
Series position: Round robin stage.

Form (recent first)

PBKS: W
CSK: L

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Stats that matter

Last 5 games head to head, Chennai leads 4-1.
Head to head in all IPL games, Chennai leads 14-9.

Punjab Kings

After winning the Orange Cap in IPL 2020, KL Rahul began his IPL 2021 season in style with 91(50) and we don’t think there’s any way anyone will be stopping him continuing to get some runs in this tournament. Along with him, there’s a certain Deepak Hooda who has come here with a hunger we haven’t seen in him over the last few years. He smashed every bowler for sixes in the last game and should be in our PBKS vs CSK fantasy team.

With the ball, they have some heavyweights but I’m going to be picking the local boy in Arshdeep Singh who had wickets at crucial times in the last season and bagged a 3-fer in the opening game as well. Everyone will be wanting Jhye Richardson in their team because of his heavy IPL price tag but I’d rather go for Riley Meredith who bowled poorly in the last game but if he gets another chance and works on his length, he could do well.

Chennai Super Kings

I’d really like to see Robin Uthappa in this team but with the current lineup, he may not fit into the side. At the top, Ruturaj Gaikwad failed in the last game with 5 but had three consecutive fifties to end IPL 2020 and must make your BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) PBKS vs CSK fantasy team. Moeen Ali was wicketless in the last game but he’s a floater in the batting order and hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in that last game.

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One of the top contributors for the CSK side over the years has been Ravindra Jadeja and while he was wicketless in the last game, we think he’s raring to go after having missed out on the last few international games with an injury. With the ball, Shardul Thakur was expensive, giving away 53 runs but he bagged 2 wickets and his recent international experience has clearly boosted his confidence and rhythm.

Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings – IPL 2021 Betting

Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings – IPL 2021 betting
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Punjab Kings Squad

KL Rahul (C), Riley Meredith, Chris Gayle, Jhye Richardson, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Fabian Allen, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Shahrukh Khan, Dawid Malan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Saurabh Kumar.

Chennai Super Kings Squad

MS Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Krishnappa Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M.Harisankar Reddy, Narayan Jagadeesan, K Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, R Sai Kishore, KM Asif, Karn Sharma.