Cricket Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings - 41st Match - April 30th

The 41st match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings on the 30th of April, 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

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Chennai Super Kings Form Guide:

Chennai Super Kings are currently placed at the 4th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Chennai Super Kings is Devon Conway with 322 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Chennai Super Kings is Tushar Deshpande with 14 scalps under his belt.

Chennai Super Kings have lost their previous match against Rajasthan Royals by 32 runs.

Rajasthan Royals batted first and they posted a total of 202 for 5 in 20 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal at the top of the order was brilliant as he made 77 runs in just 43 balls. Dhruv Jurel and Devdutt Padikkal provided the punch at the back end wit knocks of 34 and 27 runs respectively to take Rajasthan Royals to 202 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Chennai Super Kings lost their in form batter Devon Conway early on. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube tried their best to keep Chennai Super Kings in the hunt. They smashed 42 and 47 runs respectively. However, the required rate was always going north and Chennai Super Kings couldn't keep up with it. They were restricted to 170 for 6 as they lost the match by 32 runs.

Punjab Kings Form Guide:

Punjab Kings are placed at the 6th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Punjab Kings is Shikhar Dhawan with 234 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Punjab Kings is Arshdeep Singh with 14 scalps under his belt.

Punjab Kings have lost their previous match against Lucknow Super Giants by a big margin of 56 runs.

Lucknow Super Giants batted first and they posted a massive total of 257 for 5 in 20 overs of play. Kyle Mayers provided a thundrous start to the Giants as he smashed 54 off just 24 balls. Ayush Badoni also played well and scored 43 off just 24 balls. It was Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran who provided the required punch to the innings with their knocks of 72 and 45 runs respectively to take Lucknow Super Giants to a huge total of 257 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Punjab Kings got off to a terrible start and lost 2 wickets early on. Atharva Taide at number 3 played a beautiful knock of 66 in 36 balls but he kept losing partners in regular intervals. Jitesh Sharma tried his best to take Punjab Kings over the line. He smashed 24 off just 10 balls but failed to do any damage to Lucknow Super Giants as Punjab Kings were bowled out for 201, losing the match by 56 runs.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Bhagath Varma, Ajay Mandal, Kyle Jamieson, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed, Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane

Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Nathan Ellis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran

Cricket Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Punjab Kings

Who will win?- Chennai Super Kings

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings), Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Maheesh Theekshana (Chennai Super Kings), Sam Curran (Punjab Kings)

Most Sixes – Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings), Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings)

Player of the Match- Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

Team Scores Batting first – Chennai Super Kings 175+, Punjab Kings 165+

Match Handicap: Chennai Super Kings

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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