The IPL 2026 is all set to witness the battles between the Kings! The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are ready to take on the Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Friday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Chennai will enter the clash on the back of one loss, which they suffered against the Rajasthan Royals (RR). On the other hand, Punjab will look to continue riding on its winning momentum. The side registered a victory by three wickets in the previous match against the Gujarat Titans (GT).
IPL 2026, Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings: Head-to-head record
So far, both teams have clashed against each other on 32 occasions and have registered 16 victories each. It will be interesting to see which team takes a lead by securing a victory in Chennai tonight.
IPL 2026, Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings: Record Alert!
Ahead of the match, PBKS` Arshdeep Singh will be eyeing a huge feat for the franchise. He is three wickets shy of becoming the first bowler to complete 100 scalps for Punjab. So far in 83 IPL matches, Arshdeep has bagged 97 wickets, with the best bowling figures of five wickets for 32 runs.
IPL 2026, Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings: Players to watch out for from the clash
Sanju Samson will be an exciting player to watch out for from Chennai`s dugout. In the previous match, he managed to score just six runs in seven balls, including a boundary. The right-handed batsman will be looking to deliver a big knock tonight in front of the home crowd.
Punjab`s think tank will expect Cooper Connolly to replicate his performance from the previous match. In the match against Gujarat, he delivered a match-winning knock of an unbeaten 72 runs off 44 balls, with the help of five boundaries and the same number of maximums.
IPL 2026, Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings: Full Squads
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), MS Dhoni (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre, Kartik Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Zak Foulkes, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Akeal Hosein, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar.
Punjab Kings: Marcus Stoinis, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shashank Singh, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Shreyas Iyer, Ben Dwarshuis, Vishnu Vinod (WK), Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Marco Jansen, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Harpreet Brar, Priyansh Arya, Suryansh Shedge, Cooper Conolly, Mitchell Owen, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Vishal Nishad.
