CSK vs PBKS, IPL 2023: Records and Stats at MA Chidambaram Stadium

Punjab Kings will travel to Chennai as they face Chennai Super Kings in match number 41 of Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) at the famous MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Chennai Super Kings will be coming into the contest after getting hammered in the hands of Rajasthan Royals despite some good cameos from their batters. With five wins in as many as eight games, they currently sit at fourth position due to poor net-run-rate compared to others. After four consecutive half-centuries, Devon Conway struggled a bit in the last game. 

Conway has aggregated 322 runs at an average of 46 in eight games, while Gaikwad has managed to score 317 in same number of games. In the bowling department, Tushar Deshpande has picked up 14 wickets and currently shares the Purple Cap too, whereas Ravindra Jadeja has picked up 11 wickets. All-round Chennai will look to bounce back the winning ways.

Punjab Kings, on the other hand, will be coming into the contest after a big loss against LSG in their previous game. With four wins out of eight games, they are placed at sixth position of points table.  Shikhar Dhawan tough got dismissed in the first over, his return from injury would boost the batting of PBKS in the upcoming games, so far he has aggregated 234 runs at an average of 78 in five games and leads the batting chart for PBKS, while Arshdeep Singh leads the bowling with 14 scalps. PBKS too would look to bounce back the winning ways.

Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Head-to-Head, IPL 2023:

In as many as 27 games played between both teams CSK has dominated the contest with 15 wins over Punjab’s 12 wins.

Matches Played	27
Chennai Super Kings	15
Punjab Kings	12

Stats and Records at M.A Chidambaram Stadium

Spinners have enjoyed bowling in this venue with an average of 26.8 and a good economy of 6.9, over the pace bowlers who averages 29.4 with 8.0 economy. In the 70 games played at this venue, Teams batting first have won 44 games compared to teams batting second, who have won 26 games.

Teams winning toss have preferred batting first in this ground due to the turn that MA Chidambaram produce. CSK have won 42 out 58 matches played at this venue.

MA Chidambaram	Stats
Matches Played	70
Number of wins batting first	44
Number of wins batting second	26
Average First Innings score	163.2
Average powerplay Score	47.1
Average death overs score	46.3

CSK vs PBKS Strategy and Matchups:

Both Arshdeep Singh and Kagiso Rabada have got good matchups against Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rabada has dismissed Gaikwad twice in 21 balls giving away 33 runs, while Arshdeep has picked Gaikwad twice in 24 balls and has given only 23 runs.

Another interesting matchup is between Shikhar Dhawan and Ravindra Jadeja, Dhawan has managed to score 119 runs in as many as 81 balls while Jadeja has picked him only once.  Rabada and Arshdeep will open for Punjab to counter Gaikwad early on.