IPL 2024: Match 53, PBKS vs CSK Today Match Prediction - Who will win today's IPL match?

The Chennai Super Kings are struggling terribly for consistency. To add to their woes, they now come in without Deepak Chahar and Mustafizur Rahman. Additionally, the status of Tushar Deshpande and Matheesha Pathirana are unknown, diminishing the Super Kings of their bowling attack.

The Punjab Kings managed to squeeze the Super Kings a couple days ago. Their spinners kept the middle-order in check and they will be waiting to do something similar in the return encounter.

PBKS vs CSK Match Details

Date: May 5th, 2023

Time:  3:30 PM IST

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, Dharamshala

PBKS vs CSK Weather Report

An evening game in the mountains. There is some breeze likely but the weather looks pretty clear through the fixture.

PBKS vs CSK Pitch Report

Matches	2
Won Batting First and Percentage	1(50%)
Won Batting Second and Percentage	1(50%)
Average First Innings Score	200
Average Second Innings Score	194
Average Successful First Innings Scores	213

Dharmashala is a pretty high-scoring venue. With the altitude the ball tends to travel even more and batting second generally works better.

PBKS vs CSK Head-to-Head

Stats	Matches	CSK Won	PBKS Won	NR
Overall	29	15	14	0
At Dharamshala	2	1	1	0
In the last Five Matches	5	0	5	0
In 2023	1	0	1	0

PBKS vs CSK Predicted Playing XII

PBKS Playing XII

Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone/ Rilee Roussow, Jitesh Sharma, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

CSK Playing XII

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, MS Dhoni, Deepak Chahar/ Mukesh Choudhary, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Desphande/ Simarjeet Singh, Maheesh Theekshana/ Richard Gleeson, Matheesha Pathirana

PBKS vs CSK Key Players

Ravindra Jadeja

CSK are likely to be with a new bowling attack for the upcoming game. With less dew to contend with, Ravindra Jadeja will have to step. CSK are struggling with his form looking really poor. Contributions from their best player have been almost nil and they really need him to step up with the tournament slipping away from them.

Jonny Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow finally showed up. He dominated against the Knight Riders, showing his own power and ability to find the fence. An in-form Jonny Bairstow will be interesting to watch going forward, especially on a track that gives batters a chance in the powerplay.

CSK’s Top Five Batters This Season

Players	Matches	Runs	Average
Ruturaj Gaikwad	10	509	63.63
Shivam Dube	10	350	50
Daryl Mitchell	9	199	28.43
Ajinkya Rahane	10	199	22.11
Ravindra Jadeja	10	159	53

PBKS’s Top Five Batters This Season

Players	Matches	Runs	Average
Shashank Singh	10	288	72
Jonny Bairstow	8	250	35.71
Prabhsimran Singh	10	221	22.1
Sam Curran	10	178	22.25
Ashutosh Sharma	7	159	39.75

CSK’s Top Five Bowlers This Season

Players	Matches	Wickets	Average
Mustafizur Rahman	9	14	22.71
Matheesha Pathirana	6	13	13
Tushar Deshpande	9	10	27.7
Ravindra Jadeja	10	5	51.2
Deepak Chahar	8	5	40.4

PBKS’s Top Five Bowlers This Season

Players	Matches	Wickets	Average
Harshal Patel	10	14	24.14
Arshdeep Singh	10	13	27.23
Sam Curran	10	12	25.66
Kagiso Rabada	10	11	31.63
Harpreet Brar	10	6	39.66

CSK vs PBKS, Battles to Watch

Matheesha Pathirana vs Shashank Singh: Indian domestic batters have generally done well against Pathirana. Sai Sudharshan took him on last season and a few are doing well this time too. Shashank Singh, in the form of his life, could have a trick up his sleeve as well which will put CSK under a lot of pressure.

CSK vs PBKS Match Tips

Punjab Kings start favorites after having a really good run against CSK in recent years.

Match Prediction: Punjab Kings Will Win the Match