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Chennai Super Kings or Punjab Kings, who will win today’s match? Understand from statistics who has the upper hand

By Samira Vishwas

The 7th match of IPL 2026 will be played between CSK VS PBKS. There is a lot of excitement among the fans about this match to be played at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai, because both the teams have played one match each. While Chennai had to face defeat in its first match, Punjab had won its first match. So let us know before the start of the match which team will have the upper hand during this match? Which team will have more chances of winning…

Who has the upper hand in the CSK VS PBKS match?

A total of 32 matches have been played between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings in the IPL so far, in which CSK has won 16 matches and Punjab Kings have won the same number of matches. In such a situation, the head to head record shows that a tough match is going to be seen between the two teams today.

Punjab Kings have the upper hand in Chepauk

If we talk about the last 5 matches played between CSK VS PBKS, Punjab has won 4 of them, whereas Chennai team could win only one match. Whereas, if we talk about Chepauk Stadium, Punjab Kings seem to have the upper hand there. Both the teams have faced each other in a total of 9 matches in the IPL so far on this ground, in which Punjab Kings have won 5 out of 9 matches played against CSK at Chepauk Stadium, while Chennai Super Kings team has managed to win only 4 matches.

Who will get help on Chepauk pitch?

The pitch of Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium was usually helpful to spin bowlers, but in the T20 World Cup 2026, it was seen that the surface has now become batting friendly. However, even now there is a fierce competition between the ball and the bat. The average score of the team batting first is around 170.

So far 91 IPL matches have been played on this ground, out of which the team batting first has won 51 matches and the chasing team has won 40 matches.

This may be the playing XI of both the teams in CSK vs PBKS match.

Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Matthew Short, Karthik Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmed, Matt Henry, Anshul Kamboj.

Impact players: Sarfaraz Khan

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vishak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact players: Priyansh Arya

Squads of both the teams

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dubey, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Spencer Johnson, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Chaudhary, Sanju Samson (traded from Rajasthan Royals), Akil Hussain, Prashant Veer, Karthik Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Mathew. Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Jack Foulkes.

Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Vishal Nishad, Praveen Dubey, Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Umzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jensen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Payla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyashank Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.

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