PBKS vs CSK Live Cricket Score, IPL 2025: Hello and a very warm welcome to News18 CricketNext’s live coverage of Match 22 of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. The fourth-placed Punjab Kings (PBKS) are hosting five-time champions and ninth-placed Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh.
Neither team is used to this points table position. CSK, with a history of unparalleled success in this competition, find themselves out of solutions to the same problems: bad batting form, lack of options in the bowling, Ruturaj Gaikwad’s inability to inspire in either and the MS Dhoni conundrum.
PBKS look rejuvenated under Ricky Ponting and Shreyas Iyer but their past is still haunting them a bit: last season they won just one match in Mullanpur and their first appearance of the season here ended in a huge 50-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals. In their joint press conference before the season, Ponting and Iyer addressed it but the solutions are yet to be seen — can they do it against a side that doesn’t travel well?
PBKS vs CSK: Probable XIs
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh
Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed
Mullanpur Pitch and Weather Forecast
The wicket in Mullanpur offers decent help for batters. A good batting track is expected at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, and some help for seamers is expected as well. Spinners generally don’t get a lot of turn here but might be able to use the lack of pace on offer.
The weather in Mullanpur on Tuesday is expected to remain clear. The temperatures will hover around 39 degrees Celsius during the day and 23 degrees Celsius at night.
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