Sam Curran gained the toss as Punjab Kings elected to bowl first in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings within the forty ninth match of the IPL 2024 on Wednesday. Punjab Kings area the identical taking part in eleven however Chennai Tremendous Kings made two main adjustments to their beginning eleven with Matheesha Pathirana lacking out.
After shedding the toss, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad revealed that Pathirana suffered a niggle and Tushar Deshpande is just not feeling effectively. The star bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur and England’s veteran pacer Richard Gleeson got here into Chennai’s beginning eleven as replacements.
“We might have fielded first, however we weren’t precisely positive,” Ruturaj Gaikwad stated after shedding the toss. “All the time powerful defending right here with a whole lot of dew, however the truth that we gained by 78 runs reveals rather a lot concerning the staff, we’ll be lacking out on Pathirana and Tushar Deshpande immediately. We’ll need to get there early and make a great rating. Each recreation is essential. Pathirana has a slight niggle, Deshpande is not effectively, so we have Shardul and Richard Gleeson makes his debut.”
Chennai Tremendous Kings Enjoying XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Richard Gleeson, Mustafizur Rahman.
Chennai Tremendous Kings Influence Subs: Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Prashant Solanki.
Punjab Kings Enjoying XI: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran (c), Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
Punjab Kings Influence Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Singh Bhatia.
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