Punjab Kings will look to extend their winning run as they face Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. In their previous encounter this season, Punjab came out on top with an 18-run victory over Chennai. With five wins from nine matches, the Shreyas Iyer-led side will be keen to keep the momentum going as the playoff race intensifies.

What to Expect from the Pitch?
The Chepauk surface has traditionally favoured teams bowling first. In the last 10 matches at the venue, the average first-innings score has been 160. Notably, teams chasing have won 60 percent of the time, making the toss a potentially decisive factor.

Head-to-Head Battle :
Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings have faced each other on 32 occasions in T20s. While Chennai Super Kings have won 17 matches, their rivals have emerged victorious on 15 instances. Meanwhile, 1 match ended in a tie. The last 5 T20 contests have seen Chennai Super Kings win 1 time and Punjab Kings 4 times. The highest score in these 5 matches is 219 by Punjab Kings while the lowest has been 139 by Punjab Kings.
The team batting first has won 9 times, lost 7 times in 16 matches, meanwhile the chasing side has won on 8 occasions, lost 8 times in 16 matches.

As both teams gear up for a crucial mid-season clash, Punjab will look to build on recent head-to-head success and stay in contention for a playoff berth.

Chennai Super Kings Squad:

Andre Siddarth, Ayush Mhatre, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Rachin Ravindra, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shivam Dube, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Vansh Bedi (wk), Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmad and Shreyas Gopal.

Punjab Kings Squad:

Harnoor Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Josh Inglis (wk), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Vishnu Vinod (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur and Yuzvendra Chahal.