CSK vs PBKS: Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Tips, Pitch Report & Key Players | IPL 2025

The legendary Chepauk Stadium in Chennai is set to host a thrilling battle as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lock horns with Punjab Kings (PBKS) in a high-stakes clash in IPL 2025. Known for its spin-friendly surface, slow outfield, and roaring yellow army, the MA Chidambaram Stadium is a fortress for the home side and a fantasy hotspot for spinners and tactical all-rounders.

Pitch Report: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

The Chepauk pitch is traditionally slow and assists spinners heavily. Batting first is generally preferred, as the surface slows down in the second innings. Teams with quality spinners and tactical anchors tend to dominate.

Key Venue Stats (IPL):

Highest Team Total: 246/5 – CSK vs RR (2010)
Lowest Team Total: 70 – RCB vs CSK (2019)
Highest Individual Score: 127 – Murali Vijay (CSK) vs RR (2010)
Best Bowling Figures: 5/12 – Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) vs DC (2021)
Average 1st Innings Score: ~165
Win Rate Batting First: ~60%

Venue Performers

Ravindra Jadeja: A Chepauk magician, his all-around value and spin threat make him a top fantasy pick.
Matheesha Pathirana: His slingy Yorkers in the death overs bring fantasy gold with wickets at key moments.
Shreyas Iyer: PBKS skipper and a veteran anchor, his experience will be vital against CSK's spin threat.
Yuzvendra Chahal: A match-up player to watch on the spin-friendly surface, can return economical spells with breakthroughs.

Fantasy Captain Choices

Captain: Ravindra Jadeja / Noor Ahmed
Vice-Captain: Shreyas Iyer / Yuzvendra Chahal

Head-to-Head Record (CSK vs PBKS)

Total Matches: 30
Chennai Super Kings Wins: 15
Punjab Kings Wins: 15
Last Meeting: Punjab Kings won by 18 runs (IPL 2025)

IPL CHE vs PBKS players T20 past performance, current series performance, fantasy points and selection percentage.
Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Fantasy Selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Marco Jansen	PBKS	ALL	✅	104	RHB	68	24	949	71	21.56	140.17	5	121	LF	103	115	3.6	27.2	8.34	19.5	4	5/30	53	9	62.87	503	68	8	66	6	84.44	6.43	10.37	✅	5	93	8	73	8
Sam Curran	CSK	ALL	✅	270	LHB	217	44	4083	102	23.6	134.57	25	483	LMF	260	254	3.2	28.91	8.82	19.6	8	5/10	103	3	17.66	53	21	0	0	3	43.11	5.18	4.71	✅	1	173	154	3	0
Josh Inglis	PBKS	WK	✅	139	RHB	131	20	3370	118	30.36	148.06	21	450		0	0					0	-	116	4	41.66	125	45	0	50	2	41.68	1.68	1.96		17	30	10	0	16
Suryansh Shedge	PBKS	BAT	✅	12	RHB	10	6	133	36	33.25	237.5	0	20	RMF	9	8	2.2	23	9.27	14.8	0	2/11	4	4	7.5	30	6	0	0	8	1.62	0.09	0.14		36	0	1	-5	0
Shreyas Iyer	PBKS	BAT	✅	228	RHB	222	38	6224	147	33.82	135.59	43	788	OB,LBG	5	1	1.6	81	9.91	49	0	1/28	96	9	67.87	543	263	0	33	3	83.13	16.62	11.32	✅	3	142	122	0	8
Deepak Hooda	CSK	BAT	✅	216	RHB	183	32	3643	108	24.12	137.41	24	418	OB	74	27	2.1	42.88	7.56	34	1	4/10	100	4	20.25	81	29	0	25	7	5.01	0.17	0.22		22	6	2	0	0
Yuzvendra Chahal	PBKS	BOWL	✅	317	RHB	44	27	81	10	4.76	53.64	0	1	LBG	314	366	3.6	23.75	7.68	18.5	12	6/25	72	9	46	368	0	9	22	10	60.62	1.71	2.93	✅	2	143	0	139	0
Khaleel Ahmed	CSK	BOWL	✅	120	RHB	13	6	10	3	1.42	33.33	0	0	LFM	120	154	3.7	24.4	8.4	17.4	2	5/18	20	9	51.55	464	1	12	44	10	52.11	0.81	1.58	✅	7	77	0	73	0
Arshdeep Singh	PBKS	BOWL	✅	161	LHB	39	24	142	23	9.46	106.76	0	18	LMF	161	214	3.5	22.48	8.49	15.8	6	5/32	36	9	55.5	444	2	11	66	11	82.07	3.06	4.29	✅	8	76	0	72	0
Dewald Brevis	CSK	BAT	✅	69	RHB	66	4	1496	162	24.12	139.16	6	204	LB	20	15	2.3	22.93	7.39	18.6	0	2/19	30	1	82	82	42	0	100	4	49.08	3.62	4.6	✅	10	70	46	0	16
Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS	WK	⚡	93	RHB	92	11	2506	119	30.93	146.46	18	383		0	0					0	-	47	9	57.87	463	209	0	44	12	60.6	5.65	5.48	✅	4	106	94	0	0
Anshul Kamboj	CSK	BOWL	⚡	23	RHB	12	9	55	17	18.33	110	0	6	RM	23	27	2.9	19.85	8.01	14.8	0	3/12	9	3	54	162	5	3	100	12	5.01	0.09	0.16		23	5	0	1	0
Kamlesh Nagarkoti	CSK	BOWL	⚡	32	RHB	18	7	109	39	9.9	85.82	0	8	RF	31	29	3.3	27.06	7.75	20.9	0	3/14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.08	0.01	0.01		48	0	0	0	0
Priyansh Arya	PBKS	BAT	✅	23	LHB	23	1	767	103	34.86	177.54	5	122	OB	1	1	1	2	2	6	0	1/2	8	9	70.5	564	254	0	55	1	82.53	22.38	10.99		12	59	47	0	8
Harpreet Brar	PBKS	BOWL	✅	88	LHB	45	22	380	29	16.52	125.41	0	47	SLA	86	77	3.2	25.98	7.29	21.3	3	4/18	25	3	58	116	0	3	66	9	18.29	0.54	0.86		15	37	0	33	0
Musheer Khan	PBKS	ALL	⚡		RHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.18	0.01	0.01		24	0	0	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	ALL	✅	338	LHB	244	98	3769	62	25.81	130.27	3	410	SLA	306	227	3	31.01	7.6	24.4	4	5/16	138	9	62	558	166	6	66	6	90.15	15	17.47	✅	6	81	35	34	8
Matheesha Pathirana	CSK	BOWL	✅	83	RHB	16	8	35	8	4.37	58.33	0	3	RF	82	117	3.4	19.6	8.31	14.1	5	4/20	23	7	40	280	0	7	57	11	25.09	0.62	1.01	✅	9	74	0	70	0
MS Dhoni	CSK	WK	✅	397	RHB	348	150	7536	84	38.06	135.78	28	868	RM	1	0	2		12.5		0	-	316	9	43.55	392	140	0	55	8	23.4	0.75	0.64		16	33	21	0	8
Azmatullah Omarzai	PBKS	ALL	✅	121	RHB	92	23	1292	62	18.72	131.16	1	151	RMF	115	106	3.1	27.68	8.27	20	2	4/9	35	2	31	31	16	0	0	7	18.11	0.88	1.3		13	48	0	44	0
Shaik Rasheed	CSK	BAT	✅	17	RHB	15	3	352	100	29.33	127.07	2	45	LB	3	1	2	50	8.33	36	0	1/18	10	3	32.66	98	46	0	66	2	19.96	1.67	1.7		18	25	21	0	0
Ayush Mhatre	CSK	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	2	78	156	62	0	100	1	63.37	6.37	6.76		20	15	11	0	0
Shivam Dube	CSK	BAT	✅	161	LHB	144	40	3213	95	30.89	142.99	15	394	RM	85	54	2.3	31.62	8.84	21.4	0	3/27	52	9	52.66	474	242	0	44	5	67.78	3	4.73		21	14	10	0	0
Nehal Wadhera	PBKS	BAT	✅	41	LHB	36	6	815	64	27.16	136.97	5	108	LB	2	1	1.4	13	4.58	17	0	1/0	10	8	56.85	398	189	0	50	4	21.89	0.55	0.86		19	21	9	0	8
Noor Ahmad	CSK	BOWL	✅	138	RHB	46	19	181	20	6.7	95.26	0	18	LWS	136	162	3.6	21.9	7.17	18.3	5	5/11	35	9	58.66	528	3	14	55	9	72.44	1.93	4.2		14	47	0	35	8
Ramakrishna Ghosh	CSK	ALL	⚡	6	RHB	6	2	30	13	7.5	150	0	5	RMF	6	1	2.7	174	10.87	96	0	1/58	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.08	0.01	0.01		28	0	0	0	0
Jamie Overton	CSK	ALL	⚡	163	RHB	115	39	1597	83	21.01	158.11	1	202	RF	117	118	3	27.19	9.07	17.9	3	5/47	87	3	10.33	31	15	0	0	14	0.29	0.01	0.02		29	0	0	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	CSK	ALL	⚡	330	RHB	137	54	1212	50	14.6	119.29	1	139	OB	326	315	3.6	26.85	7.11	22.6	4	4/8	79	7	33.28	233	12	5	14	13	2.68	0.09	0.14		30	0	0	0	0
Xavier Bartlett	PBKS	BOWL	⚡	64	RHB	34	17	257	42	15.11	111.73	0	27	RFM	63	80	3.3	21.93	8.37	15.7	2	4/10	28	3	44.66	134	11	2	66	13	0.65	0.02	0.03		42	0	0	0	0
Praveen Dubey	PBKS	BOWL	⚡	26	RHB	19	7	153	33	12.75	96.83	0	15	LBG	25	24	2.9	21.66	7.17	18.1	1	4/19	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.08	0.01	0.01		44	0	0	0	0
Shashank Singh	PBKS	BAT	✅	79	RHB	67	17	1288	68	25.76	144.23	8	161	RM,OB	28	20	2.4	28.3	8.57	19.8	0	3/4	24	9	37.87	303	158	0	33	5	10.36	0.26	0.4	✅	11	65	45	0	16
Vijaykumar Vyshak	PBKS	BOWL	⚡	37	RHB	12	4	40	13	5	102.56	0	2	RM	37	47	3.5	23.89	8.63	16.5	0	3/5	8	1	11	11	0	0	0	16	0.11	0.01	0.01		43	0	0	0	0

Completed matches of Chennai Super Kings
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
MI vs CHE	23 Mar - 19:30	Chennai	CSK	MIMI	CSK	155/9 (20.0)	158/6 (19.1)	CSK CSK won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
CHE vs RCB	28 Mar - 19:30	Chennai	CSK	RCBRCB	CSK	196/7 (20.0)	146/8 (20.0)	RCB RCB won by 50 runs
CHE vs RR	30 Mar - 19:30	Guwahati	CSK	RRRR	CSK	182/9 (20.0)	176/6 (20.0)	RR RR won by 6 runs
CHE vs DC	05 Apr - 15:30	Chennai	DC	DCDC	CSK	183/6 (20.0)	158/5 (20.0)	DC DC won by 25 runs
PBKS vs CHE	08 Apr - 19:30	Mohali	PBKS	PBKSPBKS	CSK	219/6 (20.0)	201/5 (20.0)	PBKS PBKS won by 18 runs
CHE vs KKR	11 Apr - 19:30	Chennai	KKR	CSKCSK	KKR	103/9 (20.0)	107/2 (10.1)	KKR KKR won by 8 wickets (with 59 balls remaining)
LSG vs CHE	14 Apr - 19:30	Lucknow	CSK	LSGLSG	CSK	166/7 (20.0)	168/5 (19.3)	CSK CSK won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
MI vs CHE	20 Apr - 19:30	Mumbai	MI	CSKCSK	MI	176/5 (20.0)	177/1 (15.4)	MI MI won by 9 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
CHE vs SRH	25 Apr - 19:30	Chennai	SRH	CSKCSK	SRH	154/10 (19.5)	155/5 (18.4)	SRH SRH won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
CHE vs PBKS	30 Apr - 19:30	Chennai	PBKS	CSKCSK	PBKS	190/10 (19.2)	194/6 (19.4)	PBKS PBKS won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Completed matches of Punjab Kings
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
GT vs PBKS	25 Mar - 19:30	Ahmedabad	GT	PBKSPBKS	GT	243/5 (20.0)	232/5 (20.0)	PBKS PBKS won by 11 runs
LSG vs PBKS	01 Apr - 19:30	Lucknow	PBKS	LSGLSG	PBKS	171/7 (20.0)	177/2 (16.2)	PBKS PBKS won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
PBKS vs RR	05 Apr - 19:30	Mohali	PBKS	RRRR	PBKS	205/4 (20.0)	155/9 (20.0)	RR RR won by 50 runs
PBKS vs CHE	08 Apr - 19:30	Mohali	PBKS	PBKSPBKS	CSK	219/6 (20.0)	201/5 (20.0)	PBKS PBKS won by 18 runs
SRH vs PBKS	12 Apr - 19:30	Hyderabad	PBKS	PBKSPBKS	SRH	245/6 (20.0)	247/2 (18.3)	SRH SRH won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
PBKS vs KKR	15 Apr - 19:30	Mohali	PBKS	PBKSPBKS	KKR	111/10 (15.3)	95/10 (15.1)	PBKS PBKS won by 16 runs
RCB vs PBKS	18 Apr - 19:30	Bengaluru	PBKS	RCBRCB	PBKS	95/9 (14.0)	98/5 (12.1)	PBKS PBKS won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
PBKS vs RCB	20 Apr - 15:30	Mohali	RCB	PBKSPBKS	RCB	157/6 (20.0)	159/3 (18.5)	RCB RCB won by 7 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
CHE vs PBKS	30 Apr - 19:30	Chennai	PBKS	CSKCSK	PBKS	190/10 (19.2)	194/6 (19.4)	PBKS PBKS won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Completed matches at MA Chidambaram Stadium
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
MI vs CHE	23 Mar - 19:30	CSK	MIMI	CSK	155/9 (20.0)	158/6 (19.1)	CSK CSK won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
CHE vs RCB	28 Mar - 19:30	CSK	RCBRCB	CSK	196/7 (20.0)	146/8 (20.0)	RCB RCB won by 50 runs
CHE vs DC	05 Apr - 15:30	DC	DCDC	CSK	183/6 (20.0)	158/5 (20.0)	DC DC won by 25 runs
CHE vs KKR	11 Apr - 19:30	KKR	CSKCSK	KKR	103/9 (20.0)	107/2 (10.1)	KKR KKR won by 8 wickets (with 59 balls remaining)
CHE vs SRH	25 Apr - 19:30	SRH	CSKCSK	SRH	154/10 (19.5)	155/5 (18.4)	SRH SRH won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
CHE vs PBKS	30 Apr - 19:30	PBKS	CSKCSK	PBKS	190/10 (19.2)	194/6 (19.4)	PBKS PBKS won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for CSK
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
CHE vs PBKS	3	Sam Curran	caught	88	47	9	4	187.23
CHE vs DC	4	Vijay Shankar	not out	69	54	5	1	127.77
PBKS vs CHE	2	Devon Conway	retired out	69	49	6	2	140.81
MI vs CHE	1	Rachin Ravindra	not out	65	45	2	4	144.44
CHE vs RR	3	Ruturaj Gaikwad	caught	63	44	7	1	143.18
MI vs CHE	3	Ruturaj Gaikwad	caught	53	26	6	3	203.84
MI vs CHE	4	Ravindra Jadeja	not out	53	35	4	2	151.42
MI vs CHE	5	Shivam Dube	caught	50	32	2	4	156.25
LSG vs CHE	5	Shivam Dube	not out	43	37	3	2	116.21
PBKS vs CHE	4	Shivam Dube	bowled	42	27	3	2	155.55
CHE vs SRH	5	Dewald Brevis	caught	42	25	1	4	168
CHE vs RCB	1	Rachin Ravindra	bowled	41	31	5	0	132.25
LSG vs CHE	2	Rachin Ravindra	lbw	37	22	5	0	168.18
PBKS vs CHE	1	Rachin Ravindra	stumped	36	23	6	0	156.52
CHE vs RR	6	Ravindra Jadeja	not out	32	22	2	1	145.45
MI vs CHE	3	Ayush Mhatre	caught	32	15	4	2	213.33
CHE vs PBKS	5	Dewald Brevis	bowled	32	26	2	1	123.07
CHE vs KKR	5	Shivam Dube	not out	31	29	3	0	106.89
CHE vs RCB	9	MS Dhoni	not out	30	16	3	2	187.5
CHE vs DC	7	MS Dhoni	not out	30	26	1	1	115.38

Top bowling performance for CSK
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
MI vs CHE	Noor Ahmad	4	18	4	4.5
MI vs CHE	Khaleel Ahmed	4	29	3	7.25
CHE vs RCB	Noor Ahmad	4	36	3	9
CHE vs RCB	Matheesha Pathirana	4	36	2	9
CHE vs RR	Matheesha Pathirana	4	28	2	7
CHE vs RR	Khaleel Ahmed	4	38	2	9.5
CHE vs RR	Noor Ahmad	4	28	2	7
CHE vs DC	Khaleel Ahmed	4	25	2	6.25
PBKS vs CHE	Ravichandran Ashwin	4	48	2	12
PBKS vs CHE	Khaleel Ahmed	4	45	2	11.25
LSG vs CHE	Ravindra Jadeja	3	24	2	8
LSG vs CHE	Matheesha Pathirana	4	45	2	11.25
CHE vs SRH	Noor Ahmad	4	42	2	10.5
CHE vs PBKS	Matheesha Pathirana	4	45	2	11.25
CHE vs PBKS	Khaleel Ahmed	3.4	28	2	7.63
MI vs CHE	Ravichandran Ashwin	4	31	1	7.75
MI vs CHE	Nathan Ellis	4	38	1	9.5
CHE vs RCB	Ravichandran Ashwin	2	22	1	11
CHE vs RCB	Khaleel Ahmed	4	28	1	7
CHE vs RR	Ravindra Jadeja	2	10	1	5

Top batting performance for PBKS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
PBKS vs CHE	1	Priyansh Arya	caught	103	42	7	9	245.23
GT vs PBKS	3	Shreyas Iyer	not out	97	42	5	9	230.95
KKR vs PBKS	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	83	49	6	6	169.38
SRH vs PBKS	3	Shreyas Iyer	caught	82	36	6	6	227.77
CHE vs PBKS	3	Shreyas Iyer	bowled	72	41	5	4	175.6
LSG vs PBKS	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	69	34	9	3	202.94
KKR vs PBKS	1	Priyansh Arya	caught	69	35	8	4	197.14
PBKS vs RR	5	Nehal Wadhera	caught	62	41	4	3	151.21
CHE vs PBKS	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	54	36	5	3	150
LSG vs PBKS	3	Shreyas Iyer	not out	52	30	3	4	173.33
PBKS vs CHE	7	Shashank Singh	not out	52	36	2	3	144.44
GT vs PBKS	1	Priyansh Arya	caught	47	23	7	2	204.34
GT vs PBKS	7	Shashank Singh	not out	44	16	6	2	275
LSG vs PBKS	4	Nehal Wadhera	not out	43	25	3	4	172
SRH vs PBKS	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	42	23	7	1	182.6
SRH vs PBKS	1	Priyansh Arya	caught	36	13	2	4	276.92
PBKS vs CHE	8	Marco Jansen	not out	34	19	2	2	178.94
SRH vs PBKS	7	Marcus Stoinis	not out	34	11	1	4	309.09
RCB vs PBKS	5	Nehal Wadhera	not out	33	19	3	3	173.68
PBKS vs RCB	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	33	17	5	1	194.11

Top bowling performance for PBKS
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
PBKS vs KKR	Yuzvendra Chahal	4	28	4	7
CHE vs PBKS	Yuzvendra Chahal	3	32	4	10.66
LSG vs PBKS	Arshdeep Singh	4	43	3	10.75
PBKS vs KKR	Marco Jansen	3.1	17	3	5.36
GT vs PBKS	Arshdeep Singh	4	36	2	9
PBKS vs RR	Lockie Ferguson	4	37	2	9.25
PBKS vs CHE	Lockie Ferguson	4	40	2	10
RCB vs PBKS	Marco Jansen	3	10	2	3.33
RCB vs PBKS	Arshdeep Singh	3	23	2	7.66
RCB vs PBKS	Harpreet Brar	2	25	2	12.5
RCB vs PBKS	Yuzvendra Chahal	3	11	2	3.66
CHE vs PBKS	Arshdeep Singh	3.2	25	2	7.5
CHE vs PBKS	Marco Jansen	4	30	2	7.5
GT vs PBKS	Marco Jansen	4	44	1	11
GT vs PBKS	Glenn Maxwell	2	26	1	13
LSG vs PBKS	Marco Jansen	4	28	1	7
LSG vs PBKS	Lockie Ferguson	3	26	1	8.66
LSG vs PBKS	Glenn Maxwell	3	22	1	7.33
LSG vs PBKS	Yuzvendra Chahal	4	36	1	9
PBKS vs RR	Arshdeep Singh	4	35	1	8.75