The Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab are all set to lock horns in the 18th match of the IPL. The game will be held at the MS Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. So the news from the centre is that the home team has won the toss and has elected to bat. Out of the 19 times the two teams played with each other, Chennai Super Kings went on to win 11 games and the rest were won by the Kings XI Punjab. CSK vs KXIP, IPL 2019 Live Cricket Streaming: Watch Free Telecast of Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab on Star Sports and Hotstar Online
However, the Chennai Super Kings have a great record at their home ground. The home team have a 14-1 win-loss record in the last 15 matches they’ve played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab are both undefeated when they’ve batted first this season.
Talking about the teams' last games, The Chennai Super Kings lost their last game against the Mumbai Indians in Mumbai by 37 runs. The team is now placed on number four of the IPL 2019 points table with six points as the teams have won three games out of four and lost one. Ditto with KXIP, which has won three games out of four.
Check out the video of the toss.
.@msdhoni wins the toss and puts his team @ChennaiIPL in to bat first on a hot afternoon in Chennai. 🌞#CSKvKXIP pic.twitter.com/Hy7vW3www3
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 6, 2019
Check out the playing XI of the teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Scott Kuggeleijn, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami
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