Chennai Super Kings will hope for a better all-round showing in its first home match of the IPL 2026 season against the Punjab Kings on Sunday.
A poor effort with the bat saw the side skittled out for 127 in Guwahati, with Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s fifty leading a relatively easy chase for the Royals.
Punjab Kings stuttered in the middle of its chase against the Gujarat Titans but eventually got over the line to start its season with a win.
The two sides met only once in the previous edition, when Priyansh Arya’s hundred catapulted the side to an 18-run win.
Ahead of the Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings IPL 2026 match, here are some important statistics to know:
CSK vs PBKS head-to-head record: Matches played: 32 Chennai Super Kings wins: 16 Punjab Kings wins: 15 Tied: 1
MOST RUNS IN CSK vs PBKS IPL MATCHES
Player Innings Runs Average Strike-rate HS Suresh Raina 20 713 44.56 150.73 100* MS Dhoni 31 637 42.46 151.66 79* Faf du Plessis 13 547 60.77 147.83 96 KL Rahul 8 365 52.14 149.59 98* Shaun Marsh 7 296 49.33 141.62 88*
MOST WICKETS IN CSK vs PBKS IPL MATCH
Player Innings Wickets Average Economy rate BBI R. Ashwin 18 19 27.47 7.56 3/23 Dwayne Bravo 15 18 22.05 8.44 3/27 Ravindra Jadeja 24 16 32.87 7.85 3/20 Albie Morkel 9 12 22.83 8.17 3/29 Shardul Thakur 8 12 21.25 9.32 3/28
Published on Apr 03, 2026