On April 8, the Indian Premier League 2025 will return to its intense matches with CSK vs PBKS in Match 22. Mullanpur’s Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium will host this game.
At the beginning of the IPL, Punjab Kings had won two back-to-back matches against Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants. However, their streak of winning ended in the last match against the Rajasthan Royals at Mullanpur. On Tuesday, the team captained by Shreyas Iyer would try to resume their winning ways. The Chennai Super Kings have faced a difficult IPL 2025 season thus far. They defeated their bitter rivals, the Mumbai Indians, in their opening game of the season, giving them a strong start. However, after three straight losses, both experts and supporters are doubting their desire to win games. With games coming in great numbers, the Men in Yellow would like to break the losing streak.
Slower conditions are perfect for Chennai Super Kings, and Mullanpur’s surface might work to their advantage. Here, RR showed the strength of spin by making excellent use of all three of their spinners: Wanindu Hasaranga, Kumar Kartikeya, and Maheesh Theekshana. Even Sandeep Sharma’s combination of yorkers and slower balls was hard to put away. Hence, it will be interesting to see how the spinners of CSK will spread their magic of spin on the field.
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium Pitch Report
The Rajasthan Royals scored 205/4 in the opening IPL 2025 match at Mullanpur before holding Punjab to 155/9. Shreyas said after the game that a target of 180–185 would have been perfect for them because the pitch was holding a little. The average first-inning score in the six IPL matches that have taken place in Mullanpur is 174. Both batting first and chasing teams have won three games. So, it will be interesting to see which team wins today’s CSK vs PBKS match.
