In the 7th league match of IPL 2026, today on Friday, 03 April, the teams of Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings are facing each other at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Through this match, CSK under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad will look for its first win of the season. Whereas Punjab would like to look towards its second consecutive victory.

Chennai had to face defeat by 8 wickets against Rajasthan Royals in the first match. On the other hand, Punjab had won against Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets in the first match. Punjab team is at fifth position in the points table, while Chennai is at the bottom tenth position. It will be interesting to see how the Chennai team performs against Punjab.

Once again Chennai may have to be deprived of the services of MS Dhoni. Dhoni is undergoing rehab these days due to injury. Even in the first match against Rajasthan, Mahi could not be a part of CSK’s playing 11. It is looking very difficult for Dhoni to play in the second match against Punjab also. While issuing an update on Dhoni on March 28, Chennai had said that he may be out for the first two weeks of the tournament.

Chennai squad for the tournament

Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Matthew Short, Karthik Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmed, Matt Henry, Anshul Kamboj, Khalil Ahmed, Sarfaraz Khan, Prashant Veer, Rahul Chahar, Gurjapaneet Singh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Akeal Hosein, MS Dhoni, Shreyas Gopal, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Chaudhary, Aman Khan, Dewald Brewis, Zachary Foulkes, Urvil Patel.

Punjab’s squad for the tournament

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vishak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah. Umarzai, Ben Dwarshuis, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Payla Avinash, Vishal Nishad.