Punjab Kings Captain KL Rahul won the toss and elected to field first against Chennai Super Kings in the 53rd match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

Head 2 head count between CSK & PBKS stands at 15 -8 with Chennai dominating Punjab. Last time these two teams met in the first leg, CSK defeated PBKS by 6 wickets. Playing XI of both teams are:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Robin Uthappa/Suresh Raina, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood

Punjab Kings (PBKS) - KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Chris Jordan, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh