Chennai Super Kings Captain MS Dhoni Won the toss and elected to Bowl first against Punjab Kings in the 8th match of IPL 2021. The match is being played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

CSK has a upper hand against PBKS in the battle of "Kings". Chennai have won 6 out of 8 matches against Punjab since 2015, and last year they defeated Punjab both the times.

Punjab Kings (PBKS) - KL Rahul (c/wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Murugan Ashwin, Riley Meredith, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c, wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar.