The 53rd match of the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab in Abu Dhabi today.

Its a very important match for the kings xi as they need to grab those 2 points to stay alive in the tournament.
As far as Chennai are concerned, they are first team to be rules out of contention for IPL 2020 playoffs would be looking to give opportunities to few of their rookie olayers especially the ones who haven’t played in the tournament till now.

Matched played in India: 19 (CSK 11, KXIP 8)

Matches played in UAE: 2 (CSK 1, KXIP 1)

CSK average score against KXIP: 170

KXIP average score against CSK: 161

Most runs for CSK: 525 (MS Dhoni)

Most runs for KXIP: 233 (Lokesh Rahul)

Most wickets for CSK: 9 (Ravindra Jadeja)

Most wickets for KXIP: 2 (Mohammed Shami)

Most catches for CSK: 18 (MS Dhoni)

Most catches for KXIP: 11 (Lokesh Rahul)

The last time when Super Kings and Kings XI had locked horns against each other was four weeks ago at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul had top-scored with his 63 (52) to propel his team to 178/4 in 20 overs.

That being said, a competitive total was mocked by Chennai opening batsmen in Shane Watson (83 not out) and Faf du Plessis (87 not out) as their 181-run opening stand had guided CSK to a 10-wicket victory in the 18th over.