CSK vs PBKS Highlights, IPL 2026: Priyansh, Shreyas fireworks make quick work of 210-run chase; more headaches for CSK

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Yuzvendra Chahal nearly gets Mhatre! Not reading the spin quite as well – top edge attempting the sweep, Vyshak at short fine has to sprint forward and put in the big dive. He just abot gets there, but can't hold on as his arms jarr into the ground. SPills out – bonus for Mhatre.

Chahal bowling really well. 0/13 in his two overs.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Terrific from Mhatre. Respected Chahal in the previous over to get his eye in, but unafraid to target Stoinis. Gaikwad happy to rotate and hand over the responsibility to him while he;s striking it so well.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Stoinis on, and Stoinis gone! Too floaty, too full, Mhatre can clear his front leg and send it flying straight back to reach a 29-ball fifty!

He's dealing in boundaries and he's not done – goes after it again and six more off Stoinis! Mhatre, wow. 90/1 after 8.2.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Premier international fast bowler and it matters not one bit! Bouncer which he pulls and sends the distance, then the slower one that deceives him a little but not enough not to be pumped all the way as well!

Brutal brutal hitting. It's 71/1 after 7 overs, and Mhatre is looking incredible.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Arshdeep turns to the yorkers early against Mhatre and nails them – good bowling, no further damage.

Night and day for CSK compared to Guwahati. Mhatre has given them a platform – can Gaikwad get going?

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Momentum through the powerplay! CSK are up and running. Mhatre playing his role to a T, not letting the bowlers settle.

Overpitched from Arshdeep, Mhatre clears his front leg and hammers it past mid-on.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: SWATTED! Shorter one into the surface from Vyshak, but Mhatre is level to it! Well in front of square, a tennis forehand of a shot that flies all the way! Some batting from the youngster so far.

49/1 after 5 overs.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Excellent hitting! Hat-trick of boundaries - doesn't care Bartlett got Samson, doesn't care he's a leading T20 bowler for Australia now. There to be hit, he will hit it!

39/1 after 4.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Punjab had kept things quiet but CSK will want their U-19 WC winning captain to take the risks in this partnership, show the bravery that his teammate Vaibhav Sooryavanshi does. It's a good hit off Bartlett, chips it through the on-side gap for four.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: It hasn't been Sanju Samson's tournament so far! After Burger, it's Barthlett today! Just flirts with one outside off-stump with not much foot movement, and an edge carries through to Prabhsimran!

It's 14/1 – Chennai not having a great time of it!

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: No massive risks against Arshdeep – but Bartlett comes on for the second, and is greeted with a crisp shot for four! Up and running.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Ready for action! A threatening new ball duo of Arshdeep and Jansen to contend with, but Gaikwad and Samson will want runs. Away we go!

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: No surprises for Punjab, the strongest XI sticks around. Priyansh Arya starts off the bench.

Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Young Prashant Veer in for CSK, replacing Matt Short – Sarfaraz Khan in from the start.

Playing XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Matt Henry, Khaleel Ahmed

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Toss goes Shreyas Iyer's way, and easy decision to bowl first as expected! Massive cheer from the crowd – they don't mind not waiting for captain Gaikwad and a first look at Chetta!

Team news next.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Minutes to go before the toss. Keep an eye on the Samson vs Chahal battle – 5 dismissals in 12 innings, making him the most potent bowler against Samson. Within his purple patch, the main mode of attack for Punjab.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Shreyas Iyer was hit hard on his hand by a comebacker from Cooper Connolly in the opener – could have been the latest in a long line of bizarre injuries to him. But captain Shreyas is reportedly okay, with no broken bones, which should be good news for PBKS.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Should have the toss in another hlaf an hour, and the go-to move thus far has been to chase. Shouldn't expect that to change today.

As for personnel changes, Dewald Brevis is expected to be fit, which means he slots right in – but there is a chance that CSK don't risk him just yet. No need to push their luck this early, they might feel.

For Punjab, don't expect too many changes: their strongest XI minus Lockie Ferguson played in the opener, and that will be what they go with again.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Gone are the days when Chepauk was a slow, low dust bowl that used to turn square and be like hell for overseas batters. Recently, it has been a fast, high scoring venue. As per early pitch reports, should be a high scoring game today too.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Another. man who enjoyed himself against CSK was Priyansh Arya, who announced himself to the IPL with a century against CSK at Mullanpur last year. With 103 blistered off 42 deliveries, Arya's innings was an indication not just of his own quality, but of the overall quality coming through the many state leagues in India in recent years, leaving top-quality international bowlers with no answers.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: The last time the teams met in Chennai, CSK had one of the better batting performances of their season, scoring 190 thanks in large part to a terrific 88 from Sam Curran. But Punjab, high on confidence late int he seaosn, always backed themselves to chase it down – Chahal's four-fer in the 19th over ensured what could have been a score of 210 was 20 runs short of that, and Prabhsimran Singh's fluent fifty combined with Shreyas Iyer's captain's knock of 72(41) ensured Punjab got home with just two balls to spare.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: Over the last five years, Punjab's Kings have dominated Chennai's Super ones. In eight fixtures going back to 2021, Chennai have won just the single one, in Dharamsala in 2024: other than that, Punjab have dominated, turning the tables on what had been a one-sided rivalry to that point.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: For Punjab, it was a far more competitive match – although they will feel they complicated a straightforward chase against GT. Set an under-par target, they looked on their way with Connolly, Prabhsimran, and Iyer – but Iyer's wicket triggered a middle order collapse, which forced the Aussie debutant to dig deep and show great maturity for his age to take his new franchise home for the two points.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: CSK got their IPL 2026 journey started in Guwahati, but it was more or less dead on arrival after Nandre Burger and Jofra Archer snapped through the top order to leave them reeling. CSK limped their way through the first innings, but even some determined batting late on by Jamie Overton was never going to be enough. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stepped up a day after his 15th birthday and took 15 deliveries to whack his way to a half-century – serving the IPL a warning, and downing CSK with nearly 8 overs to spell. A hammering.

CSK vs PBKS LIVE Score: We head over to Chepauk to continue the early parts of this intriguing IPL 2026 season. Hosts Chennai are stuck to the bottom of the table after a bruising opening defeat courtesy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, and need points on the board – but a confident Punjab Kings won't make things easy for them in Chepauk. Stay tuned!