Today is the day when T20 cricket fans get an IPL 2026 match between the Punjab Kings and the Chennai Super Kings. This is the seventh match of the IPL season and the second match for each club.
As any organization in any of the other major sports leagues will tell you (NFL, NBA, MLB, & NHL), the second match of the season doesn’t have the same jitters as the first. That means the Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings can have an easier time focusing on what they need to do to be successful.
Here are live updates, a live score, the squad list for both teams, and more.
LIVE UPDATES & SCORE: Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings (April 3rd, 2026)
Live Score
Punjab Kings: Will bowl first.
Chennai Super Kings: 76/1 in 7.5 overs.
Live Updates
CSK’s powerplay is complete: 57/1 after 6 overs.
Sanju Samson is dismissed, for the first wicket of the match.
Prashant Veer makes their debut for CSK in today’s match.
*Both teams have confirmed their playing XI for this match. (See below)
*PBKS have won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Confirmed Playing XI for April 3rd Match Between PBKS & CSK
Here are the confirmed playing 11 for both clubs.
Punjab Kings: P. Singh (wk), C. Connolly, S. Iyer (c), S. Singh, N. Wadhera, M. Stoinis, M. Jansen, X. Bartlett, V. Vijaykumar, A Singh, Y Chahal.
Chennai Super Kings: S. Samson (wk), R. Gaikwad (c), A. Mhatre, S. Khan, S. Dube, K. Sharma, P. Veer, N. Ahmad, A. Kamboj, M. Henry, K. Ahmed.
Squads for the T20 Cricket Match Between the Punjab Kings & Chennai Super Kings
Here are the squads for the Punjab Kings and the Chennai Super Kings.
Punjab Kings Squad
- Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey, Vishal Nishad, & Lockie Ferguson.
- Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, & Shashank Singh.
- All-Rounders: Marcus Stoinis, Harprett Brar, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen, Cooper Connolly, & Ben Dwarshuis.
Chennai Super Kings Squad
- All-Rounders: Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Zak Foulkes, & Shivam Dube.
- Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Sanju Samson, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre, Kartik Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan, & Urvil Patel.
- Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Akeal Hosein, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, & Spencer Johnson.
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