The 49th match of the ongoing IPL 2024 is being played today on May 1 between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings (CSK vs PBKS). Let us tell you that in this ongoing match at Chepauk Stadium, Punjab has won the toss against Chennai and decided to bowl first.

However, despite performing brilliantly for Chennai Super Kings in the last few matches, Mathisha Pathirana and Tushar Deshpande are not playing in this match. In such a situation, the question might be coming in your mind that why are these players not playing in this match? So let us answer your question:

So this is why Mathisha Pathirana and Tushar Deshpande are not playing

Let us tell you that at the time of toss, regarding Tushar Deshpande and Mathisha Pathirana not playing for Chennai Super Kings against Punjab Kings, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said that Pathirana has a swallow injury, due to which he will not be able to play in the match. So regarding Tushar he said that he is not completely well.

Because of this he is not a part of the match. In the match, Pathirana is going to be replaced by Richard Gleeson, whose debut IPL match is today, while Shardul Thakur has not got a place in the playing eleven in place of Tushar.

Playing XI of both the teams for the match:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Richard Gleeson, Mustafizur Rahman.

impact player: Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Chaudhary, Simarjit Singh, Sheikh Rashid, Prashant Solanki.

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran (captain), Riley Russo, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

impact player: Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Rishi Dhawan, Vidwat Kawerappa, Harpreet Singh Bhatia.