IPL 2022, Match 38 PBKS vs CSK, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings will be locking horns against each other in the 38th match of IPL 2022 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Last season, CSK were the champions while PBKS finished seventh in the table. However both teams aren’t having a great season so far, with Punjab Kings at the eighth place with three wins and Chennai Super Kings in the ninth place with two wins. Both PBKS and CSK have played only one match at Wankhede Stadium so far in this season, with both losing then. This will be the second PBKS-CSK match of this season, with PBKS defeating CSK by 54 runs in the first encounter.

Out of Punjab King’s last five IPL matches, they won both matches while batting first but lost all three matches while chasing. Their openers Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan are badly out of form, despite looking strong on paper. Jonny Bairstow who replaced Bhanuka Rajapaksa is yet to provide a decent knock. Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma have played some crucial knocks further down the order. Leg spinner Rahul Chahar has been their top bowler, both in wicket-taking and controlling the run rate.

The difference between CSK’s last season and the current season is the Ruturaj Gaikwad’s inability to score much. Despite an out of form opening pair and an unsettling number three, Ambati Rayudu at No.4 has slowly begun to find his form, and Shivam Dube at No.5 has been their top performer. 38-year old pacer Dwayne Bravo and 21-year old spinner Maheesh Theekshana have been their top performers with the ball.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 38 between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League 2022:

Head to head – CSK and PBKS have faced each other in 26 IPL matches, with CSK winning 15 and PBKS winning 11.

1 – Punjab Kings have won only one out of their last six IPL matches at Wankhede Stadium.

1 – Mayank Agarwal (at 10 fifty-plus scores) needs one fifty-plus score to overtake David Miller and become the player with the joint third-highest fifty-plus scores for Punjab Kings in the IPL. Only KL Rahul and Shaun Marsh have more fifty-plus scores for the franchise in the league.

100 – Ravindra Jadeja, if he comes to bat, will be batting in his 100th innings for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. He will become the third player to bat in a century of innings for CSK, after Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni.

2 – Arshdeep Singh at 32 wickets needs to take two more wickets to overtake Mohit Sharma and become the pacer with the fifth-highest wickets for Punjab Kings in the IPL. The top four are Sandeep Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Irfan Pathan, and Parvinder Awana.

6 – Both Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings have played once this season at Wankhede, and both teams lost against KKR by a six-wicket margin at this ground.

9 – Dwayne Bravo needs to score nine more runs to reach 1000 runs for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. He will become the second player with 1000+ runs and 100+ wickets for a franchise in the IPL, after his CSK teammate Ravindra Jadeja.

53 – Ruturaj Gaikwad needs to score 53 more runs to reach 1000 runs in the IPL. If he reaches it in the next match, he will become the fastest Indian player to 1000 runs, in just 30 innings.

65 – Mayank Agarwal needs to score 65 runs to become the fourth player to reach 1500 runs for Punjab Kings in the IPL. The other three players who did it are Shaun Marsh, David Miller and KL Rahul.

2 – Shikhar Dhawan (5998) needs two runs to complete the landmark of 6000 runs in the IPL.

1 – Dhawan (199) is also one game away from reaching the landmark of 200 matches in the IPL.

4 – Jonny Bairstow (46) requires four sixes to reach 50 maximums in the league.

4 – Moeen Ali (46) needs four sixes to reach 50 maximums in the tournament.

55 – Jonny Bairstow (3945) requires 55 runs to get to 4000 runs in the T20 matches.

1 – MS Dhoni (199) is one inning away from reaching 200 innings in the IPL.

11 – Dhawan (8989) is 11 runs short of completing 9000 runs in the T20 games.

4 – Mayank Agarwal (396) needs four fours to get to 400 fours in T20 cricket.

5 – Bhanuka Rajapaksa (1995) requires five runs to get to 2000 runs in the T20 matches.

8 – MS Dhoni (492) needs eight fours to get to 500 fours in T20 cricket.

3 – Dwayne Bravo (97) requires three fours to get to 100 fours for CSK in T20 cricket.

51 – Robin Uthappa (4949) is 51 runs away from completing the landmark of 5000 runs in the IPL.

1 – Rahul Chahar (49) is one game away from reaching the milestone of 50 matches in the tournament.

5 – Agarwal (145) is five big hits away from completing 150 sixes in T20 cricket.

1 – Moeen Ali (149) needs one scalp to complete 150 wickets in the T20 matches.

8 – Shivam Dube (42) needs eight fours to get to 50 fours in the IPL.

3 – Bravo (47) also requires three big hits to get to 50 sixes for CSK in the IPL.

9 – Gaikwad (91) is also nine fours away from completing 100 fours in the league.

23 – Ravindra Jadeja (2477) requires 23 runs to get to 2500 runs in the tournament.