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Out of their comfort zone -- home ground Chepauk -- Chennai Super Kings have to quickly find their best possible combination to put their IPL 2021 campaign back on track after losing against Delhi Capitals by seven wickets. CSK could not defend a fairly competitive score like 188. DC's Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw made mincemeat of Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar & Co with a 138-run opening wicket stand that killed the match as a contest. Spinners have got the bulk of the wickets at Wankhede and the bad news is that Chennai will miss both Lungi Ngidi and Jason Behrendorff due to quarantine rules. So bowling remains a concern for CSK as much as skipper MS Dhoni's form top of the order. Punjab Kings are slightly better placed with a four-run win against Rajasthan Royals in their first match. PBKS also struggled to defend a score of 221 against RR and had youngster Arshdeep Singh (3/35) not bowled a pretty tight last over, Punjab Kings could have lost the humdinger. The good thing for PBKS is their skipper KL Rahul is in good form and so is Chris Gayle. Deepak Hooda's 64 off 28 was well-timed and if the bowlers, led by veteran Mohammed Shami, can get their act right, Punjab will be a much formidable side. Get live cricket scores of PBKS vs CSK here.
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