IPL 2025: Is Vijay Shankar playing in PBKS vs CSK Match 22?

Will Vijay Shankar feature in today’s clash between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Mullanpur? The answer is yes as both teams have gone unchanged into this clash.

The 34-year-old all-rounder played a slow innings against the Delhi Capitals (DC), scoring 69* off 54 deliveries at a strike rate of 127.78, and so his efforts came in a losing cause. With just two matches under his belt in the 2025 IPL season, tallying 78 runs in total, doubts had lingered among fans whether he will play the next match.

Toss Update

PBKS skipper won the toss and elected to bat first, with the team set to play on a different pitch from the one used in their previous match against RR. Given that the last match at this venue turned out to be a high-scoring affair, a similar score can be expected today based on the nature of the pitch.

What did the captains say?

Shreyas Iyer, PBKS captain

We are going to have a bat first, it’s simply because we had a discussion how our batting lineup is and we need to make the best use of it. In the last game, the dew wasn’t that much but that’s not in our control but we need to back out strengths. We are going in with the same team. We have got really good spin bowlers in our team but it’s important how we use them on a given occasion. The last game the ball wasn’t turning very much, got to give credit to the Rajasthan batsmen as well, they batted really well. We hope we can execute whatever we have planned today.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK captain

We were looking to bat first as well, pretty dry wicket, new conditions for us and we need to adapt as soon as possible. We have been bowling pretty well but we have conceded more than 15 runs an over twice in an innings, hopefully we can improve on that. We also need to improve our fielding. Same team for us. Me batting at 3 gives a bit more balance to our squad, it was decided during the auction time and hoping our openers will come good today. We have always been behind the game in the powerplay, it’s just about going out there and enjoying ourselves.

Playing 11s

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana

Impact Players: Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact Players: Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Praveen Dubey, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vyshak Vijaykumar

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