Both teams head into their IPL game on Sunday on the back of defeats in their previous matches. While CSK fell short by 32 runs against Rajasthan Royals, PBKS lost to Lucknow Super Giants by 56 runs.
David Miller and Rahul Tewatia then took the team home as the latter hit two consecutive sixes off the last two balls to register a thrilling last-ball victory for Gujarat Titans.
From 25 needed at the start of Shepherd's over, Punjab now only needed two to win.
Jonny Bairstow was initially included in the selection but the England and Wales Cricket Board later said he had been ruled out of the rest of the summer and the T20 World Cup after suffering a lower limb injury in a freak accident while playing golf in Leeds on Friday.
Images from the IPL 2023 match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday.
Images from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium, Hyderabad, on Sunday.
England lost to West Indies in the final of the 2016 T20 World Cup but bounced back by winning the 50-over World Cup in 2019.
Rajasthan Royals would be banking on their near-perfect combinations in almost all departments of the game to put up another commanding performance when they take on a strong Punjab Kings.
England named batter Harry Brook at the expense of Jason Roy on Sunday in the squad for their 50-over World Cup title defence.
The partnership between Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan proved to be too much for Punjab Kings to handle in the end.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes on Wednesday came out of ODI retirement to be included in the provisional squad for the 50-over World Cup
The batters never really looked like they were going hard enough for the target and seemed more focused on mitigating the damage to their net run rate.
Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul hit quickfire half-centuries as India outclassed England by seven wickets in the warm-up match of the T20 World Cup at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai on Monday.
Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell struck superb centuries as New Zealand secured an eight-wicket victory over hosts England in the first One-Day International.
India captain Rohit Sharma notched up a sublime fifty as the tourists thrashed England by 10 wickets after a career-best performance of 6/19 by Jasprit Bumrah in the first one-day international of the three-match series in London on Tuesday.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Punjab Kings and SunRisers Hyderabad in Mumbai on Sunday.
Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone blasted superb half-centuries to power Punjab Kings to a thumping 54-run win in a must-win match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Ahead of the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023, here's a full list of the final squads of all ten teams.
Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have found much-needed momentum towards the business end of IPL 2022, will back themselves to ride past an inconsistent Punjab Kings and get closer to a play-off spot.
Mumbai Indians, who are placed sixth in the points table, have been able to bounce back impressively with wins against Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.
A sixth win in nine games takes IPL debutants LSG closer to a play-off berth, while the task gets tougher for Punjab with just four wins from nine games.
Titans look to forget Rinku Singh's onslaught against Punjab Kings
Bumrah, Coetzee and Patel all took three wickets each.
Young pace sensation Umran Malik's scorching final over proved to be the difference as Sunrisers Hyderabad slayed Punjab Kings by seven wickets for their fourth successive win in IPL 2022.
Hardik Pandya has quit Gujarat Titans to rejoin his former team Mumbai Indians, following a trade between the two franchises.
Former skipper Nasser Hussain said reliance on statistics rather than reading the conditions has led to England's downfall in World Cup 2023.
Delhi Capitals will expect a more purposeful approach from its Indian batting unit as it plays for pride against Punjab Kings.
Mayank Yadav (3/27) stole the limelight with his searing pace as Lucknow Super Giants humbled Punjab Kings by 21 runs.
Images from the IPL 2022 match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Liam Livingstone and Evin Lewis's explosive batting will meet its match in Chris Gayle's power and KL Rahul's finesse when Rajasthan Royals lock horns with Punjab Kings to improve upon their mid-table position in the Indian Premier League in Dubai on Tuesday.
Record Stokes ton leads England to huge win over New Zealand
Opener Shubman Gill attained a career-best second position and is the highest-ranked among three India players who are now in the top 10.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Game 37.
To avoid the ignominy of missing the cut for the prestigious Champions Trophy, England must win their remaining two fixtures against the Netherlands and Pakistan.
Virat Kohli starred with the bat for RCB with a vintage knock in a must-win game to help them overpower Punjab Kings.
Always lovely to see Mr 360 at the heart of the action during an IPL game.
IMAGES from the IPL match played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings, in Bengaluru, on Monday.
Russell's explosive 42 runs off 23 balls was a game-changer.
A 'Go To' man in Kolkata Knight Riders for more than a decade, Sunil Narine will have to play out of his skin to justify his place in the playing eleven when his team takes on Punjab Kings in a must-win Indian Premier League game in Kolkata on Monday.
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