The Chennai Super Kings, currently ranked fourth, will face off against the Punjab Kings, who are in eighth place. The match is scheduled to take place in Chennai at 7:30 PM IST (2:00 PM GMT). 

Team Updates and Key Player Strategies

In their upcoming match, the Chennai Super Kings will bid farewell to Mustafizur Rahman, as he heads home for Bangladesh's T20Is against Zimbabwe from May 3 onwards. The team is likely to maintain their current lineup, with the possibility of Ajinkya Rahane or Shivam Dube being substituted in or out as the Impact Player for a bowler.

Probable XII: 

1. Ajinkya Rahane

2. Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt)

3. Daryl Mitchell

4. Moeen Ali

5. Shivam Dube

6. Ravindra Jadeja

7. MS Dhoni (wk)

8. Deepak Chahar

9. Tushar Deshpande

10. Mustafizur Rahman

11. Matheesha Pathirana

12. Shardul Thakur

There's a chance that Shikhar Dhawan will be fit for the upcoming game, although Punjab Kings will make a final decision on his inclusion on match day. His potential return poses a dilemma for the management, as it may require them to bench an in-form Indian batsman for someone who has been out of action for three weeks and was striking at just over 125 at the top of the order.

Probable XII:

1. Prabhsimran Singh

2. Jonny Bairstow

3. Rilee Rossouw

4. Jitesh Sharma (wk)

5. Sam Curran (capt)

6. Shashank Singh

7. Ashutosh Sharma

8. Harpreet Brar

9. Harshal Patel

10. Kagiso Rabada

11. Arshdeep Singh

12. Harpreet Singh