The most scenic stadium of the world will host its first match of IPl -24.PBKS have won two matches and the last one was against CSK in Chennai. are struggling because of the injury to their main bowlers Chahar,Patheraana and Tushar .

CSK openers especially Rahane have failed to lay a strong foundation though Rituraj has performed well.CSK batters have depth and have usually performed well. PBKS openers Bairstow is back in form and so Is Roussow .Middle order Shahshank and Abhishek have finished games and are very dangerous .PBKS bowling is effective and today Curren and Arshdeep wud be difficult to score off.

Pitch report .A grass cover on screee will help bowlers initially and a score of 190 wud be par score .

Team winning the toss should bowl first