IPL Match Today Between the Punjab Kings and the Mumbai Indians: The stand-in captain of Punjab Kings (PBKS), Sam Curran, will be looking to get back to winning ways when they face Mumbai Indians (MI), a five-time champion in match number 33 of the ongoing Indian Premier League at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Thursday. The match will take place at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium.
In this matchup between two clubs at the bottom of their respective leagues, the Punjab Kings and the Mumbai Indians will be eager to revive their struggling campaigns. Only a few decimal points separate the two clubs after they have each played six matches. Punjab’s slightly higher net run rate of -0.218 has kept them in seventh place in the IPL points table, one position higher than Mumbai Indians (-0.234).
It will be a momentous occasion for Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Mumbai Indians. Sharma will become only the second player in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after MS Dhoni to play 250 matches.
IPL 2024 match predictions for the playing eleven for the PBKS versus MI encounter
Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, and Arshdeep Singh were the players who the PBKS anticipated would feature in their XI against MI.
Atharva Taide and Rahul Chahar are the impact substitute teams.
It is essential to keep an eye on the performance of Jitesh Sharma, a PBKS player. With the possibility of being selected for the World Cup squad, Jitesh, who has only scored 106 runs in six matches at a 17.66 average, is in the running. He, too, would be subject to the pressure.
Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah, and Gerald Coetzee were the players who the MI anticipated would be in their batting lineup against PBKS.
Akash Madhwal and Nuwan Thushara are the impact substitutes.
To keep an eye on MI player Hardik Pandya, who will again be the focus of everyone’s attention, I want to mention that the performance of the Mumbai Indians skipper and his role in the team has been a significant source of uncertainty. His economy rate 12 is concerning, even though the all-rounder has attempted to share responsibility in the bowling department. Throughout six matches, he amassed 131 runs with the bat.
Head-to-head statistics for PBKS and MI
With 31 matches played, Mumbai Indians won 16, while Punjab Kings won 15.
Head-to-head match between PBKS and MI in Mullanpur
This would be the first time that the two sides have competed against one another at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, which was recently constructed as the new district headquarters for Punjab.
PBKS vs MI squads Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.
Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Tim David, Shreyas Gopal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Anshul Kamboj, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Tilak Varma, Harvik Desai, Nehal Wadhera, Luke Wood, and Luke Wood are the members of the Mumbai Indians.
Pitch Reports for PBKS and MI
This season, teams that have won the toss at Mullanpur have chosen to bowl first and have been successful in two of the three games they have played. They only suffered a single defeat when Punjab Kings were defeated by Sunrisers Hyderabad by a margin of only two runs. At the recently constructed stadium, the pitches have been, for the most part, favorable to batting.
weather report for PBKS versus MI
On April 18, clouds will be visible in the sky over Mullanpur. Nevertheless, as the evening progresses, they will become more translucent. We expect to see temperature-wise between 29 and 25 degrees Celsius. According to accuweather.com, the humidity will rise from thirty percent at seven o’clock in the evening to forty-nine percent at eleven in Indian Standard Time.
Details about the live streaming of PBKS versus MI
On April 18, Thursday, at 7:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), the match between PBKS and MI in the Indian Premier League 2024 will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network and streamed on the JioCinema app.
