Check Probable Playing XI For The Match Between Punjab Kings And Mumbai Indians

In the match number 33rd in the ongoing Tata, Indian Punjab Kings will clash against Mumbai Indians at the newly-built Stadium at Mullanpur in Chandigarh. It will be the 4th game hosted by the venue, where the home team doesn’t have a great record at home as out of 3 matches played here, Punjab Kings have lost 2 and 1 won 1. Although, they have lost 2 games in the final over of the innings while chasing a target. But this place has been good for the 2-talented batters from Punjab Kings team, Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma, who have tried every time to play a match-winning knock for their team. However, the results didn’t go in their favour.

These teams are at the bottom of the points table in 8th and 9th position respectively. After playing 6 matches each, both of them have won 2 games and lost 4. Talking about the current form of 2 teams, they are coming into this game after facing a defeat in their previous ones.

After losing 3 back-to-back games in their first 3 games, the Mumbai Indians franchise made a solid comeback in the game by winning 2 continuous games against Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, they got derailed by Chennai Super Kings in their last game played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Talking about both the team's opening batters, the Mumbai Indians have got a solid start from their batters in the last 2 matches, where the former Indian Captain, Rohit Sharma, scored a magnificent century against Chennai Super Kings while chasing a target of 207 runs. The left-handed batsman Ishan Kishan has played an attacking knock against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings, making them a good score in the first 6-overs of the powerplay. However, Suryakumar Yadav, Tikal Varma and Hardik Pandya would be a major concern for the Mumbai-based franchise as they have not shown confidence yet.

While the Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi was part of the playing XI in the game against CSK, where he was unable to pick wickets or score runs with the bat, which led the Chennai-based franchise to put a mammoth total of 206 runs on the board. So, they might replace him with Sri Lanka's Nuwan Thushara. 

Punjab Kings will be totally dependent on the 3 Englishmen Johnny Bairstow, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone in the absence of captain Shikhar Dhawan. However, there are some chances that they can also replace Bairstow with Rillee Russow after his low string of runs in the ongoing Indian Premier League

Sam Curran will seen leading the team. It will be crucial to see, how the 2 batters, Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma, will be playing in this match as, the last time when they played at this venue, both played a fighting knock against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The Bowling department will be led by Arshdeep Singh, who has bowled well against Rajasthan Royals and picked 3 wickets in his 4 overs of the spell. He will be accompanied by Kagiso Rabada and Harshal Patel in the must-win game against Mumbai Indians.

Punjab Kings Probable XI:

Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Sam Curran (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada

Mumbai Indians Probable XI:

Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Shreyas Gopal.