🏏IPL Match 42: Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings🏏

Teamwork divides tasks, and multiplies success! The best preparation, the deepest passion towards the game, the strongest togetherness, and the will to succeed will make any team champions.

Mumbai Indians are set to cross swords with Punjab Kings in Match No.42 of the 2021 Indian Premier League on Tuesday.

Rohit Sharma and Co. are languishing at the seventh spot in the table. Their confidence would have hit rock-bottom after their 54-run defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore. In their previous meeting, the Punjab-based team defeated Rohit’s men by nine wickets with 14 balls left.

In their previous meeting, the Punjab Kings team defeated Rohit’s men by nine wickets with 14 balls left.

Their bowlers must be high on confidence after defending a modest score of 125 on a difficult strip to bat on at Sharjah. Although they are placed fifth in the table, with four games remaining, PBKS don’t have much room for error. MI, on the other hand, are looking for some breathing space.

Probable Playing XIs: Punjab Kings

Lokesh Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Mohammad Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton De Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya/Saurabh Tiwary, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult

Punju please surprise me today

Mum Indians chose to field

Rohit: "Just a team plan; nothing specific. Pretty simple actually. We have made mistakes and spoken about it." Saurabh Tiwary in for Ishan Kishan, and Coulter-Nile for Milne.

Punjab Kings: 1 KL Rahul, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Mandeep Singh 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Deepak Hooda, 7 Harpreet Brar, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Mohammed Shami

Mumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Quinton de Kock, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Saurabh Tiwary, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Nathan Coulter-Nile, 9 Rahul Chahar, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Trent Boult

Pitch Report

The pitch in Abu Dhabi is a tad on the slower side. But under the floodlights, batting becomes easier, especially in the second half. Chasing should be the way forward. The spinners are expected to play a massive role going into the contest on Tuesday.

Avg first innings score: 144 (4 matches in the IPL 2021 at Abu Dhabi)

Record of chasing teams: Won – 3, Lost – 1, Tied – 0

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Battle has started between Hinna and Soni. Let us see what MI and PK will do.

May the best team win.

Cheers..

Head-to-Head : Overall

Played – 27 | Mumbai Indians– 14 | Punjab Kings– 13 | N/R – 0

In the UAE

Played – 2 | Mumbai Indians– 1 | Punjab Kings– 1 | N/R – 0

Originally posted by: Savera84

Battle has started between Hinna and Soni. Let us see what MI and PK will do.

May the best team win.

Cheers..

😆 yes let the best team win. I dont know which team winning benefits kkr😆

Probable best batter of the match

KL Rahul— Punjab Kings

KL Rahul is currently the leading run-scorer for PBSK in the ongoing edition of the IPL to go with four half-centuries. The Karnataka-born has impressive numbers against the Mumbai-based franchise. The youngster has notched 640 runs from 13 innings at an average of 71.11.

Probable best bowler of the match

Jasprit Bumrah– Mumbai Indians

Jasprit Bumrah has been excellent for MI in the ongoing T20 league. In Mi’s previous game, he gave his team a good start after getting rid of Devdutt Padikkal for a four-ball duck. Against the Punjab-based team, the speedster has decent numbers. In the 48.4 overs he has played versus PBKS, Bumrah has picked up 17 wickets at an impressive economy rate of 6.31.