🏏IPL 2026: PBKS vs MI, 58th Match, Dharamsala on 14/05/2026🏏 - Page 9

A word from the PBKS camp - Xavier Bartlett is down for a chat. He mentions that skipper Shreyas Iyer and head coach Ricky Ponting's extensive experience at the highest level keeps the squad completely positive despite their recent slump, as they understand that results fluctuate and only require a minor tactical alignment to bounce back. Bartlett notes that with a legendary fielder like Ponting at the helm and Brad Haddin serving as the fielding coach, the team is actively putting in rigorous daily work to rectify their costly dropped catches and elevate their standard on the field. Xavier acknowledges MI as a dangerous unit, warning that their star-studded roster possesses immense match-winning quality and demands nothing less than Punjab's absolute best performance to secure a victory.

TOSS - Jasprit Bumrah wins the coin flip and he has elected to bowl first.

MI won the toss and opted to bowl first.

It is time for the toss, and Bumrah is out in the middle alongside Shreyas. Bumrah will call and he calls tails. And tails it is. MI will field first.

Jassi Bhai is the cap for MI

MI won toss and will field first

Shreyas Iyer: We would have bowled first as well. The wicket looks a bit drier. Still don't know how the pitch will play so just being positive about it.

Jasprit Bumrah: We have decided to bowl first. We saw the last game and felt maybe with the cold weather coming down the wicket will settle down. I didn't think that I will be a Test captain before becoming MI captain (smiles). As much as we can, we can three games left and we want to enjoy and maybe ruffle a few teams. Surya is not here for personal reasons and Allah is not there as well.

Harpreet Brar, Bartlett, Azmat IN - PKBS

Jassi leading MI

Shreyas Iyer: We would have bowled first as well. The wicket looks a bit drier. I'm still assessing how the pitch will play, so I'm being positive about it. We should stop thinking about what has gone wrong. We have to think about being in good shape and having a positive mindset. Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett and Azmatullah Omarzai come in.

Jasprit Bumrah: We have decided to bowl first. We saw the last game and felt maybe with the cold weather coming down the wicket will settle down. I didn't think that I will be a Test captain before becoming MI captain (smiles). As much as we can, we have three games left, and we want to enjoy them and maybe ruffle a few teams. Surya is not here for personal reasons and Allah is not there as well.

Mumbai Indians have won the toss and have opted to field

Mumbai Indians bowling-first XI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Naman Dhir, Sherfane Rutherford, Tilak Varma, Will Jacks, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Raghu Sharma

MI bench: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Krish Bhagat, Trent Boult

Punjab Kings batting-first XI: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Cooper Connolly, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

PBKS bench: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Mitchell Owen, Vishnu Vinod, Pravin Dubey