Today (April 18) in IPL 2024, Punjab Kings will host Mumbai Indians – here is the predicted XI for the match, team news and today’s IPL match prediction for PBKS vs MI.
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PBKS vs MI, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
The match will begin at 7:30 pm IST.
PBKS vs MI: Toss updates
PBKS have won the toss and elected to field first.
PBKS vs MI: IPL 2024 team news
The two teams, eighth and ninth on the table, have four points from six games each, and desperately need a win to catch up with the top seven.
Punjab Kings will be without Shikhar Dhawan, and are likely to continue with Atharva Taide at the top. Jonny Bairstow has not been among the runs, especially at Mullanpur, and the management may consider replacing him with Rilee Rossouw to pair Taide.
Mumbai Indians may be tempted to replace Mohammad Nabi with a fast bowler at this venue, where seamers have averaged 22.78 in IPL 2024 and spinners 30.87. They have Nuwan Thushara, Luke Wood, and Kwena Maphaka to choose from.`
IPL 2024: Upcoming matches
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IPL 2024: Yesterday’s IPL match
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PBKS vs MI: Playing XIs for today’s IPL match
PBKS: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh. Impact Players – Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia, Shivam Singh.
MI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah. Impact Players – Akash Madhwal, Piyush Chawla, Naman Dhir, Kumar Kartikeya, Nuwan Thushara.
PBKS vs MI: Prediction for today’s IPL match
The home venue will give PBKS a slight advantage over MI here in this Rabada versus Bumrah contest.
