PBKS vs MI, IPL 2024 Toss result and playing XIs for today’s match, umpires list and pitch report
Punjab Kings (PBKS) face Mumbai Indians (MI) in match 33 of IPL 2024 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Thursday, April 18.
Both sides will be keen to register a win, keeping their playoff hopes in mind. While PBKS are eighth with four points from six games, MI are ninth. They also have four points, but Punjab are ahead due to a better net run rate.
Punjab Kings have lost their last two games by close margins. They went down to SunRisers Hyderabad by two runs before Rajasthan Royals beat them by three wickets in Mullanpur. Punjab skipper Shikhar Dhawan missed the last match due to injury and remains unavailable for the MI clash as well.
Mumbai Indians, meanwhile, went down to Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs in the much-hyped El Clasico encounter at the Wankhede. Batting first, CSK came up with an impressive performance to post 206-6. In their chase, Rohit Sharma scored a fine hundred, but Mumbai finished on 186-6.
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Today's PBKS vs MI toss result
Punjab Kings have won the toss and opted to bowl first. Captain Sam Curran said:
“It's been the trend so far in this ground. We're hoping to bowl well and put them under pressure.”
For PBKS, Dhawan remains unavailable. Rilee Rossouw comes in for Jonny Bairstow, while Atharva Taide drops out. MI, meanwhile, are going in with an unchanged XI.
PBKS vs MI - Today's match playing XIs
Punjab Kings: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Punjab subs: Harpreet Bhatia, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Rahul Chahar
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Mohammad Nabi, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Shreyas Gopal, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah
Mumbai subs: Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Naman Dhir
Today's PBKS vs MI pitch report
According to Anjum Chopra, bowlers should feel pleased looking at the surface. The spinners have done well, but the seamers, the way they have hit the hard lengths in the last match, they have also done really well, Chopra added. It’s a good surface to bat on, but the seam bowlers will be bit tempted seeing the grass, she concluded.
Today's PBKS vs MI match players list
Punjab Kings squad: Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Tanay Thyagarajan, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza, Shikhar Dhawan, Rilee Rossouw, Chris Woakes, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh
Mumbai Indians squad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Hardik Pandya (c), Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Shreyas Gopal, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal, Harvik Desai, Shams Mulani, Dewald Brevis, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Anshul Kamboj, Nuwan Thushara, Piyush Chawla, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka, Luke Wood
PBKS vs MI - Today's match umpires
On-field umpires: Nand Kishore, Vineet Kulkarni
TV umpire: Nitin Menon
Match Referee: Sanjay Verma