Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians square off with an eye on moving up the points table

In a battle of two teams who are very closely placed to each other in the points table, sixth-placed Punjab Kings will be colliding with seventh-placed Mumbai Indians in the second encounter of the day. A win for the Punjab Kings would see them surge higher up the table while a victory for Mumbai Indians would bring them on level terms in points alongside the other four sides.

Punjab Kings will be coming to this fixture on the back of a phenomenal win against the Chennai Super Kings as their batters successfully chased down 200 with a final-ball finish. Prabhsimran Singh’s middle-order blitzkrieg followed by Liam Livingstone’s quick burst of 40 saw the Kings pull off a remarkable win.

Mumbai Indians had a heroic outing too as they outclassed the soaring Rajasthan Royals in a high-scoring encounter. After a fine bowling display from Arshad Khan who bagged a three-fer alongside Piyush Chawla’s brace, it was their star batter, Suryakumar Yadav, who would smash a 29-ball-55, while an incredulous 14-ball-45 for Tim David sealed the fate of the contest for the Mumbai Indians.

The last time these two teams met, it was an intense run-fest that saw Punjab piling up 214 on the board powered by Sam Curran’s quickfire half-century. However, Cameron Green’s controlled charge of 67 apart from another blitz of 57 from just 26 balls from Suryakumar Yadav saw Mumbai coming close but eventually falling short of the finish line by 13 runs.

Head to head:

Matches played: 30

PBKS: 14

MI: 15

Match Details:

Match: Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians

Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium

Date: 3rd May, 2023

Time: 7:30 PM

Squads:

Punjab Kings:

Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh(wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Raj Bawa, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Kagiso Rabada, Baltej Singh

Mumbai Indians:

Rohit Sharma (c), Sandeep Warrier, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Jofra Archer, Tim David, Mohd Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Riley Meredith, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal.