Mumbai Indians will host Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday in the 24thmatch of the Indian Premier League. Both teams are coming from a win in their last game and defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in a dominant way. While Mumbai beat them by 40 runs, Punjab won their game by six wickets last night. Mumbai and Punjab have played against each other in IPL 2019 where KXIP won the game by eight wickets. Mumbai will eye revenge in their own den.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
MI’s last face-off was against SRH, where they struggled initially to post a big total but Kieron Pollard’s blitz towards the end took their scorecard to 136. Everyone thought this will be a cake walk for in-form SRH batsmen but that was not the case. Alzarri Joseph ran riots on Hyderabad’s batting lineup and dismissed them for 96, which is their lowest score in the IPL history. Meanwhile, Joseph registered the best-ever IPL bowling figures as he grabbed a stunning 6/12.
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Mumbai might opt to not make any changes in their winning combination, which earned them two crucial points against a team like Hyderabad.
Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Alzarri Joseph, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
KXIP played Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday night and won the game with ease despite some hiccups towards the end. First, Punjab bowlers restricted SRH to 150 runs in 20 overs and then cruised to the target easily. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal scored their respective half-centuries and made sure Punjab doesn’t suffer another defeat while chasing a below-par total.
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KXIP will name changes after seeing the pitch of Wankhede Stadium. Amidst, they too can play an unchanged eleven for this game.
Probable XI: KL Rahul (WK), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Mohammed Shami, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
