The northern greats Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) will be locking horns with three-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) at the PCA Stadium in Mohali for the 9th match of the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The irony is that both the teams have had a contrasting journey so far in the IPL.

In their respective last games, while KXIP faced defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Kolkata. The game in which R Ashwin’ poor judgment cost the game Punjab. However, Mumbai defeated by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Bangalore. The game which will be known for the last ball of the match which wasn’t called a no-ball by the umpire.

Considering the last games of both the teams, Mumbai can be termed as a more balanced side as compares Punjab. There is no doubt regarding the fact that MI can be a team to beat this season as well. On the other hand, Punjab, despite having a good mix of Indian and overseas players who are yet to be tested in this season of IPL, they lack balance in their squad.

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The buzz for the game is expected to be as higher as it can get. A lot of Indian cricket fans are looking forward to this game and ahead of this crucial encounter, we have come up with five things which every fan will be waiting to see in this game:

PCA Stadium

The pitch at the PCA stadium in Mohali is quite unpredictable, ever since the inaugural season of the IPL, the ground has witnessed some of the high scoring games as well and at the same time, it has witnessed some competitive low games as well. However, with both the teams are batting heavy this time the pitch will be expected to be a batting friendly.