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Punjab Kings Vs Mumbai Indians : In this matchup versus Mumbai Indians, would Punjab Kings lose five out of six games without their captain?

• Three wickets, two runs, and three wickets have been the winning margins in the last three Punjab Kings games.
• The Chennai Super Kings defeated the Mumbai Indians in their most recent game.
• The seventh-placed Punjab Kings will play the eighth-place Mumbai Indians in this matchup.

Our Prediction : Mumbai Indians

Punjab Kings Vs Mumbai Indians

MATCH PREDICTION & ANALYSIS

The Rajasthan Royals are currently leading the 2024 Indian Premier League standings. But both the Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians are only four points behind the group of teams in second place going into this game.

Both teams haven’t had the best start to the competition this year. But the Mumbai Indians in particular have improved and appear to be poised for a successful season.

Mullanpur has delivered close matches thus far in the league. So this Thursday night’s match might provide another exciting forty overs of IPL cricket.

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Punjab Kings :

Despite the fact that Punjab Kings were happy to have Liam Livingstone return to their starting lineup for their most recent match. Captain Shikhar Dhawan’s shoulder injury prevented them from playing at full strength.

Since Jonny Bairstow has been struggling . As a result, the middle-order all-rounders will be under more pressure to perform with the bat.

It will all depend on how Punjab Kings’ hitters perform on Thursday night since, fortunately, their bowling attack has been strong.

Punjab Kings Predicted Playing XI:

Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Mumbai Indians :

After hitting 105 not out from 63 balls in the previous game against CSK in Match 29. Rohit Sharma must have been wondering what more he needed to achieve. In this match, he will undoubtedly need more assistance, but with Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Tim David, and Romario Shepherd in the batting order, this should not be an issue.

Jasprit Bumrah has been quite effective with the ball in recent games. He is rarely expensive in any format when he doesn’t get any wickets. Piyush Chawla and Muhammad Nabi great option in spin . Gerald Coetzee and Hardik Pandya are also danger men when the ball is in their hands.

Mumbai Indians Predicted Playing XI:

Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumarh, Gerald Coetzee

Pitch & Weather Conditions:

Weather :

Mullanpur’s temperature is expected to remain high throughout this match—it won’t likely go below 29 degrees. There is no chance of rain, and the humidity will not get over 55%.

Pitch Report:

Neutrals will be looking for more close games in this encounter, since Mullanpur has been good at them thus far in the IPL. While there have been a few spectacular, record-breaking scores during the competition, team totals at this location have typically ranged from 170 to 190.

Toss: To Ball

There have only been four IPL games played at Mullanpur, and in those games, two teams have won by fielding first and one team has won by batting first. Both teams are expected to desire to bowl first

Our Prediction : Mumbai Indians

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