IPL 2021 PBKS vs MI: Can Punjab Kings turn their campaign around against Mumbai Indians?

Published on: Apr 22, 2021

Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians will play the 17th Match of the IPL 2021, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in India on Friday.

Mumbai Indians are placed at the 4th spot in the Indian Premier League 2021 points table with 2 wins and 2 losses from their 4 matches of the league. The team is with 4 points.

Rohit Sharma is the top run-scorer for Mumbai Indians with 138 runs at a strike rate of 135. He has struck 9 fours and 7 sixes. Suryakumar Yadav has also made 121 runs at a strike rate of 151.

Rahul Chahar has been the best bowler for Mumbai Indians and has picked up 8 wickets while bowling at an average of 14 and an economy rate of 7.37. Trent Boult has 6 wickets with the best of 3/28.

Punjab Kings are placed at the bottom spot in the Indian Premier League 2021 points table with 1 win and 3 losses from their 4 matches of the league. The team is with 2 points.

KL Rahul is the top run-scorer for Punjab Kings with 161 runs at a strike rate of 141. He has struck 15 fours and 7 sixes. Deepak Hooda has also made 109 runs at a strike rate of 162.

Arshdeep Singh has been the best bowler for Punjab Kings and has picked up 5 wickets while bowling at an average of 19 and an economy rate of 7.50. Mohammed Shami has 4 wickets with the best of 2/21.

The probable playing XIs will be:

Mumbai Indians - Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

Punjab Kings - KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Fabian Allen, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh

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Match Predictions*

Who will win the toss? – Punjab Kings

Who will win? – Mumbai Indians

Top Batsman (Runs Scored) – Chris Gayle (Punjab Kings), Quinton de Kock (Mumbai Indians)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) – Mohammed Shami (Punjab Kings), Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)

Most Sixes – Mayank Agarwal (Punjab Kings), Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians)

Man of the Match – Quinton de Kock

Team Scores Batting first – Punjab Kings 170+, Mumbai Indians 190+

Match Handicap Mumbai Indians

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In–Play’ features, so stay tuned.