Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) would look to address its batting woes, when the Rohit Sharma-led side takes on KL Rahul’s Punjab Kings in Match 17 of 14th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on April 23. Both the teams are coming into the match after facing a defeat and are likely to make few changes in their playing 11s.
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Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) playing 11 prediction
Punjab Kings, which is languishing at the bottom of the IPL points table, should bring Dawid Malan in playing 11 to fix the batting collapse. If Malan finds a place in Punjab’s playing 11 then the patchy Chris Gayle might lose his place. Meanwhile, MI is likely to retain its playing 11.
Punjab Kings playing 11 probables: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Dawid Malan, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Moises Henriques, Shahrukh Khan, Fabien Allen, Murugan Ashwin/Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.
MI tentative playing 11: Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul CHahar, Trent Boult, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
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Mumbai vs Punjab head to head
- Total matches: 26
- Mumbai Indians: 14
- Punjab Kings: 12
MI highest score vs Punjab: 223
Punjab's highest score vs MI: 230
Top Mumbai Indians batsmen
| PLAYER | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Rohit Sharma | 4 | 4 | 0 | 138 | 44 | 34.5 | 102 | 135.29 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 4 | 4 | 0 | 121 | 56 | 30.25 | 80 | 151.25 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
| Ishan Kishan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 28 | 16.75 | 71 | 94.36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Chris Lynn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 35 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Kieron Pollard | 4 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 35* | 16.33 | 44 | 111.36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Top Mumbai Indians bowlers
| PLAYER | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| Rahul Chahar | 4 | 4 | 16 | 118 | 8 | 4 for 27 | 14.75 | 7.37 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Trent Boult | 4 | 4 | 15.4 | 114 | 6 | 3 for 28 | 19 | 7.27 | 15.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 4 | 4 | 16 | 100 | 4 | 2 for 26 | 25 | 6.25 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Krunal Pandya | 4 | 4 | 13 | 85 | 3 | 1 for 13 | 28.33 | 6.53 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
2021 IPL records and stats
Top Punjab Kings batsmen
| PLAYER | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| KL Rahul | 4 | 4 | 0 | 161 | 91 | 40.25 | 114 | 141.22 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 |
| Deepak Hooda | 4 | 4 | 1 | 109 | 64 | 36.33 | 67 | 162.68 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Mayank Agarwal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 105 | 69 | 26.25 | 72 | 145.83 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Shahrukh Khan | 4 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 47 | 45 | 62 | 145.16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Chris Gayle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 40 | 19 | 64 | 118.75 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Top Punjab Kings bowlers
| PLAYER | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 4 | 12.4 | 95 | 5 | 3 for 35 | 19 | 7.5 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Shami | 4 | 4 | 14 | 123 | 4 | 2 for 21 | 30.75 | 8.78 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Jhye Richardson | 3 | 3 | 11 | 117 | 3 | 2 for 41 | 39 | 10.63 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Meredith | 3 | 3 | 10 | 105 | 2 | 1 for 35 | 52.5 | 10.5 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Allen | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 for 22 | 22 | 5.5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Squads
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Adam Milne, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, James Neesham, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, Quinton De Kock (WK), Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Yudhvir Singh.
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar.
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