PBKS vs MI 2024, IPL Match Today: Playing XI prediction, head-to-head stats, key players, pitch report and weather update

Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians will be desperate to resurrect their faltering campaigns in the battle between two bottom-rung teams. Only a few decimal points separate the two teams after six matches each with Punjab’s marginally better Net Run Rate of -0.218 keeping them at the seventh spot in the IPL points table, one above Mumbai Indians (-0.234).

It will be a special day for former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma, who will become only the second player after MS Dhoni to play 250 matches in the IPL.

Playing XI predictions for the PBKS vs MI IPL 2024 match

PBKS predicted XI vs MI: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Impact Subs: Atharva Taide and Rahul Chahar

PBKS player to watch out for: The form of Jitesh Sharma is a concern. With selection for the World Cup squad on the horizon, Jitesh, who has managed a mere 106 runs in six outings at 17.66. He would be under the pump too.

MI predicted XI vs PBKS: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee

Impact Subs: Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara

MI player to watch out for: All eyes will again be on Hardik Pandya. The Mumbai Indians captain form and role in the side has been a big question mark. The all-rounder has looked to share responsibility in bowling department but his economy rate of 12, which is alarming. With the bat, he scored 131 runs in six matches.

PBKS vs MI head-to-head stats

Matches played: 31, Mumbai Indians won: 16, Punjab Kings won: 15

PBKS vs MI head-to-head in Mullanpur

This will be the first meeting between the two teams at the newly built base of Punjab- the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur.

PBKS vs MI squads

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.

Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Tim David, Shreyas Gopal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Anshul Kamboj, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Tilak Varma, Harvik Desai, Nehal Wadhera, Luke Wood.

PBKS vs MI Pitch Report

Teams winning the toss have opted to bowl first in Mullanpur, and have won two out of three games this season. The one time they lost, was when Punjab Kings fell only two runs short against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The pitches have largely been batting-friendly at the newly-built stadium.

PBKS vs MI Weather Report

There will be clouds in the sky on April 18 at Mullanpur. However, they will clear up as the evening progresses. The temperatures will be between 29 and 25 degrees Celsius. The humidity will increase from 30 per cent at 7 pm to 49 per cent at 11 pm IST, according to accuweather.com.

PBKS vs MI livestreaming details

The PBKS vs MI IPL 2024 match will be streamed on the JioCinema App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on April 18, Thursday from 7:30 PM IST.