Match: Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians

Date: April 18, Thursday 

Venue: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh

Pitch report: The Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium has held three IPL games. In the first two games, there were lots of runs scored, but in the third game, it wasn't as easy to score. The scores for the team batting first in the three games were 174, 182, and 147.

Weather Report 

Thursday afternoon in Mohali will probably be hot, but it should cool down in the evening. Rain isn't expected to affect the game much, and the temperature will be between 20 and 26 degrees Celsius.

Preview of the match

In IPL 2024, Match 33 will see Punjab Kings facing off against Mumbai Indians on Thursday, April 18. Both teams are currently ranked seventh and eighth, and they play at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. The match starts at 7:30 PM IST.

Here is our PBKS vs MI Team Prediction

Preview of Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings are currently seventh in the standings, having won two out of six games with a net run-rate of -0.218. They've lost four of their last five matches, including a recent one to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets. Ashutosh Sharma scored an unbeaten 31 runs off 16 balls, helping them reach a total of 147. Sam Curran and Kagiso Rabada took a combined 4 wickets for 43 runs in eight overs, giving PBKS an advantage. However, they couldn't defend 34 runs in the final three overs and lost the game.

1. Sikandar Raza

2. Harpreet Bhatia

3. Arshdeep Singh

4. Shikhar Dhawan (c)

5. Harpreet Brar

6. Shivam Singh

7. Prince Choudhary

8. Jitesh Sharma

9. Matthew Short

10. Nathan Ellis

11. Rishi Dhawan

12. Kagiso Rabada

13. Liam Livingstone

14. Ashutosh Sharma

15. Rahul Chahar

16. Tanay Thyagarajann

17. Vishwanath Pratap Singh

18. Prabhsimran Singh

19. Vidwath Kaverappa

20. Chris Woakes

21. Atharva Taide

22. Sam Curran

23. Shashank Singh

24. Rilee Rossouw

Preview of Mumbai Indians 

Mumbai Indians are currently one spot below PBKS in the standings, having won two out of six games with a net run-rate of -0.234. After winning two consecutive games, they suffered a defeat to Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs. Despite a strong start from their openers while chasing a big total of 207, MI's batsmen struggled to maintain the required run rate in the later stages. Rohit Sharma played a brilliant unbeaten innings of 105 runs off 63 balls, but it wasn't sufficient to secure a win.

1. Dewald Brevis

2. Shreyas Gopal

3. Tim David

4. Ishan Kishan

5. Arjun Tendulkar

6. Nuwan Thushara

7. Hardik Pandya (c)

8. Suryakumar Yadav

9. Shams Mulani

10. Mohammad Nabi

11. Kumar Kartikeya

12. Naman Dhir

13. Luke Wood

14. Nehal Wadhera

15. Rohit Sharma

16. Anshul Kamboj

17. Gerald Coetzee

18. N. Tilak Varma

19. Piyush Chawla

20. Akash Madhwal

21. Jasprit Bumrah

22. Romario Shepherd

23. Vishnu Vinod

24. Shivalik Sharma

Players injured/withdrawn: Jason Behrendorff, Dilshan Madushanka

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