IPL 2023

Match Preview: MI VS PBKS From Playing XI To Pitch Report, Know All The Details Of Match Number 31 Here

Match preview: MI VS PBKS- A well-known meme template is: how it began and now progresses. The Mumbai Indians’ performance thus far in IPL 2023 perfectly reflects that. After starting the season with two crushing defeats, they came back with three consecutive victories.

Match preview: MI VS PBKS

On paper, their batting appeared solid prior to those two defeats. But Cameron Green and Suryakumar Yadav’s lack of runs threw a wrench in the works. With both making their mark over the last two games, Mumbai looks like a much more grounded unit.

Things have turned around for Mumbai’s opponents on Saturday, the Punjab Kings. They only managed to win one more game in their subsequent four outings after winning consecutive games, something they failed to do last year.

The Kings’ bat strategy called for their captain, Shikhar Dhawan, to act as the anchor while others batted around him. But they didn’t have a backup strategy when Dhawan hurt his shoulder.

Additionally, they are concerned about Kagiso Rabada’s injury, which caused him to miss their previous match, and ESPNcricinfo understands that he will also miss the match against Mumbai.

Keeping injury concerns aside, the Kings must select the best overseas team. Sikandar Raza was the Player of the Match against the Lucknow overseas team. Sikandar Raza was the Player of the Match against the Lucknow Supergiants, yet he was forgotten about for the RCB game. The Kings might have to reconsider that choice.

Pitch Report

The Wankhede is a good place to chase. The second-place teams have won 22 of the 32 night T20 matches played at this venue since the beginning of 2021. This IPL, spinners have performed better; they have 13 wickets at an economy of 7.64, while quick bowlers have nine at 10.17.

Also read: It’s The Last Phase Of My Career: MS Dhoni

Probably playing XI of MI and PBKS

Mumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Cameron Green, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Tim David, 7 Nehal Wadhera, 8 Jofra Archer/Riley Meredith, 9 Arjun Tendulkar, 10 Hrithik Shokeen, 11 Piyush Chawla, and 12 Jason Behrendorff

PBKS: 1 Atharva Taide, 2 Prabhsimran Singh, 3 Liam Livingstone, 4 Harpreet Singh, 5 Matthew Short, 6 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 7 M Shahrukh Khan, 8 Sam Curran (capt), 9 Harpreet Brar, 10 Nathan Ellis, 11 Arshdeep Singh, 12 Rahul Chahar

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