Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings Tips, Preview & Match Prediction

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The Mumbai Indians battle it out against the Punjab Kings on Wednesday (AEST) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Match 42 of the IPL season.

Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings Match Prediction

Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings (MI vs PBKS) Match Prediction free IPL tips, predictions and preview – KL Rahul has hit the most sixes in the tournament (PBKS).

MI vs PBKS Tips

  • Mayank Agarwal is ranked sixth in the tournament for most runs scored
  • KL Rahul has hit the most sixes in the tournament (PBKS)

Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings Match Details

🇮🇳 Competition: IPL
🗓 Date: Tuesday, September 28
⏰ Time: 6:00pm (local)
🏟 Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium    

Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings 2021 Form (last five matches)

Indians (LLLWW)

  • Indians lost to the Royal Challengers by 54 runs
  • Indians lost to the Knight Riders by 7 wickets
  • Indians lost to the Super Kings by 20 runs
  • Indians defeated Super Kings by 4 wickets
  • Indians defeated Royals by 7 wickets

Kings (WLLWL)

  • Kings defeated Sunrisers by 5 runs
  • Kings lost to the Royals by 2 runs
  • Kings lost to the Capitals by 7 wickets
  • Kings defeated Royal Challengers by 34 runs
  • Kings lost to the Knight Riders by 5 wickets

Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings Head to Head (last five matches)

  • 23/04/2021: PBKS won by 9 wickets
  • 18/10/2020: PBKS won in a Super Over
  • 01/10/2020: MI won by 48 runs
  • 10/04/2019: MI won by 3 wickets
  • 30/03/2019: PBKS won by 8 wickets

MI vs PBKS Match Prediction & Preview

The Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings are set to clash heads on Wednesday when they battle it out at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

Rohit Sharma’s side was humbled with the bat in their 55-run loss in their last outing. The Indians loss against Bangalore has now made it three consecutive losses and has seen them into seventh place.

The Mumbai Indians started brightly, with Sharma (43) and Quinton de Kock laying the building blocks for a successful result. However, they lost eight wickets for just 32 runs, with every player scoring under 10, except for the opening pair.

Meanwhile, the Punjab Kings survived a scare against the last-placed Sunrisers over the weekend. Despite a lacklustre performance with the bat in the first innings, Ravi Bishnoi and Mohammed Shami survived the heat from West Indian Jason Holder and shared seven wickets.

In such a tight race for the third and fourth playoff spots, it’s even more crucial that in crunch matches like these that either team get a positive result, and although the Kings have the better half of the percentage for the four teams on eight points, you’d think they would still need to get into the positive net run rate to make playoffs.

Despite the Mumbai Indians being the favourites to come away with the two points in this clash, I believe it will be the Punjab Kings who rise to the occasion on Wednesday (AEST).

Mumbai vs Punjab Team News

*Team news will be updated when squads are announced

The two sides last met in April this year, which saw the Punjab Kings win by nine wickets.

Mumbai vs Punjab Stats

  • Mayank Agarwal is ranked sixth in the tournament for most runs scored
  • KL Rahul has hit the most sixes in the tournament (PBKS)
  • Kieron Pollard has an average of 35.16 with the bat this season

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