Punjab Kings (PBKS) will take on Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 46th game of the IPL 2023 on Wednesday (May 3) at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. PBKS have won five out of nine games so far and are placed in sixth place in the points table. They are coming into this game after winning their previous encounter against Chennai Super Kings by four wickets. PBKS chased down the target of 201 runs on the last delivery of the match.
Mumbai Indians have won and lost four games each so far. They chased down the target of 213 runs in the previous game against Rajasthan Royals with six wickets in hand. Tim David hit three consecutive sixes to help the team cross the line. Suryakumar Yadav also played a crucial knock of 55 runs off 29 deliveries.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan(C), Shahrukh Khan, SM Curran, Sikandar Raza, A Taide, LS Livingstone, JM Sharma(wk), RD Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, K Rabada
BENCH : P Simran Singh, B Rajapaksa, Nathan Ellis, R Dhawan, Harpreet Singh, MW Short, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Rajangad Bawa, Baltej Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Gurnoor Brar
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma(C), SA Yadav, Tim David, Tilak Varma, C Green, Piyush Chawla, Arshad Khan, Ishan Kishan(wk), K Kartikeya, Jofra Archer, Riley Meredith
BENCH : T Stubbs, H Shokeen, JP Behrendorff, N Wadhera, Ramandeep Singh, S Sandeep Warrier, AS Tendulkar, Vishnu Vinod, Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal, SZ Mulani, D Jansen, Akash Mandwaal, JA Richardson, CJ Jordan
PITCH REPORT
The surface at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali has provided a lot of support to the batters in the tournament so far, and the same might happen in this game. The average first innings score in the last five games at this venue has been 185 runs. The team winning the toss will likely elect to bowl.
