Ravichandran Ashwin led Kings XI Punjab are all set to face Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians, who have recently defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore to open winning account. Ravichandran Ashwin lost the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, but KXIP will be hosting the first match at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali in Indian Premier League 2019.
In the last season of IPL, KXIP won all three of their home matches in Mohali before moving to Indore, which was later announced as their home ground. After finishing at second last position in IPL 2018, KXIP would like to make a new start an the spark of IPL 2014, in which Punjab went the finals, where they were defeated by KKR. KL Rahul and Chris Gayle are the key players got the team, which means there will be hope from these two to climb the points table again.
On the other side, Rohit Sharma was in a tremendous form against Royal Challengers Bangalore and De Kock gave a pretty good start. Along with these, eyes will be on Yuvraj Singh, who belongs from Punjab and being an Indian Cricketer he has played a lot of matches at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. The pitch is a flat track and perfectly suitable for the batting and much for the spinners. There is no intuitions of rain and the temperature is expected to be at 30 degree Celsius.
Probable XI:
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen/Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Varun Chakravarthy/Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah
Teams:
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye, Karun Nair, Sam Curran, Simran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Murugan Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Ishan Kishan, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, Pankaj Jaiswal, Anukul Roy, Ben Cutting, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendorff, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Jayant Yadav, Alzarri Joseph
