After defeating the dominant Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kings XI Punjab are keen to eye a victory in another battle against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium, Mohali. Likewise, Mumbai Indians too in the last battle defeated the Orange Army. Ravichandran Ashwin led Kings XI Punjab are going with the good form in bowling department but are lacking with batsmen’s form. Chris Gayle have not been in the touch whereas KL Rahul has been consistant in the form of scoring runs. The middle order needs to work better as David Miller, Mayank Aggarwal and Sarfaraz Khan had showed up for few times only.
On the other hand, Quinton De Kock has been a consistent player for the team but rest of the side has been a one night show. Pandya brothers were in spark in the previous battle along with the bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mayank Markande. Lasith Malinga is back in the squad on the eve of the match after serving the nation. Hence, Malinga is expected to replace Jason Behrendoff. Okay! Now the man in news for his thumping debut performance i.e. Azarri Joseph has been a disastrous player for the team.
For Mumbai Indians, Quinton De Kock has been the highest run-scorer for the team with 133 runs and just 206 runs behind the Orange cap holder David Warner. Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab have an interesting numbers among Head to Head. Mumbai Indians have won 12 matches whereas Kings XI Punjab have won 11 matches. Also, in Wankhede Stadium both the teams are on 4-4. KXIP has been the dominant team in the middle overs with a scoring average of 8.96 despite losing wickets in the same. Let’s see who will win the Wankhede today and who will lead with another point in head to head at Wankhede Stadium.
Probable XI
Mumbai Indians: Quinton De Kock, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieran Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Alzarri Joseph, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga/Jason Behrendoff
Kings XI Punjab: Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Mayank Aggarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, R Ashwin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammed Shami, Ankit Rajpoot
Team:
Mumbai Indians Squad, IPL 2019: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Lasith Malinga, Anmolpreet Singh, Barinder Sran, Pankaj Jaiswal, Rasikh Salam, Yuvraj Singh, Quinton De Kock.
Kings XI Punjab Squad, IPL 2019: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin, Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sam Curran, Mohammad Shami, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin.