It will be match of survival , This match will be important for both team in respect to be in the race of qualifiers. Mullanpur has showed close contest in this IPL, will PBKS vs MI match will be close encounter?

Who will win today match PBKS vs MI Indians?

Match is being played at Mullanpur stadium the home ground of Punjab, where the Mumbai would not accept anything less than winning this game. Both team have 2 matches played out of 6 but Punjab have slightly better run rate than Mumbai Indians. But this game would play significant role to decide the upcoming path for qualifiers, so highly intensive match can be expected.

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What to expect from Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians in TATA IPL 2024 33rd Match?

The clash between Punjab Kings(PBKS) and Mumbai Indians (MI) on 18th April match at Mullanpur Stadium would be the game for the survival. Punjab top has been crumbled in last match not performed up to the mark in the season till now, at the other side Mumbai has taken up the charge and doing great with bat and ball.
In the last match vs CSK Mumbai Indians gave tough contest even if they lost the match. Punjab Kings would have to make sure that their top orders batters gave good start to team. As Shikhar Dhawan is injured and it will big blow for PBKS , Punjab have to make sure that in his absence batting order do well.
"Unfortunately, we missed out on him because he's having a shoulder injury. So he's likely to be out for for at least for 7-10 days. I would say so, uh, having an experienced opener and somebody like Shikhar who has got experience of playing on such wickets, uh, becomes extremely crucial," said Bangar.

Pitch Report:Mullanpur Stadium provide very less support to Seam bowlers, so bowlers would have to focus on variations and have to hit hard length in specially in power play can get them success. While spinner would get fair chance with spin, so both team are expected to use full quota of spinners. Both team have tendency to chaese the run can be expected to opt field while winning toss.

Match Details:

Venue:Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh
Timing: The 33rd match IPL season starts at 7:30 pm.
Injuries report:Shikhar Dhawan is having shoulder injury and will miss the next two matches.
Weather Report: Average temperature would be around 28 degrees with humidity 43% percent in today's match.

CHANDIGARH WEATHER

PBKS vs MI Head-to-Head record till now:

Match Played: 31
PBKS Won: 15
MI Won: 16

Interesting Facts GT vs DC to be known:
PBKS and MI has played very wonderful 31 matches against each other, where MI has won 16 matches and PBKS has won 15 matches. They both have given tough competition to each other from years and it would be great to watch as they both would require to secure 2 points.

Players head-to-head Report PBKS vs MI 2024:

Batting Stats for Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals: -

Rohit Sharma has scored the highest runs against Punjab Kings with total of 566 runs in 23 innings. However Shaun Marsh has the highest run against Mumbai Indians with 526 runs in 12 innings but he has retired from the cricket.
The highest individual score against MI is made by Hashim Amla with 104 runs where he played only 2 innings. However from MI it is Lendi Simmons with 100 runs in one match against PBKS but has already retired from cricket.

Stats	Punjab Kings	Mumbai Indians
Most Runs	Rohit Sharma(566 Runs)	Shaun Marsh(526 Runs)
Highest Score	Lendi Simmons(100 Runs)	Hasim Amla(104)

Bowling Stats for Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians:

Lasith Malinga has 22 wickets against PBKS in 14 innings, followed by Jasprit Bumrah with 20 wickets in 15 innings. However the best bowling Innings is made by Lasith Malinga with (4/22).
Arshdeep Singh has 8 wickets in 6 innings against MI and also has the best Bowling innings with (4/29)

Stats	Punjab Kings	Mumbai Indians
Most Wickets	Lasith Malinga (22 Wickets)	Arshdeep Singh(8 Wickets)
Best Bowling	Lasith Malinga(4/11)	Arshdeep Singh (4/22)

PBKS VS MI Dream11 Prediction: :

Gujrat Titans 11 V/s DC:
SPrabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rishi Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh.
Impact Player Atharva Taide, Rahul Chahar, Sikandar Raza, Gurnoor Brar, Harpreet Bhatia.

Delhi Capitals 11 V/s GT:
Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Tim David, Ishan Kishan (wk), Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Suryakumar Yadav.
Impact Player Naman Dhir.

Team Squad PBKS vs MI in Tata IPL 2024 - 33rd Match:

Punjab KingsSquad
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Shivam Singh, Sikandar Raza, Atharva Taide, Chris Woakes, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Prince Choudhary, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan

Mumbai Indians Squad
Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Piyush Chawla, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Suryakumar Yadav, Vishnu Vinod, Shreyas Gopal, Luke Wood, Mohammad Nabi, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj