It is big match today as Mumbai Indians are all set to take on Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). Both KXIP and would be looking at scoring a win at today’s match having lost their last match to Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both these matches were also high scoring matches, so one is looking forward to this one being the
Historically MI has a better chance of getting a one up in this match. KXIP and MI had been pitted against each other 24 times in the past and in 13 of these matches, it is the latter that has come out victorious.
Shane Bond who is the bowling coach for Mumbai Indians has already shared their strategy for the match. Talking in a pre-match press conference on Wednesday he said, “KL Rahul has got runs against us in the last few games, he is a brilliant player. He is a dynamic player and scores all throughout the ground. We also know that he takes his time during the middle overs. So it will be an opportunity for us to create pressure on him if he gets that far in his innings against us”.
Mumbai Indians will be taking on Kings XI Punjab at 7:30 in Abu Dhabi. The match will be live telecast on Star Sports and Hotstar
Squad :
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Prince Balwant Rai, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, James Pattison, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile
Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (Captain), Krishnappa Gowtham, Harpreet Brar, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Simran Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tajinder Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Mayank Agarwal, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Karun Nair, James Neesham, Nicholas Pooran, Ishan Porel, Arshdeep Singh, Murugan Ashwin