Hello and Welcome to our preview for Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians. We are covering KXIP vs MI Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for IPL2018. The next match is to be played at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.
The depending champion Mumbai has been struggling to make it to the playoffs as they are last in the points table and they need to win all the six matches remaining. And they are up against Punjab who are strong favorites since the arrival of Gayle. They are sitting on fourth position on the points table.
Both the teams are coming after a loss in previous match. Mumbai faced 14 runs defeat against Banglore. Punjab fell short of 13 runs against Hyderabad. Last time when both met, Mumbai had the last smile winning comfortably with 8 wickets in hand.
Both are set to meet again at the new home ground of Punjab at Indore. It would be a game to watch closely as Punjab eyes for top spot with Gayle Storm hitting at full force and Mumbai thriving to make place in the top four.
KXIP vs MI, Match 34th, IPL2018
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
08:00 PM IST
Avg 1st innings score : 260
Avg 2nd innings score : 172
Kings XI Punjab:
Chris Gayle, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Aaron Finch, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Ankit Rajpoot, Barinder Sran, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Yuvraj Singh, David Miller, Mohit Sharma, Akshdeep Nath, Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Ben Dwarshuis, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar
Mumbai Indians :
Jean-Paul Duminy, Rohit Sharma (c), Kieron Pollard, Mitchell McClenaghan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan (wk), Krunal Pandya, Mayank Markande, Pradeep Sangwan, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Akila Dananjaya, Evin Lewis, Siddhesh Lad, Mustafizur Rahman, MD Nidheesh, Rahul Chahar, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan
KXIP :
Aaron Finch didn’t perform well in previous few matches so Punjab Team can include David Miller for his place.
MI :
Evin Lewis fitness news is still unknown. if he fit then likely to replace K Pollard. if we get any news about him then update here.
Kings XI Punjab :
KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Manoj Tiwary, David Miller/Aaron Finch, R Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran/Mohit Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Mumbai Indians :
Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis/Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), JP Duminy, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ben Cutting/Adam Milne/Mustafizur Rahman, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande
Wicket-keeper : KL Rahul is good choice.
If you want then try Aditya Tare in Grand Leagues.
Batsmens : C Gayle, Rohit Sharma, K Nair, Suryakumar Yadav and M Agarwal are good options.
Miller/Finch and JP Duminy are also good for Grand Leagues.
All-Rounders : H Pandya, K Pandya and R Ashwin are good choices.
Bowlers : Andrew Tye, M Markande, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Zadran, Mitchell McClenaghan and Jasprit Bumrah are good choices.
We pick 5 batsmens if you want then take one more bowlers inplace of any batsmen.
KXIP :
KL Rahul
C Gayle
M Agarwal
Karun Nair
R Ashwin
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
A Tye
MI :
Suryakumar Yadav
E Lewis (if play)
Rohit Sharma
Hardik Pandya
K Pandya
M Markande
J Bumrah