Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians
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42nd Match:
The match between PBKS and MI is the forty-second meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi on September 28th 2021.
PBKS vs MI History:
The teams competed against each other 27 times, till date. Out of them, PBKS won 13 times including one super over victory in the tied game and lost 14 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against MI WW*LLW.
PBKS Home:
The teams faced each other 8 times at the home ground of PBKS. The host won 4 times. On the other hand, the visitors also won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against MI are WLLLL.
MI Home:
The teams competed 10 times at the home ground of MI. The home team won 6 times and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against PBKS are WWLLW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 9 times at the neutral venue. PBKS won 5 times including one super over victory in the tied game, whereas MI won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against MI WW*LLL.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Punjab Kings:
PBKS is in the sixth position in the table (currently). The team will stay at the same position or come to fourth position by earning 2 points after winning the match. The team may go on the sixth or seventh rank in defeat.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are WLLWL.
Mumbai Indians:
MI is in the seventh position in the table (currently). The team will come to fourth or fifth position by earning 2 points after winning the match. The team will stay in the same position in defeat.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are LLLWW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Abu Dhabi shows the weather would be partly cloudy throughout the game except middle of the game, the weather would be expected mostly clear. The precipitation percentage would be 1% to 2% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 33 Celsius. The wind would be between 13 to 22 km/h. The speed of wind would decrease and the temperature would steady throughout the play.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams prefer to bat first 17 times in 33 matches. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 7 times, though one of them was tied, but the team, with batting first, managed to win by boundary counts (as, the super over was also tied), and lost 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLWLL.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, which happened 16 times out of 33 matches. The selection favors the teams, and the teams won 9 times, and lost also 7 times, though one of the defeats was in a super over in a tied game.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWWWW.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 16 times and lost 17 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWLW.
The first batting team won the matches 14 times including two ties, in one game the first batting team won by boundary counts (as the super over was also tied) and the other one was decided by super over. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 19 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLLW.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 132 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 206 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 70, and the highest total was 205 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 84 runs (completed innings), whereas the highest was 206 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 26.29 and 27.25 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other once at the venue. MI won the outing.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against MI at the venue are L – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
PBKS got 6 opportunities to play at the venue. The team has an extremely poor record, as the team won 2 times and lost 4 times. The team never won an outing since 2014.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB at the venue are LLLLW.
MI got 10 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has a pretty good record, as the team won 6 times, and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are LWLWW.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Punjab Kings:
The team may go with the wining combination.
Punjab Kings: K. Rahul, M. Agarwal, C. Gayle, A. Markram, N. Pooran, D. Hooda, H. Brar, N. Ellis, M. Shami, R. Bishnoi, A. Singh
Mumbai Indians:
The team may go with N. Coulter-Nile in place of A. Milne.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: Q. de Kock, R. Sharma, S. Yadav, I. Kishan, H. Pandya, K. Pollard, K. Pandya, N. Coulter-Nile, R. Chahar, T. Boult, J. Bumrah
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: “***” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through a second super over, as the first super over also resulted into a tie.
