Mumbai faced a defeat in their last match against Chennai, while Punjab also suffered a loss in their previous encounter. Mumbai’s team has been showing strength this season, but they faced a setback after two consecutive wins against Chennai. Mumbai’s captain, Hardik Pandya, hasn’t been in good form this season. Mumbai started with three losses under his leadership and currently sits at the ninth position in the table with four points. On the other hand, Punjab will aim to secure crucial two points at their home ground in Mullapur.
As for the pitch report, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium is known for being bowler-friendly. Both spinners and pacers will find assistance from the pitch. Batsmen will need to show patience while batting on this pitch as scoring big runs could be challenging due to the good bowling conditions. However, in the two matches played at this ground, scores of 170+ have been achieved.
Here are the squads for today’s match
Mumbai
- Hardik Pandya (Captain)
- Rohit Sharma
- David Brave
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Ishan Kishan
- Tilak Varma
- Tim David
- Vishnu Vinod
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Shreyas Gopal
- Akash Madhwal
- Romario Shepherd
Punjab
- Sam Curran (Captain)
- Harshal Patel
- Liam Livingstone
- Kagiso Rabada
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Jonny Bairstow
- Rahul Chahar
- Arshdeep Singh
- Sikandar Raza
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Shashank Singh
- Jitesh Sharma