Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) MI Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Fantasy Team, Pitch Report, Dream11 Team, Injury Update of VIVO IPL 2021. Both the teams are coming off a defeat in their previous games and will be desperate to get back to winning ways.
PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Match 17 Details:
The seventeenth match of VIVO IPL 2021 will be played on the 23rd of April at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Mumbai Indians (MI).
The game is scheduled to start at 07:30 PM IST and the live streaming can be seen on Star Sports network as well as Hotstar while the live scores and updates can be tracked on the cricknewz.com website.
PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Match 17 Preview:
The seventeenth match of VIVO IPL 2021 will be played between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Mumbai Indians (MI). Punjab Kings have witnessed 3 consecutive losses after winning the first game and is currently positioned at the bottom of the table while Mumbai Indians lost their last game against Delhi Capitals and currently sitting at 4th place on the points table with 2 victories out of 4 games.
Punjab Kings have lost back-to-back matches and as a result, sitting at the bottom of the table. Both batting and bowling have proved to be fragile for them in the matches they have played by far. Even after having an explosive batting lineup, the team got out at below-par totals in two of the games. In their last game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, after winning the toss, skipper KL Rahul decided to bat first.
KL Rahul himself got out cheaply followed by Chris Gayle. Nicholas Pooran got an unfortunate runout on duck and once again the middle order of Punjab Kings collapsed. Only Mayank Agarwal and Shahrukh Khan crossed the 20-run mark and scored 22 runs each. This resulted in a below-par total of 120 runs.
While defending this total, the bowlers of Punjab struggled and only Fabian Allen was able to pick a wicket, and as a result, Punjab Kings lost the game by 9 wickets. The team must improve in both the batting and bowling departments to bring the team back on a winning track.
Talking about Mumbai Indians, this team lost its last game against Delhi Capitals after winning two consecutive matches. After winning the toss, skipper Rohit Sharma decided to bat first. The wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock failed to leave an impact with the bat and got out cheaply. Rohit Sharma scored 44 runs off 30 deliveries, including 3 fours and 3 sixes.
Surya Kumar Yadav scored 24 runs off 15 deliveries while the all-rounder Hardik Pandya got out for a duck, Kieron Pollard also departed on a personal score of just 2 runs. With the help of slow but sensible innings from Ishan Kishan who scored 26 runs, and Jayant Yadav who scored 23 runs, Mumbai Indians reached a respectable but still a small total of 137 runs.
In response to this, Delhi Capitals chased down this total with 6 wickets in hand and 5 balls remaining. Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Kieron Pollard, and Jayant Yadav picked one wicket each. The team is unlikely to make any big change in the playing XI as their squad is pretty much settled and knows how to make a comeback from a defeat.
Out of a total of 26 encounters between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians, 12 games were won by Punjab while Mumbai won the rest 14 games.
PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Match 17 Weather Report:
The temperature will hover between 28-33 degrees Celsius. The precipitation chances are low and humidity will be around 65%.
PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Match 17 Pitch Report:
The pitch at Chepauk is slow and offers a good amount of spin, and is likely to be the same in the upcoming match as well.
Average first innings score:
The average first innings score in VIVO IPL at this stadium is 164 runs.
Record of chasing teams:
The chasing team has won 53.3% of VIVO IPL games at Chepauk.
PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Match 17 Injury Updates and Availability:
Rohit Sharma got a niggle during the last game against Delhi Capitals and had to leave the ground midway the game. He is likely to be fit for this game as the extent of the injury was not big.
PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Match 17 Probable XIs:
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Fabian Allen, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
Bench: Mandeep Singh, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Sarfaraz Khan, Saurabh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Utkarsh Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ravi Bishnoi, Riley Meredith, Jalaj Saxena, Jhye Richardson
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
Bench: Adam Milne, Piyush Chawla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Neesham, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh
PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Top Picks for Dream11 Prediction And Fantasy Cricket Tips:
KL Rahul, being the captain of Punjab Kings, has high expectations to score runs and he will look to prove his worth for the team in this game once again. He has scored 161 runs by far in the 4 innings he played, including two half-centuries in this VIVO IPL.
Mayank Agarwal, after failing to perform in the first two games, is back in form and looked in positive touch in the last two games. He has scored 105 runs in this season of VIVO IPL till now.
Deepak Hooda, after getting a half-century, has failed to leave an impact in the last three games and must be looking to pile up a big inning to his name in this match. He has scored 109 runs by far in this season.
Rohit Sharma has got good starts in all the games but has failed to convert it into a big inning and is likely to play a captaincy inning in the upcoming match. He has scored 138 runs so far and also holds a promising record against Punjab in VIVO IPL wherein he has scored 669 runs at an average of 33.45 and is a safe pick for multiplier’s choice.
Surya Kumar Yadav has scored 121 runs by far for his team in this season of VIVO IPL. He is a class batsman and can take away matches single-handedly from the opposition, and thus can be tried as a multiplier pick.
Rahul Chahar is having a brilliant phase with his performance with the ball and has picked 8 wickets in four innings, and must be looking to display his brilliance with the ball on the spin-friendly pitch of Chepauk once again.
PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Match 17 Captain and Vice-Captain Choices:
Captain- KL Rahul, Surya Kumar Yadav
Vice-Captain- Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Dream11 Team:
Keeper – KL Rahul (C), Ishan Kishan
Batsmen – Rohit Sharma (VC), Mayank Agarwal, Surya Kumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya
All-rounder – Deepak Hooda
Bowlers – Trent Boult, Jaspreet Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for PBKS vs MI VIVO IPL 2021 Dream11 Team:
Keepers – KL Rahul, Quinton De Kock
Batsmen – Mayank Agarwal (VC), Chris Gayle, Surya Kumar Yadav (C)
All-rounder – Kieron Pollard, Deepak Hooda
Bowlers – Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jaspreet Bumrah, Jayant Yadav