A confident Kings XI Punjab side will be up against the three-time IPL champions, Mumbai Indians, in the 34th match of the season.
Kings XI Punjab will come into the game after a week-long break. The fourth-placed side will be hoping to regain their form at their new base, Indore.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians are on the verge of an exit from the IPL 2018. Mumbai will need to win all of their remaining matches to be in contention for the playoffs.
We have six games left, and we have to win them all. That is what we have to do. I still believe when you look at our squad, we have key players who can win us six games in a row. We have done it in the past, and I believe we can do it again."
Shane Bond, Mumbai Indians' bowling coach, is still hopeful they can turn it around
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| Mumbai Indians lost 6 games out of 8 |
Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, Details
Match Date: 4 May 2018, Friday
Match Timing: 20:00 IST, 14:30 GMT
Match Venue: Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, India
Expected Crowd Turnout: The base now shifts to Indore for the Kings XI from Punjab. It will be the first match of IPL 2018 in Indore. It is expected to be a house-full game with a total crowd turnout of 27,500.
Weather
The temperature should be around 37 degrees Celsius. The humidity levels will hover at around the 23% mark, while there is no forecast of rain. The weather will be a bit hazy with a cloud cover of 31%, and it is expected to be a hot evening in Indore.
Pitch report
The track at Holkar stadium usually favors the batsmen. With even bounce and short boundaries, batsmen tend to rule the roost. However, spinners might come into play later in the game, which will make it a competitive T20 wicket to play on.Head-to-head
KXIP 10 - MI 10. Both teams are level in head-to-heads, with ten wins apiece.In the news
With a one-week break behind them, Kings XI should have a fit and hungry Chris Gayle at the top of the order.Kieron Pollard is precariously placed in Mumbai's XI. A match after he was finally dropped, the West Indian made an unsuccessful return to the side, scoring a run-a-ball 13. There is uncertainty around Evin Lewis as well considering his wrist injury.
Previous meeting
Remarkably these sides are meeting for the first time this season.Probably XIs
Kings XI Punjab: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 KL Rahul (wk), 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 Karun Nair, 5 Aaron Finch, 6 Manoj Tiwary, 7 R Ashwin (capt.), 8 Andrew Tye, 9 Barinder Sran, 10 Ankit Rajpoot, 11 Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Mumbai Indians: 1 Suryakumar Yadav, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Rohit Sharma (capt.), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Ben Cutting, 9 Mitchell McClenaghan, 10 Mayank Markande, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
Teams Strategy
If Mumbai open with Rohit Sharma, they could force Mujeeb ur Rahman - legspin v Rohit is always a bowler-friendly match-up - to bowl sooner than Kings XI would want him to bowl.
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| Kings XI Punjab will try to continue their winning charm |
Important Stats
Over 10 seasons, these two sides have an even record of 10 wins and losses against each other. The head-to-head between them over the last three seasons has been 1-1.
Pollard has faced only 70 balls in six innings this season; Aaron Finch has faced only 16 over five innings.
In 25 balls faced from Mitchell McClenaghan, KL Rahul has scored a healthy 42 runs, but has also been dismissed twice.
Chris Gayle has struck at 169.4 per 100 balls of spin this IPL without being dismissed; he still has a solid strike-rate of 154.8 against pace but has got out twice to the quicks.
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