Indian T20 League 2024 

Match 33: PUN vs MUM 

Preview 

Punjab (PUN) will be up against Mumbai (MUM) in match 33 of the Indian T20 League 2024 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Thursday (April 18). The hosts will be looking to return to winning ways and get their campaign back on track. Sam Curran is expected to remain the stand-in skipper in the absence of regular captain Shikhar Dhawan. PUN suffered a 3 wicket defeat by the hands of Rajasthan in their last clash. With 2 wins and 4 losses out of their 6 matches so far, the 2014 finalists are currently positioned at seventh place on the points table 

MUM on the other hand failed to edge past Chennai (CHE) in their most recent meeting. Led by Hardik Pandya, the five time champions have looked far from their best this season. They have struggled to click as a unit and thus have lost 4 of their last six matches. The men in blue are currently languishing at eighth place with two wins and four losses to their name. 

Let us now have a look at what one can expect from the battle between two bottom rung sides. 

Match Details

Match: PUN vs MUM, 33rd Match, Indian T20 League 2024

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024

Time: 7:30 PM

Venue: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh

Pitch and Weather Report

Teams winning the toss have elected to bowl first on this wicket,  and have even emerged victorious on two out of three occasions this season. The only time they lost, was when Punjab.  

Temperature is believed to be between the range of 29 degree celsius and 25 degree celsius. 

PUN vs MUM Squads

PUN: Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Nathan Ellis, Tanay Thyagarajan, Shivam Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Rilee Rossouw, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh

MUM: Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Shreyas Gopal, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal, Dewald Brevis, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Harvik Desai, Shams Mulani, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Nuwan Thushara, Kwena Maphaka, Luke Wood, Piyush Chawla

PUN vs MUM Probable Playing XIs

PUN: Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow/Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (capt),  Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Ashutosh Sharma

MUM: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (capt), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi/ Nuwan Thushara, Shreyas Gopal,  Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Akash Madhwal

Match Prediction

MUM will likely bounce back and secure a victory in this match. 

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