PBKS vs MI Qualifier 2 Today: For Punjab Kings, the season began at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, and whether or not they reach the final, it will end there as well. Shreyas Iyer and Ricky Ponting will be hoping for two more nights like March 25, when the Kings posted 243 for 5 and defeated Gujarat Titans by 11 runs to kickstart their season in style.
But a bruising night at home against RCB, they run into a red-hot Mumbai Indians side. Entering Qualifier 2 with eight wins in their last 10 games, the five-time champions carry unbridled momentum, and MI with momentum are a nightmare for the opposition and as witnessed in Mullanpur on Friday night, they are a force that’s hard to halt.
Mumbai Indians have the stars, the experience and pedigree. Then they have Jasprit Bumrah, who brings a different kind of heft and aura to their attack. The opposition will have to deal with just 16 overs, discounting the four overs in which he gives very little away to the batters anyway. He has conceded only 276 runs in 11 games at an economy rate of just over six.
When: Sunday, June 1 at 7:30 PM IST
Where: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
What to expect: With the pitch under covers, making a prediction is tricky, but a high-scoring contest appears likely. Of the 14 innings played in Ahmedabad during IPL 2025, nine have seen totals in excess of 200, the most at any single venue in a single IPL season. That trend is expected to continue on Sunday night, unless one side suffers a dramatic meltdown, as Punjab did in Qualifier 1. Teams batting first have won six of the seven games with the only win for a chasing side coming in a day game. So the captain winning the toss may choose to bat.
Head-to-Head: MI trail PBKS 2-3 in recent battles (since 2022) but overall they enjoy a slight edge 17-16. MI’s record in Qualifier 2 is 2-2 while PBKS have previously featured in Q2 only once – in 2014 – when they beat CSK by 24 runs.
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Injuries/ Unavailability: No major injury concern and the word from the MI camp is Deepak Chahar, who missed out on Eliminator, is fit to take the field.
Tactics & Match-ups: MI are on a five-match losing streak at the venue, having won only game in six matches here, but those numbers should not faze the Hardik Pandya-led side. MI seamers have been in good form with the new ball, picking up 23 wickets at a strike rate of 21.6 and that should be a good antidote to contain the free-flowing stroke play of the Punjab openers.
Probable XII: Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Richard Gleeson, Ashwani Kumar
Squads:
Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Naushad Khan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Xavier Bartlett, Suryansh Shedge, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash
Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Richard Gleeson, Ashwani Kumar, Robin Minz, Raghu Sharma, Krishnan Shrijith, Reece Topley, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Charith Asalanka, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs, Satyanarayana Raju
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