MI vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction Match 31 of IPL 2023 Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings Playing 11, Top Picks, Fantasy Cricket Tips

Mumbai Indians go head-to-head against Punjab Kings in the 31st match of the Indian Premier League at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 22nd April, Saturday at 7:30 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians are on a roll at the moment. Mumbai have won three games back-to-back and are looking very good to make it four in a row. Mumbai were up against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mumbai put up a brilliant total thanks to Cameron Green’s 64 and some late hitting from Tilak Varma powered them through.

It was then the bowler’s turn to restrict Sunrisers. Jason Behrendorff and Riley Meredith picked up two wickets a piece that dented Sunrisers chances of getting through. Mumbai picked up a clinical victory by 14 runs in the end.

Punjab Kings after picking up a crucial win against Super Giants went down against Royal Challengers Bangalore. With Shikhar Dhawan still missing out, their batters struggled to chase down a 170 plus total. Punjab bowlers did splendidly well to restrict Bangalore to 174 who were once looking to get past 200. It was the batters who failed to deliver as Punjab crumbled to 150 and handed a 24 victory to Royal Challengers Bangalore.

MI vs PBKS Dream11 Team Prediction for Today Match

Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings, 31st Match

22nd April, 7:30 PM IST

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

The 31st match of the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 22nd April at 7:30 PM IST.

Where to Watch MI vs PBKS Live?

Indian Premier League will live stream on Jio Cinema app and website in India. The games will also be telecasted on Star Sports channels as well.

Wankhede Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch in Wankhede Stadium is a belter for the batters. Batters can hit through the line at the start of the innings. Spinners will come into play in the middle part of the game. Wickets in hand is a must as the teams batting first must put a good total since the chasing team will be in the game throughout. Teams winning the toss will bowl first. Average first innings score on this track is 168.

With how things have panned out in Mumbai, the teams batting first should ensure they post a total above par, because later the batting gets easy and the chasing team can easily hunt the total down. The pacers picked up 5 wickets whereas the spinners scalped 6 wickets in the last game at Wankhede.

Team Form Guide:

MI (recent first): WWWLL
PBKS (recent first): LWLLW

MI Playing 11

1. Rohit Sharma (C)
2. Ishan Kishan (WK)
3. Cameron Green
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Tilak Varma
6. Tim David
7. Nehal Wadhera
8. Arjun Tendulkar
9. Hrithik Shokeen
10. Piyush Chawla
11. Jason Behrendorff

Mumbai Indians are back to winning ways and have won won three on the trot.
Few of the key players have been consistently performing for Mumbai and that has been the difference.
Mumbai Indians will look to climb further with another win in this game.
Jofra Archer is yet to recover from his injury and is expected to miss this game as well.
Mumbai Indians can use Riley Meredith as their impact player.

Suryakumar Yadav vs Punjab Kings

Suryakumar Yadav was back amongst the runs and got out cheaply in the last game. However, he’s still the crucial player for Mumbai as a lot will depend on him in crunch games to do well.

Last 5 performances in T20	IPL Matches, Runs and Average against Punjab Kings	Runs & Averages in IPL	IPL performances at Mumbai	Captain or Vice captain choice
7, 43, 0, 1, 15	18 Matches, 304 runs & Average 21.71	2710 Runs & 29.46 Average	43, 1, 7, 46*, 23	✅

Rohit Sharma vs Punjab Kings

Rohit Sharma has been consistently getting starts but he needs to make it into a big one. Rohit is key at the top of the order and can set the tone for the team and the batters who come in later can capitalize.

Last 5 performances in T20	IPL Matches, Runs and Average against Punjab Kings	Runs, Average in IPL	IPL performances at Mumbai	Captain or Vice captain choice
28, 20, 65, 21, 1	28 Matches, 768 Runs and Average 33.39	6014 Runs & 30.22 Average	20, 21, 2, 48, 18	✅

PBKS Playing 11

1. Atharva Taide
2. Prabhsimran Singh
3. Matthew Short
4. Liam Livingstone
5. Harpreet Singh Bhatia
6. Sam Curran (C)
7. Jitesh Sharma (WK)
8. M Shahrukh Khan
9. Harpreet Brar
10. Nathan Ellis
11. Arshdeep Singh

Punjab Kings are dearly missing their skipper Shikhar Dhawan who’s out of an injury.
Liam Livingstone is back and was part of the playing XI in the last game.
Punjab Kings can use either of Rishi Dhawan or Rahul Chahar as their impact player.
Sikandar Raza & Kagiso Rabada didn’t play the previous game against RCB and are not likely to feature in the upcoming game too.

Sam Curran vs Mumbai Indians

Sam Curran hasn’t had a great season yet, but he’s still Punjab’s best all-rounder and he can take the away on his own in quick time, be it with the ball or the bat.

.Last 5 performances in T20	IPL Matches, Runs & Average. Wickets & Economy against Mumbai Indians	Runs & Average. Wickets and Economy in IPL	IPL performances at Mumbai	Captain or Vice captain choice
10 & 0-27, 6 & 3-31, 22 * 1-25, 22 & 0-14, 1 & 0-44	4 Matches, 78 Runs & 26.00 Average. 5 Wickets, 9.67 Economy	424 & 22.32 Average. 37 Wickets & 9.04 Economy	DNB & 1-35, DNB & 1-58, 13 & 2-24, 5* & 1-12, 34 & 0-24	✅

M Shahrukh Khan vs Mumbai Indians

Shahrukh Khan is a powerful hitter of the cricket ball, he’s only played one good innings so far for Punjab but he can set the stage on fire if it’s his day.

Last 5 performances in T20	IPL Matches, Runs and Average against Mumbai Indians	Runs & Average in IPL	IPL performances at Mumbai	Captain or Vice captain choice
7, 23, 22, 4, 11	2 Matches, 15 Runs & 15 Average	348 Runs & 19.33 Average	19, 0, 15, 47, 6	✅

Who will win Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings match?

Both these teams have met 29 times, Mumbai Indians have gotten over the line 15 times and Punjab Kings won 14 times.
Mumbai Indians have found the momentum and have picked up three wins in a row.
Mumbai Indians star players are finally stepping up to the occasion and delivering.
Punjab Kings are dearly missing out on their skipper until then the team has to take more responsibility and deliver.

According to the Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings today match prediction, Mumbai Indians are expected to get over the line and win this MI vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction.