IPL 2021: CricTracker expert Manvinder Bisla predicts MI to win against PBKS

The 42^nd encounter of the Indian Premier League is currently underway between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings in Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Winning the toss, MI skipper Rohit Sharma opted to bowl. He said: “We’ll look to bowl first. Just a team plan, nothing specific. It’s a good pitch to bat on, so pretty simple actually. As a team we do understand where we stand at the moment and we also understand that we haven’t played to the best of our potential.

“We know where we’ve made mistakes and hopefully, we can correct it tonight. Because of where we stand at the moment, we have had to make some difficult changes which we didn’t want to do. A couple of changes: Ishan goes out and Tiwary comes in and NCN comes in for Milne,” he added,

His counterpart, PBKS skipper KL Rahul said: “I was a bit confused at the toss. Don’t mind batting first and we need to assess what a good total would be. Not much to fix, it’s important to realize that we are a team that has capitalized on good starts. We haven’t handled pressure really well. But when our backs are against the wall, we have done really well.

“We need to be a bit brave and trust our instincts. We need to trust our basics and not worry about the results. Just one change: Mayank has a stiff back and so he misses out. Mandeep Singh comes in,” he added.

Manvinder Bisla predicts MI to win

Speaking at CricTracker’s Live Show, In The Air, former KKR player Manvinder Bisla predicted Mumbai Indians to break their rut of losses against KL Rahul’s Punjab Kings. On a head to head account, MI is marginally ahead, having won 14 times in 27 meets.

 

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Teams:

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult