Mumbai Indians are at Kings XI den Mohali and have been asked to bat first by the Punjab captain Ravi Ashwin. Both teams have lost one match each after two matches in this season of IPL and looking to make it two after this match on a lively Mohali pitch. Mohali pitch has always been known as a belter and the average first innings total is 170 on this pitch.
Kings XI have made one change in the form of M Ashwin in place of Varun Chakravarthy while Mumbai have decided to go with an unchanged squad. Mumbai have many in form batsmen as Rohit Sharma played a good nock in last encounter, Yuvraj hit 3 consecutive sixes to Chahal, Pandya played a screamer and Suryakumar Yadav also played a handy knock.
Emphasizing the importance of playing in Mohali and having a good record at the home stadium, Ashwin hoped for a victory while speaking on the toss.
"We will be bowling first. We want to make conditions in the daylight and make use of the easier batting conditions later on when there could be some grease. We did win our games last time although it were just three matches, we also won the day game last season. So it's looking good. One forced change - M.Ashwin in for Varun," said Ashwin.
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga
Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye