Mumbai Indians won the toss choose to bowl against Punjab Kings in IPL 2023

Mumbai Indians will look to push forward in the playoff race as it faces Punjab Kings at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday. Mumbai Indians win the toss and choose to bowl first. Mumbai Indians won the toss choose to bowl against Punjab Kings in IPL 2023.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma calls  it correctly at the coin toss and decides his team will be bowling first tonight against Punjab Kings. The last time these two teams squared off in IPL 2023, over 400 runs were scored across 40 overs.

Punjab Kings emerged victorious after posting a mammoth 214/8 at the Wankhede Stadium with Sam Curran hitting a quick half-century before Arshdeep Singh took four wickets. Mumbai Indians came close but eventually finished at 201/6 with Suryakumar Yadav scored a blistering fifty.

Both the teams are currently in the bottom half of the points table and with the tournament entering its next phase when the teams start to gear up for the playoffs race, every point becomes crucial.

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Matthew Short, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Mumbai Indians’ Season So Far in IPL 2023:

Match 1: Lost to RCB by 8 Wickets

Match 2: Lost to CSK by 7 Wickets

Match 3: Defeated DC by 6 Wickets

Match 4: Defeated KKR by 5 Wickets

Match 5: Defeated SRH by 14 Runs

Match 6: Lost to PBKS by 13 Runs

Match 7: Lost to GT by 55 Runs

Match 8: Defeated RR by 6 Wickets

Punjab Kings’ Season So Far in IPL 2023:

Match 1: Defeated KKR by 7 Runs

Match 2: Defeated RR by 5 Runs

Match 3: Lost to SRH by 8 Wickets

Match 4: Lost to GT by 6 Wickets

Match 5: Defeated LSG by 2 Wickets

Match 6: Lost to RCB by 24 Runs

Match 7: Defeated MI by 13 Runs

Match 8: Lost to LSG by 56 Runs

Match 9: Defeated CSK by 4 Wickets.

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