The Indian Premier League (IPL) is to face Punjab Indians (Mi) today (1 June) in qualifier-2 of 2025 (1 June). This match between the two teams will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from 7.30 pm Indian time. The winning team of this match will reach the final, where it will compete with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on this ground on 3 June (Tuesday). On the other hand, the journey of the losing team will stop here in the current season.
Mumbai Indians freshly elevated
Punjab Kings led by Shreyas Iyer faced a crushing defeat by 8 wickets to RCB in qualifier-1, due to which his confidence would definitely be determined. If Punjab Kings want to become champions for the first time, then they will have to perform their best in this match. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 20 runs in Eliminator and took another step towards the sixth title.
Mumbai Indians have more experience of playoff matches than Punjab Kings. The pair of Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer and head coach Ricky Ponting will have to ensure that their players forget the crushing defeat in the last match. Marco Jansen’s absence and the most wicket -taking Yuzvendra Chahal’s unavailability in the IPL has become a problem for the team. Due to this, additional pressure is being created on his main fast bowler Arshdeep Singh. The role of Punjab Kings batsmen is also very important in the match.
What will Rohit Sharma do wonders again?
As far as five -time champions Mumbai Indians are concerned, veteran batsman Rohit Sharma took advantage of the two life donations early and scored 81 runs against Gujarat Titans. Rohit Sharma has returned to the rhythm again and it will not be easy for the bowlers of Punjab Kings to curb him. Overall, there is no shortage in the team of Mumbai Indians because it has done well in every department of the game.
Apart from Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians have match winners like Jaspreet Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma and captain Hardik Pandya. The result of this match will largely depend on the performance of the bowlers as the pitch of Narendra Modi is considered favorable for the batsmen, on which a lot of big scores have been scored.
Possible playing-11 of Punjab Kings: Prabhasimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Harpreet Brar, Kail Jemison, Arshdeep Singh.
Mumbai Indians potential playing-11: Rohit Sharma.
These will be the best in Fantasy XI: Johnny Bairstow, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Qetan), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Santner, Jaspreet Bumrah, Trent Bolt, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh.
In the Indian Premier League, there has always been an exciting battle between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings. So far 33 matches have been played between the two teams in the IPL, in which Mumbai Indians have won 17 and Punjab Kings have won 16 matches. In the last 5 matches, Punjab Kings were heavy, which has won 3 matches.
Mumbai vs Punjab h2h
Total IPL Match: 33
Mumbai won: 17
Punjab won: 16
Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhasimran Singh, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Kail Jemison, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shadege, Musheer Khan, Jewor Barhlet, Javimar Khan, Javamatlah Barrazi, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardy, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Haranur Singh, Paila Avinash
Squad of Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Bewon Jacobs, Robin Minj, Krishnan Srijit, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Naman Dhir, Raj Angad Bawa, Mitchell Sentner, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Ashwini Kumar, Rece Topli, Karn Topli, Karn Sharma, Trent Bolt, Deepak Chahar, Satyana Raju Sharma, Raghu Sharma, Johnny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Richard Glison, Charith Asanka.