Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Qualifier 2 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad today, Mumbai Indians (MI) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS). This match will be like a semi-final, where defeat for both the teams will mean elimination from the tournament. But the winning team will directly face RCB in the final on June 3.

 Punjab Kings will be eyeing a comeback after leaving behind the disappointment of defeat in the Qualifier-1 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). On the other hand, Mumbai Indians, who defeated title favourites Gujarat Titans in the Eliminator, will enter Qualifier-2 with high morale. Punjab and Mumbai teams are one step away from reaching the final.

Punjab has got a second chance to reach the finals as it finished on top in the group stage. This is like a semi-final match for both Punjab and Mumbai. Mumbai may have performed well in every department in the eliminator match against Gujarat Titans, but they will have to defeat Punjab to reach the title match. On the other hand, it will be a tough challenge for Punjab to defeat Mumbai as well.

The challenge for the duo of captain Shreyas Iyer and head coach Ricky Ponting at Punjab Kings will be to ensure that their players forget the crushing defeat in the last match and channel their energy into fighting the challenges that have come up, especially in the bowling department due to the exclusion of some players. This is putting additional pressure on their main fast bowler Arshdeep Singh. At the same time, Punjab's batting was very poor in the last match and the team was all out for just 101 runs. Punjab will have to improve their batting against Mumbai.

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians took another step towards their sixth title by defeating Gujarat Titans in the Eliminator. History shows that Mumbai Indians have more experience of playing in this path of IPL knockouts than Punjab Kings and other teams, and this is what gives the Hardik Pandya-led team a slight edge in this match.

As far as Mumbai Indians are concerned, veteran batsman Rohit Sharma took advantage of the two lives he got in the beginning and played a big innings against Gujarat Titans. Rohit is back in form again and it will not be easy for the Punjab Kings bowlers to curb him. If seen overall, there is no shortcoming in the Mumbai Indians team as it has performed well in every department of the game. To reach the final, his team will largely depend on Rohit, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma and captain Hardik Pandya.

PBKS vs MI Head-to-Head Records

A total of 33 matches have been played between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians in IPL so far, in which Mumbai has won 17 and Punjab has won 16 matches. Mumbai Indians have won only 1 match more than Punjab.

Punjab Kings Squads: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Naushad Khan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Xavier Bartlett, Suryansh Shedge, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash.

Mumbai Indians Squads: Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Richard Gleeson, Ashwani Kumar, Robin Minz, Raghu Sharma, Krishnan Shrijith, Reece Topley, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Charith Asalanka, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs, Satyanarayana Raju.

Narendra Modi Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch of Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad is considered favorable for batsmen. Due to good bounce, the ball comes on the bat well. However, fast bowlers also benefit from it. This time in IPL, we have also seen some high scoring matches in Ahmedabad. Batsmen have dominated here. Qualifier-2 can also prove to be a high scoring match. A total of 42 IPL matches have been played at Narendra Modi Stadium so far, in which the team batting first has won 21 matches and the team batting second has also won 21 matches. The average score of the first innings on this ground in IPL is 176.35.

Broadcast and Streaming Details

This Tata IPL Qualifier-2 match between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians will be live telecast on Star Sports. And online live streaming of the match will be available on JioHotstar app and website.