Punjab Kings (PBKS) are taking up Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 33 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium. The PBKS crew made notable modifications to their taking part in XI for the sport, together with the absence of star opener Jonny Bairstow.
Motive behind Jonny Bairstow’s absence
Punjab Kings’ captain Sam Curran received the toss and elected to bowl first. The crew has been coping with the absence of their common skipper, Shikhar Dhawan, who’s out because of a shoulder harm. In his place, Curran has continued to guide the aspect.
Along with Dhawan’s absence, PBKS made yet one more change to their lineup, benching opener Bairstow. Notably, Bairstow has struggled within the event to this point, managing solely 96 runs from 6 innings with a poor common of 16 and a strike fee of 131.50. Rilee Rossouw has changed Bairstow within the crew, making his season debut.
First recreation for the South African star
Rossouw, the South African star, shall be taking part in his first recreation of the season for PBKS. Along with his expertise from 14 IPL matches in his profession, Rossouw has scored 262 runs at a mean of 21.83, together with one fifty.
Together with Bairstow, PBKS has additionally benched Atharva Taide, who opened within the final match in Dhawan’s absence and scored 15 runs from 12 balls.
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No modifications for Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians have opted for a constant lineup, making no modifications to their taking part in XI. Regardless of shedding their final match towards Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), MI remained assured of their current crew composition.
“We may have a bowl. Maintaining with the development of the event. Shikhar just isn’t effectively, in order that’s the one harm and Rilee is available in for Jonny right now. It isn’t good to lose the shut video games however we’re doing quite a lot of issues proper. Taide drops out of the aspect, simply a few tactical modifications,” stated Curran on the toss.
Taking part in XI of each groups
Punjab Kings: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Impression Subs: Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah
Impression Subs: Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Naman Dhir
