Published: May 16, 2018, 06:30 PM (IST)
Edited: May 17, 2018, 12:09 AM (IST)
Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Updates: Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of VIVO IPL 2018. We head to Match 50 of the tournament where Mumbai Indians (MI) lock horns with Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in a do-or-die clash to alive in the competition. We will provide you with the live updates and interesting stats tweets from the social media. Defending champions MI started off poorly before bouncing back. With 5 wins from 12 matches, the equation for MI is win 2 and stand a good chance to qualify. Among the contenders for the remaining 2 Playoff spots, Mumbai have the best net run-rate. MI won their last encounter against KXIP at Indore. Restricting Punjab to 174, Mumbai chased down the total with relative ease. KXIP, unlike MI, were off to a great start and it’s a shame that they find themselves at a difficult situation at the business end of the tournament. They too need a win to ensure there chance. All eyes will be on Indian openers — Rohit Sharma for Mumbai and KL Rahul for Punjab. The duo will hold the importance for their respective sides. Head to head, it’s 11-10 in favour of Mumbai. Likely XIs Mumbai Indians: Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ben Cutting, JP Duminy/Kieron Pollard, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande. Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Akshar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot.
