PBKS vs MI Preview, IPL 2021: Mumbai Indians Face Punjab Kings Challenge After Reverse Against Delhi Capitals

IPL 2021, PBKS vs MI: After losing their last match against Delhi Capitals (DC), defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) will aim for a comeback win when they face a struggling Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Chennai.

The Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) crashed to defeat against Delhi Capitals (DC) following an inept batting performance and will look for redemption. The skipper shone with the bat, but others could not get going and the misfiring middle-order would be a major concern for the side. The MI bowlers have more often than not risen to the occasion and won matches for the team. However, they couldn't do so against DCi and would like the batters to put up bigger scores for them to do the job. Rohit looked in good touch against DC. However, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan, stars of the team's victorious 2020 campaign, have not been able to make match-winning contributions and that has hurt MI along with middling performances from Kieron Pollard and the Pandya brothers, Hardik and Krunal. It is still early days in this year's IPL but MI would like its players to find form and consistency and a match against an under-performing Punjab Kings (PBKS) could well be the beginning.