MI vs PBKS Qualifier 2 Prediction: In Qualifier 2, Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) will collide in what promises to be another mouth-watering clash in IPL 2025. This is virtually a semi-final, aka a knockout match, as the winner will join the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the final, while the loser will be knocked out of the competition.
Both teams are coming off contrasting results in their latest outing, both in Mullanpur, though on very different kinds of surfaces. While PBKS suffered a thumping loss to RCB in Qualifier 1 after being bowled out for only 101, MI defeated the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Eliminator by 20 runs after piling up 228.
Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings have met 33 times in the IPL. Of these, MI won 17 matches, PBKS won 15 games outright, and one game between them ended in a tie, which PBKS won in the Super Over. In this season, they met once, last Monday in Jaipur, where PBKS won and sealed a top two position.
Both teams have been forced to make changes, as some of their overseas players left after the league stage. PBKS are without South African Marco Jansen.
For MI, Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton, and Corbin Bosch left, and were replaced by Jonny Bairstow, Charith Asalanka, and Richard Gleeson. Bairstow and Gleeson played in the Eliminator, but Gleeson left the field midway through his last over due to an internal niggle or injury. Deepak Chahar missed the Eliminator, apparently due to an injury. MI have Reece Topley on the bench.
Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairsstow (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, NAMAN DHIR, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Ashwani Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Trent Boulet, JASPRIT BUMRARH, Richard, Richard Gleeson/Rece Topeley
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (C), Josh Inglis (WK), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Brura Singh, Kyle Jamieson
The Narendra Modi Stadium is known for producing high-scoring T20 matches, and that’s been the case this season as well. The average winning score in Ahmedabad in IPL 2025 is 222. One trend, though, this season has gone against the general trend over the last few years here, which is of this venue being more chase-friendly, as six out of seven matches have gone in the favor of the batting-first side.
The top captaincy picks in the MI vs PBKS Qualifier 2 are Jonny Bairstow, Suryakumar Yadav, and Josh Inglis.
The 3 players to watch out for in MI vs PBKS are Jasprit Bumrah, Prabhsimran Singh, and Shreyas Iyer.
For the MI vs PBKS prediction, we predict that MI will beat PBKS in Qualifier 2 of the IPL 2025.
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