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Punjab Kings (PBKS) will take on Mumbai Indians (MI) in match number 69 of IPL 2025 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on May 26. This is going to be a crucial contest for both the teams in order to confirm their spot at top-two in the points table. PBKS are coming after losing their previous game against Delhi Capitals while MI registered a dominant win against the same opponent.
Now, both PBKS and MI are set to play their last league match of the season. PBKS, who have qualified for playoffs after 11 years, will not aim to get ahead in the points table and get the top-two spot. On the other hand, the five-time champions MI also looked in dominant form in the later stage of the tournament and qualified for the playoffs despite having a poor start in the season. Let’s have a look at fantasy cricket tips, pitch report, probable XIs, captain, vice captain and more ahead of the PBKS versus MI IPL 2025 69th match.
PBKS vs MI Match Details
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Match Number |
69 |
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Teams |
Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians |
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Venue |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
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Time |
7:30 PM (IST) |
| On-Field Umpire | Chris Gaffaney, Parashar Joshi |
| Third Umpire | Madanagopal Jayaraman |
PBKS vs MI Head-to-Head Stats & Records
Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians have faced each other 32 times in the IPL history so far. Out of these 32 matches, MI won 17 times while PBKS defeated them on 15 occasions.
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Punjab Kings |
vs |
Mumbai Indians |
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32 |
Matches Played |
32 |
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15 |
Won |
17 |
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230 |
Highest Score |
223 |
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0 |
No Result |
0 |
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119 |
Lowest Score |
87 |
| 14 | Tosses Won | 21 |
| 3 | Elected To Bat | 5 |
| 11 | Elected To Field | 16 |
| 7 | Won Toss And Match | 11 |
| 0 | Toss Won, Batting First, Match Won | 1 |
| 7 | Toss Won, Bowling First, Match Won | 10 |
| 149.15 | Avg. Runs | 149.32 |
| 6.32 | Avg. Wickets | 5.82 |
PBKS vs MI Pitch Report
The surface of the Sawai Mansingh Stadium offers a fair contest between batters and bowlers depending on the conditions.The team batting first won 23 times at this ground while the chasing side came out victorious on 40 occasions. The average first innings score at this ground is around 165 runs.
PBKS vs MI Probable Playing XIs
PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh
Impact player: Yuzvendra Chahal
MI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Impact player:Ashwani Kumar
PBKS vs MI IPL 2025 Full Squads
PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Xavier Bartlett, Kyle Jamieson, Praveen Dubey, Mitchell Owen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Musheer Khan, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash
PBKS's Last Five Matches: Performance
| Loss | Win | Win | Win | NR |
MI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Karn Sharma, Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Robin Minz, Reece Topley, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Krishnan Shrijith, Raghu Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs
MI's Last Five Matches: Performance
| Win | Loss | Win | Win | Win |
PBKS vs MI, IPL 2025 Match 69: Top Players to pick
Shreyas Iyer: PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer has been a star performer for the franchise this year. He is PBKS’ leading run scorer in the ongoing season amassing 488 runs from 13 matches at an average of 48.80 and a strike rate of 172.43. Iyer has been a constant run getter this year and can turn out to be top scorer in the upcoming match against MI.
Marcus Stoinis: PBKS all-rounder Marcus Stoinis looked in great touch in the last game against Delhi Capitals where he scored a quickfire 44*(16) runs with bat. Apart from his batting Stoinis can also turn out to be a crucial player with ball and can take big wickets.
Rohit Sharma: MI star opener Rohit Sharma has looked in great touch in the second half of the tournament and has been giving good starts to his team. Rohit has scored 305 runs form 12 matches this season at a strike rate of 150.99.
Hardik Pandya: MI skipper Hardik Pandya has been crucial performer with both bat and ball in the ongoing IPL season and played a monumental role in MI’s dominance in the league stage so far. With the bat, Pandya has scored 161 runs at a strike rate of 161 in 12 matches, while with ball, he took 13 wickets at an average of 19.76.
PBKS vs MI, IPL 2025 Match 69: Players to avoid
Yash Thakur: PBKS pacer Yash Thakur has played only two matches this year but hasn’t been able to make any impact. He is unlikely to get a chance in the playing XI in the match against MI.
Karn Sharma: Karn Sharma has given one match-winning performance for MI this year but hasn’t been able to make any impact after that.
PBKS vs MI, IPL 2025 Match 69: Top Captain and Vice Captain Picks
| Contest | Captain | Vice Captain |
| Grand League | Prabhsimran Singh | Hardik Pandya |
| Head to Head | Suryakumar Yadav | Shreyas Iyer |
PBKS vs MI Match 69 Fantasy Team (Grand League)
Wicketkeepers: Prabhsimran Singh (captain), Ryan Rickelton
Batters: Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh
All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Marcus Stoinis
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh
PBKS vs MI Match 69 Fantasy Team (Head-To-Head)
Wicketkeepers: Josh Inglis, Prabhsimran Singh
Batters: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain)
All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya, Marcus Stoinis
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Harpreer Brar, Arshdeep Singh
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