April 16, 2026 23:16
Signing off!
That wraps things up from us for tonight, but join us tomorrow for our coverage of the match between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad.
Until then, good night!
April 16, 2026 23:02
Match report
MI vs PBKS, IPL 2026: de Kock ton in vain as Prabhsimran, Shreyas extend Punjab Kings’ unbeaten run
Punjab Kings continued its unbeaten run and moved to the top of the table by defeating Mumbai Indians by seven wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
April 16, 2026 22:57
4
PBKS wins by 7 wickets
Deepak Chahar is back. Starts off with a wide. Slower bouncer and Stoinis is beaten! Now an inside edge and Stoinis gets a four. Another wide. Low full toss, Stonis slogs and ball goes to midwicket fence for four! That’s it. A comfortable win for Punjab Kings. Another loss for Mumbai Indians.
April 16, 2026 22:48
W
PBKS live score: 188/3 in 16 overs
Shardul. Shreyas pulls, Naman Dhir drops a sitter and ball goes over the fence for a six!! Shreyas follows it up with another slog and this time it goes comfortably in the midwicket stand. Great shot.
OUT! Shreyas once again smacks the ball towards Naman Dhir at deep midwicket and this time he dives forward to complete the catch. Very good catch but maybe too late now.
Marcus Stoinis is the new man in. Shardul bowls a bouncer and that’s too high, a wide. He’s off the mark with a single. Prabhsimran takes a single as well.
A single to end the over.
April 16, 2026 22:42
50
PBKS live score: 172/2 in 15 overs
PBKS needs 35 off 36 balls.
Bumrah for his final over. Short ball and Shreyas pulls in front of square leg for a four. Beautiful played that! Now he takes a single next ball.
Prabhsimran upper cuts and Deepak Chahar runs in but the ball falls just short of him. A single. Full toss and Iyer pushes the ball towards midwicket for four! That’s his fifty as well off 31 balls.
Takes a single next ball. Slower ball to end the over. A dot.
April 16, 2026 22:38
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PBKS live score: 161/2 in 14 overs
Hardik is back. Four! Prabhsimran lofts the ball straight over the bowler’s head for a four. SIXX! Now he lofts the ball over long off for another maximum!! Another huge hit. Stand and deliver. A wide above Prabhsimran’s head next.
Now a single towards long off. Good yorker, Shreyas takes a single though. Another single by Prabhsimran. A single to end the over.
April 16, 2026 22:31
6
PBKS live score: 146/2 in 13 overs
Bumrah is back. Shreyas cuts towards deep third for a single. It’s a front foot no ball as well. Yorker. A dot on a free hit!
Low full toss now and Prabhsimran drives past the cover fielder for four! Another low toss but just a single this time.
SIX! Shreyas Iyer pulls and sends the ball into the midwicket stand. Huge six that! Great shot. Bumrah bowls a wide, a bouncer way above Shreyas Iyer’s head.
Iyer gets an outside edge and takes a single. Prabhsimran takes a single to end the over.
April 16, 2026 22:29
PBKS Live Score: 130/2 in 12 overs
Ghazanfar to bowl out, Prabhsimran gets inside the line and sweeps over short fine for four. Driven to long-off for one. Dreadful delivery, sliding down leg and Shreyas gratefully parks it past short fine for four more. Shreyas tucks it to leg for one more.
Prabhsimran slices a full toss to the sweeper for one. Shreyas backs away and slaps it to long-on for one.
April 16, 2026 22:27
PBKS Live Score: 118/2 in 11 overs
Shardul Thakur is back, Prabhsimran advances and gets a thick edge, but Ghazanfar isn’t watching as it slips past him at short third! Another misfield. Wide called from Shardul. Four more! Short, pulled through midwicket and that’s a 23-ball fifty for Prabhsimran! Delightful knock.
Punched to Hardik at long-off. Six! Oh, that’s a glorious shot! Width from Shardul, and Shreyas just lifts it over covers for a massive six! Punched to long-on for one more. Pulled for one more by Prabhsimran.
April 16, 2026 22:18
PBKS Live Score: 100/2 in 10 overs
Hardik for his second, Shreyas drives to the sweeper. Four! Don’t get your hand in front of that! Prabhsimran steps away and batters the ball through covers for four. And four more! Short ball, and he lifts it over third for four more. Clipped to deep midwicket for one.
Shreyas works the ball of the thighpad for two, and brings up the 100. Dot to end the over.
April 16, 2026 22:13
PBKS live score: 88/2 in 9 overs
Ghazanfar is back. A dot to begin with. Takes a single off the next ball. Prabhsimran takes a quick single as well. Iyer takes a single. Another single by Prabhsimran. Iyer ends the over with a single.
April 16, 2026 22:09
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PBKS live score: 83/2 in 8 overs
Deepak Chahar is back. Prabhsimran pulls towards square leg and gets a double. SIX! Prabhsimran comes down the track and smacks the ball into the long off stands. In the tier 2 that! Huge six.
Now he tucks it away towards fine leg region for a four! Short ball, Prabhsimran pulls and takes a single. Short ball, Iyer tries to upper cut but doesn’t time it, only a dot ball.
Iyer ends the over with a double.
April 16, 2026 22:03
MI vs PBKS Live Score: 69/2 in 7 overs
Shardul for the first time tonight. Slower bouncer to start, Shreyas upper-cuts for one. Prabhsimran drives through the cover and gets a double.
Shardul bowls too far outside off, a wide delivery. Fuller now, Prabhsimran drives for a single. Once again, a wide far outside off. Slower one, Shreyas chips in the air but safely takes a single.
Now Prabhsimran takes a single. PBKS well above required run rate currently. A dot to end the over.
April 16, 2026 22:00
MI vs PBKS Live Score: 61/2 in 6 overs
Shreyas’ arrival means Bumrah is back. Guided to backward point for what should be one, but Ghazanfar makes a mess of it and gives away four! Not good from the mystery spinner. Short ball and Shreyas taps it on the head for one. Short ball, Prabhsimran lets it go. Four! Glorious shot to end the PowerPlay, rocks onto the back foot and punches it through extra-cover for four.
Punjab Kings finishes the PowerPlay on 61 for two.
April 16, 2026 21:55
MI vs PBKS Live Score: 52/2 in 5 overs
Ghazanfar again, too straight, and Connolly dismisses it over short fine for six! Punched to cover. Connolly swings again and misses, is it an edge? Yes it is! Connolly is on his way, Ghazanfar has another!
Cooper Connolly c Quinton de Kock b AM Ghazanfar 17 (12b)
Shreyas is in at four, he’s been in beautiful touch last few games, and he starts with a delightful cover drive for four! Ooof! Worked through midwicket for two. Eased away for one more.
April 16, 2026 21:47
MI vs PBKS Live Score: 39/1 in 4 overs
Hardik for his first over. Dropped by Bumrah at backward point! Slower ball, Prabhsimran looks to cut and offers a simple chance, but Bumrah can’t hold on. Four! Ooh, a little streaky from Connolly, flies off the outside edge to the left of short third for four. Full, and Hardik does well to stop the straight drive. Six! Great shot, length ball, and he clubs it over mid-on and all the way over the rope.
Connolly ducks under a slower bouncer. Full toss to close out the over, flies off the edge for one.
April 16, 2026 21:43
MI vs PBKS: 27/1 in 3 overs
No second over for Chahar, AM Ghazanfar is into the attack, Prabhsimran takes a single. Gone! Priyansh looks to hoick it over the leg-side, and picks out midwicket! Early breakthrough for Mumbai Indians.
Priyansh Arya c Deepak Chahar b AM Ghazanfar 15 (9b)
Cooper Connolly is in at three. Defended off the stumps. Good over so far from Ghazanfar. Exceptional over, one run and a wicket from it.
April 16, 2026 21:41
MI vs PBKS: 26/0 in 2 overs
Bumrah takes the new ball today. How will these two play him? Starts on the pads, and Prabhsimran tucks it fine for a single. Timing! On the hip, and Arya is alert to clip it away for four more! Pace off, Arya defends.
Fuller and wider, Arya misses the slash. Defended on a length by Arya, there’s an answer as to how they will play him. Just five from the over.
April 16, 2026 21:36
MI vs PBKS: 21/0 in 1 over
Arya defends the first ball straight and gets a single. Four! Lovely timing! On the pads, and Prabhsimran times it sweetly through the leg-side. And four more! This time it’s just gently guided to the left of short third. Punched to deep backward point for a single.
Six! First six of the innings to Priyansh Arya. Wide, and Arya throws his hands to get the ball over deep backward point. Down leg now. Four more! The pull shot comes out now, and rocket away for a boundary.
21 from the first over, what a start.
April 16, 2026 21:32
The chase begins soon
Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya have been in bruising form so far this year, and a fast start tonight would be more than handy as they look to chase down another large total.
AM Ghazanfar has been named as the Impact Player in place of Suryakumar Yadav. Ane early surprise, Deepak Chahar takes the new ball for MI. 195 on the board, here we go...
April 16, 2026 21:26
Will Bumrah's wicket drought come to an end?
Five matches into the season, Jasprit Bumrah is yet to take a wicket in the tournament. Can he change that today?
Stay with us to find out.
April 16, 2026 21:20
1st innings summary
Punjab Kings will be happy to restrict Mumbai Indians below 200. Arshdeep began well picking two wickets inside the PowerPlay. However, de Kock and Naman Dhir added 122 off 68 deliveries for the 3rd wicket to get MI back on track. But once Naman got out, PBKS clawed back into the contest, not allowing de Kock or the other batters to bat freely. Certainly not a belter of a wicket; seems a touch slow. Should be a good chase.
April 16, 2026 21:13
W
MI 195/6 in 20 overs
Vyshak for the last over. Length ball, de Kock hits straight to the bowler; a dot to begin with. Length ball, de Kock pulls and gets a double. A single off the next ball.
Length ball and Tilak pulls for four! Good shot but not much elevation to go over the ropes. Tilak tries to sneak in a quick single, Vyshak gets a direct hit and Tilak is gone. Just short of the crease.
Low full toss, de Kock can only take a single towards over long off.
April 16, 2026 21:07
W
MI live score: 186/5 in 19 overs
Arshdeep. Low full toss and de Kock reverse ramps again and over short third fielder for four. Another full toss but de Kock can only take a single towards long off.
Yorker for Rutherford again! Another dot. Wide yorker, Rutherford leaves it but it’s not a wide. A dot. OUT! Yorker and gone; cleaned up. Superb stuff by Arshdeep. Perfect.
Tilak Varma in at seven. Full toss, Tilak sweeps him for four to end the over.
April 16, 2026 21:01
W
MI live score: 177/4 in 18 overs
Jansen. Short ball and Pandya smacks the ball straight over long off for a six! Powerful stroke that. Yorker by Jansen and Pandya is beaten.
OUT! WHAT A CATCH BY SHREYAS! Pandya smacked it straight and Shreyas jumps over the boundary, grabs the ball and releases it on time. Bartlett completes the proceedings. Great stuff. Pandya goes for 14 off 12 balls.
Rutherford is welcomed with a pinpoint yorker, a dot ball. Another yorker but this time he manages to get off the strike. de Kock takes a single to end the over.
April 16, 2026 20:55
100
MI live score: 169/3 in 17 overs
Bartlett is back. Takes a single off the first ball. de Kock also takes a single and moves to 96 now.
Short ball and Pandya can only take a single. Another single, this time by de Kock. Pandya, too, takes a single.
de Kock reverse ramps and ball goes just past the short third fielder for four! Century off 53 balls. Nice way to get there as well. Third century for de Kock in IPL.
April 16, 2026 20:49
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MI live score: 160/3 in 16 overs
Shashank continues. Pandya plays a dot ball. Now he takes a quick single off the second ball.
SIX! Length ball and de Kock slaps it straight and over long off fielder for a maximum! SIX! Another huge maximum by de Kock. This time he picks the ball over square leg boundary.
Takes a single next ball. Pandya will keep the strike next over.
April 16, 2026 20:44
4
MI live score: 145/3 in 15 overs
Arshdeep is back. Low full toss outside off, de Kock slashes the ball in the air and hits just past the deep point fielder for four. Wide outside off by Arshdeep, wide.
Now a single towards midwicket region. Pandya takes a single.
de Kock goes for a wild slog but misses the low full toss! Now takes a single towards deep point. Another single to end the over.
April 16, 2026 20:39
W
MI live score: 136/3 in 14 overs
Shashank Singh into the attack!
Naman takes a single and gets to his half-century off 29 deliveries. de Kock skies the ball high in the air but it falls in no-man’s land! de Kock gets off the strike.
Naman plays a dot ball. OUT! Naman hits the ball straight to long off! Length ball slapped straight into the hands of the fielder. He goes after scoring 50 off 31. Man with the golden arm, Shashank Singh!
Hardik Pandya into the attack. He is off the mark with a single. de Kock takes a single to end the over.
April 16, 2026 20:33
MI live score: 132/2 in 13 overs
Jansen is back. de Kock takes a quick single off the first ball. Naman Dhir pulls and gets off the strike with a single. de Kock gives Naman the strike back and he returns the favour next ball.
Jansen comes around the wicket. A wide down the leg. de Kock takes another single. A single to end the over.
April 16, 2026 20:29
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MI live score: 125/2 in 12 overs
Chahal for his third. de Kock goes for a reverse sweep but gets beaten. A dot to begin the over. Now Chahal bowls on the leg side and de Kock slog sweeps over square leg boundary for a six!
de Kock takes a single off the next ball towards long on. Now Naman Dhir takes one step one ahead and plays a beautiful lofted cover drive for a six! What a fantastic shot that.
Dhir now slogs towards long on but can only get a single. de Kock ends the over with a single.
April 16, 2026 20:24
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MI live score: 110/2 in 11 overs
Bartlett for his third over. de Kock misses a wild swing; beaten off the pace. Four! Now he slashes past the short third fielder and gets to the fence.
SIX! Length ball and this time de Kock slogs it way into the midwicket stand for a maximum. Yorker, de Kock opens the blade and gets a single off the next ball.
Low full toss to Naman Dhir, who pushes the ball towards deep midwicket and takes a single. A single to end the over.
April 16, 2026 20:24
MI vs PBKS Live Score: 96/2 in 10 overs
Chahal gets another now, he got a smacking in his first. De Kock bunts it to leg for two. Swept straight to short fine. De Kock advances, Chahal slows it down...and he’s smashed it over the leg-side! Great batting. Single to long-on, and that’s 29-ball fifty in his first match of the season for Quinton de Kock. Typically classy innings again. Drops short and Naman pulls to deep midwicket for one. Single to close out the over.
April 16, 2026 20:16
MI vs PBKS: 84/2 in 9 overs
Vyshak returns, bad ball to start. Wide outside off, and de Kock slashes it over short third. Massive wide to follow. QdK looks for the lap and misses. Too wide again, this time de Kock cuts through backward point and short third for four.
Vyshak hasn’t been great so far today. Better wide yorker is dug out for one. Leg-stump full toss and Dhir finds deep midwicket. Single to end the over.
April 16, 2026 20:11
MI vs PBKS: 74/2 in 8 overs
Bartlett returns, de Kock drives straight for one. Dhir drives one more straight. Beautiful wrists from de Kock to tap a brace to leg. Squeezed to the deep point fielder for one. Pace off, and Dhir slaps it to the sweeper. Lovely wrists again from de Kock to squeeze the ball past point for one.
April 16, 2026 20:01
MI vs PBKS Live Score: 67/2 in 7 overs
Shashank Singh was clocked on the head while backing up the final ball of the last over, and is leaving the field with an ice-pack on his head for now. Chahal to bowl his first, and Dhir starts the over with a glorious straight six! Nudged to fine leg for one. Full again, and de Kock slog-sweeps for six more! Great shot. Thrown a little shorter and wider, but de Kock has pulled it into the gap again for four.
Wider, but too far. And again! Prabhsimran wants to review this, and his skippe does...looked OK to me, and yes, it’s inside the line. Single blocked to long-off, 19 from the over.
April 16, 2026 20:00
MI vs PBKS Live Score: 48/2 in 6 overs
Vijaykumar Vyshak to close out the PowerPlay. Mix up as Dhir drives to mid-off, de Kock has given up but Shreyas can’t hit the stumps! Second run-out chance goes begging. And to make matters worse, Dhir has slugged the next ball for four! Pace off, Dhir cuts to the fielder for no run.
Swung across the line again, and it’s four more again! This time it’s a little squarer but no less effective. And now he’s clubbed it over mid-on for six more! A nice little hand from Dhir here now. Third run-out chance missed as Dhir pings another drive to mid-off and sets off for a suicidal single. Fielder misses again, so MI ends the PowerPlay on 48 for two.
April 16, 2026 19:55
MI vs PBKS Live Score: 33/2 in 5 overs
Jansen is back, de Kock nurdles a single to off. Early signs are that there is some value in taking pace off, and there is a little bit of uneven bounce as well. Chahal has dropped a sitter! Dhir looks to scoop and mistimes it, Chahal comes in from short fine, but drops an absolute dolly. Maybe he lost it in the lights.
De Kock picks out mid-off with a drive. Sliced over the infield for four more now! Nudges one more to off to follow. Guided to deep point for one to end the over.
April 16, 2026 19:50
MI Live Score: 25/2 in 4 overs
Xavier Bartlett for the first time tonight, goes full early and Dhir defends. A little too straight, Dhir clips it off the toes and a fumble at midwicket allows four. Dhir looks to go over off and mistimes it to the sweeper for a single. De Kock has a mow across the line for two.
Slower ball, de Kock waits and nudges a single. Dhir times an on-drive sweetly, but the fielder in the deep comes around to keep it to two.
April 16, 2026 19:40
MI Live Score: 15/2 in 3 overs
Arshdeep again, a little too straight but Rickleton clips it straight to deep square-leg! And that’s 100 wickets in IPL for him! Early blow for MI!
Ryan Rickelton c Shashank Singh b Arshdeep Singh 2 (8b)
Suryakumar Yadav is the new man, and he’s gone first ball! Looks to drive the ball through cover, and gets a thick edge to Chahal at short third. What a massive breakthrough from PBKS’ main man with the ball!
Suryakumar Yadav c Yuzvendra Chahal b Arshdeep Singh 0 (1b)
Naman Dhir is in at four for MI, Arshdeep on a hattrick...and Dhir defends to short midwicket. Beautiful from Dhir, eases it off the back foot through covers for two. Dhir defends again, beautiful bowling from Arshdeep. Dhir sets off for a quick single to short midwicket, would have been gone with a direct hit! What an over from Arshdeep!
April 16, 2026 19:39
MI Live Score: 12/0 in 2 overs
Jansen to share the new ball, an all-Protea affair. Rickleton drives, toe-ended to cover for a quick single. What a way to start your IPL from Quinton de Kock! Wide outside off, and de Kock lifts it high and handsome over covers for six! Too straight now, and it clips the pad and runs away for four.
Better line from Jansen, defended. Oooh, this one keeps a bit low and bounces through to the keeper. De Kock gets a thin edge to short third for a dot. Good comeback by Jansen.
April 16, 2026 19:31
MI Live Score: 1/0 in 1 over
Beats the outside edge first ball! A touch of outswing to start, and Rickleton can’t resist throwing his hands at it. Curving out again, and Rickleton guides it to short third. A peach again, beats the outside edge! Thrice in four balls, how unlucky he is not to have a wicket yet! Beautiful start from Arshdeep.
Leading edge to cover now. Rickleton finally gets off the mark with a single to deep backward point, good start from Arshdeep.
April 16, 2026 19:30
Play to begin shortly
We’re almost ready to begin at the Wankhede Stadium. Ryan Rickleton and Quinton de Kock were not opening partners at the T20 World Cup, but they’ve batted enough for us to be confident this could be very fun.
From the other end, Arshdeep Singh has the new ball in hand one shy of his century. Can he finish that off early today? Let’s find out...
April 16, 2026 19:14
Mumbai Indians' top-order revamp
So an early confirmation that Rohit Sharma misses out tonight with an injury. MI has opted to get in the overseas batter in Quinton de Kock to take his spot at the top of the order partnering fellow Protea Ryan Rickleton.
There is also a debut for Mayank Rawat, who comes in for an unwell Mitchell Santner.
April 16, 2026 19:11
Impact Player options
MI: AM Ghazanfar, Corbin Bosch, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz.
PBKS: Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur.
April 16, 2026 19:07
Playing XIs
MI: Quinton de Kock(w), Ryan Rickelton, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dhir, Mayank Rawat, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah
PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Cooper Connolly, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
April 16, 2026 19:01
Toss
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and will bowl first.
“The pitch looks dry but I have been told that the dew is likely to come in which makes it better to bat second,” says Shreyas. PBKS is playing the same team.
Rohit Sharma misses out today as well as Mitchell Santner, who is unwell, says Hardik Pandya. There’s also a debutant in MI camp: Mayank Rawat.
April 16, 2026 18:51
Pitch report
The experts predict that it’s going to be a high-scoring game today as a new pitch is going to be used. It’s good for batting with a bit of a grass covering, keeping pacers in play as well.
April 16, 2026 18:46
Shashank Singh
In the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Shreyas Iyer brought in Shashank Singh to bowl and the moved worked as he immediately struck, removing Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma in one over.
He has two wickets this season...equal with Arshdeep Singh!
April 16, 2026 18:38
Runs likely to flow tonight
It seems almost certain that tonight will yield another high-scoring encounter at the Wankhede Stadium, where runs have flown with abandon so far this season.
The lowest score in four innings at this stadium in IPL 2026 is 220 for four put up by Kolkata Knight Riders in a six-wicket defeat as Mumbai Indians completed its chase with five balls to spare.
April 16, 2026 18:25
Probable playing XII
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Cooper Connolly, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal, V Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Marco Jansen
April 16, 2026 18:17
Probable playing XII
Mumbai Indians: Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock/ Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Mayank Markande
April 16, 2026 18:07
Did you know?
Jasprit Bumrah has been wicketless this season. He has bowled 122 deliveries so far this season and hasn’t been able to account for one wicket - his longest barren run in T20 cricket.
April 16, 2026 17:57
Milestone alert
Arshdeep Singh is one wicket away from taking 100 wickets in the IPL. He’ll be the 31st bowler to reach that milestone.
April 16, 2026 17:46
Who is leading the Purple Cap race?
Prasidh Krishna and Anshul Kamboj have picked 10 wickets each but the Gujarat Titans bowler holds the cap currently due to a better economy rate of 9.50. Kamboj has conceded 10.12 runs per over.
April 16, 2026 17:35
Who is leading the Orange Cap race?
Virat Kohli currently has scored the most runs this season - 228 - and wears the orange cap. He’s followed closely by Heinrich Klaasen, who has 224 runs to his name.
April 16, 2026 17:24
What happened the last time MI played PBKS?
Shreyas Iyer played an innings of a lifetime, scoring 87 off 41 balls to help Punjab Kings chase down a 204-run target with an over to spare and qualify for the finals. He got good support from Nehal Wadhera, who scored 48 off 29 deliveries.
April 16, 2026 17:12
Who has taken most wickets in MI vs PBKS fixture?
Jasprit Bumrah. In 18 innings that he has bowled against Punjab Kings, Bumrah has picked 24 wickets while bowling at an economy of 6.45 and an average of 18.45.
April 16, 2026 17:05
Who has scored most runs in MI vs PBKS fixture?
Rohit Sharma. The MI batter has scored 634 runs against Punjab Kings in 26 innings at an average of 26.41 with a strike rate of 131.53.
April 16, 2026 16:59
MI vs PBKS: an underrated rivalry
Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings have played 34 matches against each other in which MI has won 17 and PBKS has won 16, while one game was tied. In the 2025 season, Punjab defeated Mumbai two times they met including the Qualifier 2.
April 16, 2026 16:53
Mumbai Indians squads
Ryan Rickelton(w), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Corbin Bosch, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Deepak Chahar, Quinton de Kock, Will Jacks, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, AM Ghazanfar, Danish Malewar, Mohammed Salahuddin Izhar, Krish Bhagat
April 16, 2026 16:48
Punjab Kings squad
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vishnu Vinod, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad, Azmatullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson, Praveen Dubey, Ben Dwarshuis
April 16, 2026 16:43
Rohit Sharma fitness update
Rohit Sharma did bat a bit on the eve of the match and jogged. However, MI management will take a call on his participation at the 11th hour it seems. If Rohit doesn’t play, Naman Dhir might open the innings with Ryan Rickelton.
April 16, 2026 16:36
MI squad update
Mumbai Indians has updated its squad, adding 21-year-old all-rounder Krish Bhagat in place of Atharva Ankolekar.
April 16, 2026 16:29
Welcome
Welcome to the live coverage of the match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Stay tuned for the live updates.
Published on Apr 16, 2026
