Big picture: Two teams on different trajectories
There's a popular meme template: how it started and how it's going. Mumbai Indians' journey so far in IPL 2023 fits that perfectly. They began the season with two crushing defeats before bouncing back with three wins on the trot.
For Punjab Kings, Mumbai's opponents on Saturday, things have gone the other way round. After winning back-to-back games - something they failed to do last year - they managed just one more win in their next four outings.
Mumbai Indians WWWLL (last five matches, most recent first)
Punjab Kings LWLLW
Mumbai Indians: Mumbai could field an unchanged side with Tilak Varma and Behrendorff as their Impact Player pair.
Probable XII: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Cameron Green, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Tim David, 7 Nehal Wadhera, 8 Riley Meredith, 9 Arjun Tendulkar, 10 Hrithik Shokeen, 11 Piyush Chawla, 12 Jason Behrendorff
Punjab Kings: Kings may consider bringing back Raza for Matthew Short and Kagiso Rabada for Nathan Ellis. Prabhsimran Singh and Rahul Chahar could once again be their Impact pair.
Probable XII: 1 Atharva Taide, 2 Prabhsimran Singh, 3 Liam Livingstone, 4 Harpreet Singh, 5 Sikandar Raza, 6 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 7 M Shahrukh Khan, 8 Sam Curran (capt), 9 Harpreet Brar, 10 Kagiso Rabada/Nathan Ellis, 11 Arshdeep Singh, 12 Rahul Chahar
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