In the 24th match of IPL 12, Mumbai Indians will take on Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai tonight. Mumbai Indians have three wins from five matches and Kings XI Punjab have four wins from six matches.
With two back to back wins Mumbai Indians have gained the momentum and will look to carry it against Kings XI Punjab too. Mumbai Indians have the most balanced team in the tournament but their top order hasn't clicked yet. Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock are failing to convert their starts into big ones. Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya aren't consistent and Ishan Kishan who played his first match against Sunrisers also looked out of touch. Though Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya's form is a big positive for them as both the finishers are doing their job.
In the bowling, Jason Behrendroff, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya have been good so far and the arrival of Alzarri Joseph who took record six wickets in his debut match has also strengthened them.
On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab is also in good form and have four wins from six matches and one of the wins came against Mumbai Indians and it'll boost their confidence further. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are consistent with bat and also played match-winning knocks against Mumbai in the first meeting. Chris Gayle has failed in the last two-three games and he will be eager to play a big knock against Mumbai Indians. Sarfraz Khan and David Miller too have played useful knocks. In the bowling R Ashwin and Mohammad Shami are having a good tournament and they'll hope that Mujeeb ur Rahman, Sam Curran, Ankit Rajpoot or Andrew Tye too will support them.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the 24th match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in Mumbai :
Head to Head in IPL -
| Venue | Mat | Won by MI | Won by KXIP | NR |
| Mumbai | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Mohali | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Neutral | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Overall | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
1 - Yuvraj Singh needs to hit 1 more six to become the 12th batsman to achieve the milestone of 150 sixes in the Indian Premier League.
3 - KL Rahul has scored fifties in three of the last four innings he played against Mumbai Indians in the IPL. His scores read (most recent first) - 71*, 94, 24 and 68*.
11 - Jasprit Bumrah has taken 11 wickets at an average of 18.72 against Kings XI Punjab in the IPL.
41.21 - Chris Gayle's batting average against Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He has scored 577 runs at this average in 16 innings with 5 fifties.
590 - Rohit Sharma has scored 590 runs at an average of 32.77 in 22 innings with 5 fifties against Kings XI Punjab in the IPL.
600 - Kieron Pollard needs to hit 8 more sixes to become the second batsman after Chris Gayle to hit 600 sixes in the T20 format.
8000 - Rohit Sharma needs 87 more runs to become 3rd Indian and overall 8th batsman to achieve the milestone of 8000 runs in T20 cricket.
