IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) Best Fantasy Team Prediction

Rampant MI side up against the low-on-confidence PBKS team in our Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians Qualifier 2 best Playing 11 for IPL 2025. 

Mumbai Indians and Playoffs is a relation that is beyond eternal. No matter which team they play, they can be complacent in the Group stage match, but when it comes to Playoffs, the team is a beast. This is exactly what we saw in the Eliminator clash as a rampant Mumbai Indians side was just too much for Gujarat Titans, who still have a good fight with the bat while chasing.

With a solid win against Gujarat Titans, and confidence sky-high, MI’s next assignment is a dynamic Punjab Kings side, who are unfortunately coming off from a loss. While Mumbai Indians are currently facing a major challenge in terms of bowlers’ availability, Punjab Kings are themselves struggling with a loss of a few key players. Even as PBKS lost, they are getting one more opportunity to redeem themselves, thanks to the Playoffs format of the Indian Premier League.

To recap, the Punjab Kings team made a horror show in the first Qualifier as a batting lineup that had 10 batters in the side made a mockery of their batting by playing one-dimensional attacking cricket. While RCB’s bowling was to the point, it takes away nothing from the fact that PBKS batters played brainless cricket with everyone just trying to hit instead of playing to the situation. It was okay to play attacking cricket, but when the ball is doing the talking, you can’t just do blind slogging. 

Match Information

Tournament Type: Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025

Match Information: Qualifier 2 – PBKS vs MI 

Pace: Ahmedabad

Date & Time: June 1, 7:30 pm IST

The Qualifier 2 shall be played at Ahmedabad, which means we can expect a better wicket overall for batters. While it may swing early on, once those initial 3-4 overs are taken care of, you can expect the batters to do well. Overall, expect Ahmedabad to produce a better wicket, and with a slight gap in both teams, this promises to be another fighting contest with the team that holds the nerves coming out as a winner.

IPL 2025 Final Squad Players List for Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Batters: Harnoor Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh & Shreyas Iyer

WKs: Josh Inglis (o), Prabsimran Singh & Vishnu Vinod

All-rounders: Aaron Hardie (o), Azmatullah Omerzai (o), Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen (o), Marcus Stoinis (o), Mitchell Owen (o), Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera & Suryansh Shedge

Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Kyle Jamieson (o), Pravin Dubey, Vyshak Vijakumar, Xavier Barlett (o), Yash Thakur & Yuzvendra Chahal

Talking about Punjab Kings’ playing 11, the team were forced to play Musheer Khan as the impact player to strengthen their batting. Musheer, unfortunately, didn’t create any impact with the bat. While the same situation repeating twice seems difficult, expect PBKS to play Vyshak Vijaykumar as the impact player if Chahal is still unfit. However, more so from PBKS, they would need a good show from their batters this time around, which should mostly be the possibility.

IPL 2025 Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians Best Playing 11 for PBKS

Prabsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson & Arshdeep Singh

Best Impact Player: Vyshak Vijaykumar

IPL 2025 Final Updated Squad and Players List for Mumbai Indians (MI)

Batters: Bevon Jackobs (o), Tilak Varma, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav & Shrijith Krishnan

WKs: Jonny Bairstow & Robin Minz

All-rounders: Arjun Tendulkar, Charith Asalanka, Mitchell Santner (o), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa & Hardik Pandya (c)

Bowlers: Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Karn Sharma, Mujeeb ur Rahman (o), Raghu Sharma, Reece Topley (o), Richard Gleeson (o), Satyanayarana Raju, Trent Boult (o) & Vignesh Puthur

The Mumbai Indians team played a revamped playing 11 in the Qualifier 2 clash against Punjab Kings with three changes in the playing 11. While Jonny Bairstow and Richard Gleeson were forced changes, the team also played Raj Bawa in place of Deepak Chahar to fill the void for Will Jacks and Deepak Chahar. While the team should continue the only change that we can see is the team opting for Reece Topley in place of Richard Gleeson, who seems to have pulled a hamstring in the last match, and may not recover in time

IPL 2025 Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians Best Playing 11 for MI

Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah & Trent Boult

Best Impact Player: Reece Topley

IPL 2025 Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians Best Fantasy Team Prediction

Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Suryakumar Yadav & Tilak Varma

Wks: Jonny Bairstow, Josh Inglis & Prabsimran Singh

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya

Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh & Jasprit Bumrah

CVC Choice: Shreyas Iyer & Suryakumar Yadav

So, that’s about the best playing 11 for the Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) Qualifier 2 match of the TATA IPL 2025. 

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