PBKS vs MI Dream11 prediction, IPL 2023: Fantasy Suggestions, Predicted Playing 11, impact substitute options

PBKS vs MI Dream11 prediction: Punjab Kings will host Mumbai Indians in match 46 of IPL 2023 at the PCA IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday (May 3). The match will be the second of the doubleheader and will start at 7:30 PM after the toss at 7 PM IST.

Both the teams are separated by two points at the moment as Punjab Kings have picked 10 points from nine games after defeating Chennai Super Kings away. Mumbai Indians have the advantage of playing a game less and defeated Rajasthan Royals in the last game.

As far as head-to-head is concerned, both the teams are tied on 15 wins each after 30 encounters between the side. PBKS won the last encounter in this edition of IPL at the Wankhede Stadium as Arshdeep Singh's four-wicket spell turned decisive.

PBKS vs MI injury update and key players

PBKS injury update Punjab Kings have no fresh injury concerns reported ahead of the match.

PBKS key players Liam Livingstone has gained form in the past few games while skipper Shikhar Dhawan has been the most reliable name in the PBKS batting order. However, he hasn't fired runs since his return from a shoulder injury. Sam Curran, Prabhsimran Singh, and Jitesh Sharma have played some good knocks off late but lack of consistency is an issue.

Sikandar Raza and Shahrukh Khan bat down the order and more often don't get to pick enough fantasy points. Among bowlers, Kagiso Rabada failed to pick wickets in the last game while Arshdeep Singh and Sam Curran add further pace strength in the death overs. Rahul Chahar picked a wicket in the last game but has been having a quiet IPL.

MI injury update Jofra Archer played the last game after reports of minor surgery in Belgium recently.

MI Key players Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green are in good form while Tim David and Tilak Varma are also batting well down the middle-order. Rohit Sharma's form has dipped over the last two innings but the MI skipper is having a quiet IPL by his standard.

Among bowlers, Piyush Chawla has picked up eight wickets in four games while Arshad Khan took three wickets in the last game. Riley Meredith has sevn dismissals to his name in five games but has proved expensive. Jofra Archer picked a wicket in the last game as well.

PBKS vs MI predicted playing 11 and impact sub options

PBKS predicted playing 11 Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

PBKS Impact sub options Prabhsimran Singh and Kagiso Rabada are often used as impact substitute.

PBKS bench Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short, Rishi Dhawan, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Nathan Ellis, Gurnoor Brar, Harpreet Singh Bhatia

MI predicted playing 11 Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Riley Meredith, Arshad Khan

MI predicted Impact sub Nehal Wadhera is often used as lower-order batting option if MI need.

MI bench: Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Ramandeep Singh , Jason Behrendorff, Sandeep Warrier, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal, Duan Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal

PBKS vs MI pitch report

The PCA has provided some early assistance for quick bowlers, but like most wickets in the country, the pitches in Mohali is batting friendly. The average score batting first in IPL at the venue is 167. The venue also recently saw a team post the second-highest total in IPL.

History says the team chasing has had an advantage at the venue, but in IPL 2023, three matches have seen the team bat first and come out victorious. However, two of those wins were the noon matches and one of the two night matches saw the team chasing win.