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Punjab Kings (PBKS) will take on Mumbai Indians (MI) in the second qualifier of IPL 2025 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 1. The winner will confirm their fixture in the final of the tournament against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on June 3. PBKS ended up losing the first qualifier against RCB but got another chance in the second qualifier. On the other hand, MI are coming after registering a convincing win over Gujarat Titans in the eliminator.
Now, both PBKS and MI are set to play their last league match of the season. PBKS, who have qualified for playoffs after 11 years, will not aim to get ahead in the points table and get the top-two spot. On the other hand, the five-time champions MI also looked in dominant form in the later stage of the tournament and qualified for the playoffs despite having a poor start in the season. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the second qualifier of IPL 2025 between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians.
Match
Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians, Qualifier 2
Venue
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Date & Time
Saturday, June 1, 7:30 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details
JioHotstar (app and website) and Star Sports Network

The surface of the Narendra Modi Stadium looks good for batting where we can expect a 200-plus total getting scored easily in the first innings. It also has a good bounce where the fast bowlers can get the movement. Out of 42 IPL matches played at this ground, the team batting first and bowling have won 21 matches each. The average score batting first at this ground in 176 runs.

Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians have faced each other 33 times in the IPL history so far. Out of these 33 matches, MI won 17 times while PBKS defeated them on 16 occasions.
Matches played
33
PBKS won
17
MI won
16
PBKS Playing 11: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson
Impact player: Yuzvendra Chahal
MI Playing 11: Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Richard Gleeson
Impact player: Ashwani Kumar
PBKS: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash, Yuzvendra Chahal
MI: Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Richard Gleeson, Robin Minz, Raghu Sharma, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Krishnan Shrijith, Charith Asalanka, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
PBKS vs MI Toss Prediction : Winner expected to opt for batting first
Teams winning the toss at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, often prefer to bat first. Out of the 7 matches played at this venue, teams winning the toss and choosing to bat first have won 6 times, while teams batting second have won 1. This clearly indicates that batting first offers a slight advantage
Shreyas Iyer: PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer has been a star performer for the franchise this year. He is PBKS’ leading run scorer in the ongoing season amassing 516 runs from 15 matches at an average of 46.90 and a strike rate of 170.86.
Rohit Sharma: MI opener Rohit Sharma stepped up in the right moment in the eliminator against GT and played a crucial role in MI’s win. He has looked great touch in the second-half of the tournament amassing 410 runs from 14 matches at a strike rate of 150.18.
Arshdeep Singh: PBKS pacer Arshdeep Singh has been a constant performer for the franchise this year. The left-arm pacer is PBKS’ leading wicket taker in the ongoing season taking 18 wickets from 15 matches.
Jasprit Bumrah: Jasprit Bumrah played a crucial part for MI to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2025. He has been a constant performer since his return in professional cricket taking 18 wickets from 11 matches in the ongoing IPL season so far.

Toss Prediction: PBKS to win the toss
Scenario 1: PBKS opt to bat first
1st innings prediction: PBKS to post 180-190 runs
Match prediction: MI to win
Scenario 2: PBKS opt to bowl first
1st innings prediction: MI to post 220-230 runs
Match prediction: MI to win

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