Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians face off in a crunch battle. Match 69 of the IPL 2025 season at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur will witness a fiery clash as the winner will seal a Qualifier berth. PBKS are 2nd in the IPL 2025 standings with 17 points from 13 matches. MI are 4th with 16 points from 13 games. If PBKS win, they will go atop the standings and could take on Gujarat or RCB in Qualifier 1. If MI win, they will go top of Gujarat to 1st place and face either Gujarat or RCB in Qualifier 1. A defeat for MI will see them play the Eliminator. PBKS face a similar scenario as well.
In terms of the head-to-head record between the 2 sides, PBKS have won 14 games to MI’s 17, with one match being tied from 32 meetings to date.
In what is a big game, PBKS will miss Yuzvendra Chahal’s services due to a wrist injury, as reported by ESPNcricinfo. However, they have enough firepower in bowling to disrupt a star-studded MI side. MI, who will see several foreign stars depart after this match, will want to make things count and get to that top 2 place under the leadership of Hardik Pandya. MI have all the tools to nullify the Kings in Jaipur. It’s an even contest that’s expected, as both sides have the competency to produce substance.
Predicted XI Punjab vs Mumbai
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh – Impact Player: Praveen Dubey.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult – Impact Player: Karn Sharma/Ashwani Kumar.
Ahead of what is a blockbuster contest, we decode 5 key player battles that will govern this PBKS vs MI match.
Rohit Sharma vs Arshdeep Singh
Mumbai Indians star Rohit Sharma has the knack of getting out to left-arm pacers. In MI’s previous match, Mustafizur Rahman dismissed him. Across 110 innings, Rohit has been dismissed 33 times by left-arm pacers, with his average being 23.18. In this clash vs PBKS, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh will have his tail up. Across 5 innings, he has dismissed Rohit once, conceding 28 runs from 22 balls. Rohit has faced 11 dot balls. In IPL 2025, Rohit has scored 305 runs at 27.72. Meanwhile, Arshdeep has bagged 16 scalps at 24.12.
Suryakumar Yadav vs Harpreet Brar
MI’s in-form batter Suryakumar Yadav is closing in on 8500 runs in the 20-over format. He has scored 8486 runs and is 14 shy of the milestone. In IPL 2025, the versatile batter has scored an immense 583 runs from 13 matches, striking at 170.44. He averages 72.87. Suryakumar will aim to dominate PBKS’ left-arm spinner, Harpreet Brar. Across 2 innings in the IPL, SKY has scored 22 runs off 18 balls against the left-arm spinner without being dismissed. Brar owns 9 scalps this season at a solid average of 15.11.
Shreyas Iyer vs Karn Sharma
PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer has scored 488 runs from 13 matches in IPL 2025 and is his side’s top scorer. Iyer, who is closing in on 6500 runs in the 20-over format, has done well against spinner Karn Sharma in the IPL. He has scored 41 runs from 26 balls across 3 innings (0 dismissals). Iyer will once again aim to keep the spinner at bay and dominate the scenes.
Prabhsimran Singh vs Trent Boult
PBKS opener Prabhsimran Singh is his side’s 2nd-highest scorer in IPL 2025 with 486 runs from 13 matches. He has smashed 4 fifties. Singh, who has often this season handed his side a strong start alongside Priyansh Arya, will have it difficult against MI’s in-form pacer Trent Boult. Boult is the 3rd-highest wicket-taker this season with 19 scalps at 20.36. Notably, the veteran bowler has done well against Singh. Across 4 innings, he has dismissed Singh 2 times, conceding 24 runs from 21 balls. He has bowled 10 dot balls.
Marcus Stoinis vs Jasprit Bumrah
Marcus Stoinis has been a dangerous customer in the death overs this season and comes into this game on the back of a whirlwind 40-plus knock versus DC. And to counter him will be Bumrah, who is MI’s specialist. Across 9 matches this season, Stoinis has scored 126 runs, striking at 193.84. He averages 31.50. Notably, he owns a strike rate of 296.77 in the final 4 overs, as per ESPNcricinfo, scoring 92 runs from 31 balls across 3 innings. On the other hand, Bumrah has picked 6 wickets in the final 4 overs this season at 12.83. Across 7 innings in the IPL, Stoinis averages 9.33 versus Bumrah, being dismissed thrice. He has scored 28 runs from 36 balls. Bumrah has picked 16 wickets from 9 matches at 14.12 (ER: 6.39) in IPL 2025.