The 42nd Match of the Indian Premier League is scheduled to play between MI vs PBKS on Tuesday, 28th September 2021 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

Mumbai Indians are facing some problems with their middle batting order and we also saw this in their previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore where they were beaten with a handsome margin of 54 runs. The performance of their bowling unit was good. They leaked 165 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Jasprit Bumrah was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in his four overs bowled out against 36 runs. Trent Boult, Adam Milne, and Rahul Chahar picked one wicket each while Krunal Pandya was the only bowler from their side who failed to pick any wicket.

Punjab Kings is the other team who is struggling in this edition of the IPL. If we talk about the recent performances of this team, they had played three matches in the second half of IPL with just one win. Two out of three matches were very close where they lost. They are situated at the 5th spot on the table with four matches remaining. They have to win almost three matches to qualify for the playoff. They had beaten Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous match with a margin of five runs. The batting order of this team once again failed to give the best performance in the previous match. They could manage to score just 125 runs in their inning of 20 overs.

Mumbai Indians had played 27 matches against Punjab Kings where Mumbai Indians had won 14 matches while Punjab Kings had won 13 matches.

There is no doubt that Mumbai Indians is a strong and well-balanced team and have a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on papers. According to our today prediction, Mumbai Indians are the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Mumbai Indians a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Mumbai Indians had failed to perform in the recent match but we all know that they can bounce back strongly in any match
• The batting order of Punjab Kings is weak at least on papers
• Punjab Kings also have a strong bowling unit but they have underperformance
• The bowling department of Mumbai Indians is world-class and they can destroy the batting order of any team

Mumbai Indians is overall a strong team than Mumbai Indians. They have the best players of the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Mumbai Indians have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Mumbai Indians have a 52% chance to win this match
Punjab Kings has a 48% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of IPL T20 as we had observed in the previous editions. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL.

The 42nd match of IPL T20, 2021 is going to be held at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting in early overs. We had seen a total score of near about 220 runs in the most recent three matches played here. The track has a good amount of pace and bounce which allows the batsmen for the good cricketing shorts but this ground also has big boundaries which can be a plus point for the bowlers. A score of 180 plus seems to be a par score.

The weather forecast of Abu Dhabi is almost good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

Date: Tuesday, 28th September 2021
Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM LOCAL / 08:00 PM IST (BD)

Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Opened: 2004
Capacity: 20,000
Ends: North End, Pavilion End
Time Zone: UTC +04:00
Home to: United Arab Emirates
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 47
Matches won batting first: 22
Matches won bowling first: 25
Average 1st Inns scores: 140
Average 2nd Inns scores: 129
Highest total recorded: 225/7 (20 Ov) by IRE vs AFG
Lowest total recorded: 87/10 (18.3 Ov) by HK vs OMAN
Highest score chased: 166/6 (19.4 Ov) by HK vs AFG
Lowest score defended: 129/6 (20 Ov) by ENG vs PAK

Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Piyush Chawla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Roosh Kalaria, James Neesham, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh.