Two Elite Group A teams will collide at the Just Cricket Academy Ground in Bengaluru and we are sure of an intense battle between these two top sides. It is Mumbai vs Punjab and we are up for a thrilling encounter on Friday.
Both teams have played really well so far, Mumbai have won all their matches with last game being called off due to heavy rains in Alur against Vidarbha they are currently placed at the second spot right behind Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, Punjab who are placed third have also played 4 games where they have won twice and lost their previous encounter to the table-toppers Maharashtra by a heavy margin of 94 runs. Their batting was dismal in the last game which led to their downfall but they don't look like a team who are short of match winners.
Read on for MUM vs PUN Dream11 Team News and Mumbai vs Punjab playing 11.
Mumbai will miss the services of skipper Ajinkya Rahane who is set to play for India in the first Test against West Indies at Rajkot from October 4, and therefore has left for Rajkot.
Prithvi Shaw and Shreyas Iyer will also miss the next two games as they are named in the Board President's XI squad who are scheduled to play Windies in a two-day game from September 28.
Akhil Herdwadkar and Shubham Ranjane have been named as the replacement for Rahane and Iyer while no replacement has been named for Prithvi Shaw.
Here's how the two sides may lineup for Mumbai vs Punjab clash.
Mumbai squad: Dhawal Kulkarni(c), Aditya Tare (wk), Jay Gokul Bista, Shivam Dubey, Shams Mulani, Akash Parkar, Vijay Gohil, Eknath Kerkar, Tushar Deshpande, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Royston Dias, Akhil Herdwadkar, Shubham Ranjane.
Punjab squad: Mandeep Singh(c), Sharad Lumba, Gitansh Khera (wk) , Anmolpreet Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Manpreet Gony, Arpit Pannu, Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Markande, Arshdeep Singh, Sanvir Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manan Vohra, Barinder Sran.
Gitansh Khera has done well as compared to Aditya Tare so far but you can go with any of them in your fantasy eleven.
Among the batsmen, you can go for Yuvraj Singh and Shubman Gill both have been among runs and contributed in almost every game with the bat. Akhil Herwadkar is also a capable batter and is expected to open the innings for Mumbai in the absence of Prithvi Shaw.
Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh would be a good choice here along with Shams Mulani who has scalped 8 victims so far and looking really good with the ball.
In the bowling department, Manpreet Gony has been a standout performer for Punjab this year along with Mayank Markande. the former has scalped 5 while the latter has bagged 6 wickets from 3 outings. You can also go for Dhawal Kulkarni who has got 7 wickets to his name from three appearances.
You can choose from Yuvraj Singh, Shubman Gill, Dhawal Kulkarni and Shams Mulani. All these players are good enough to help you gain even more points.
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