20:55 100 up for Punjab:
Amla cuts Krunal Pandya for a superb four through backward point.
Pandya then bowls a wide down the leg side.
Maxwell and Amla happy to rotate the strike after that one boundary in the over.
20:52 Krunal Pandya gets his first wicket:
Malinga comes back into the attack and is sent for a nicely timed boundary behind point.
Punjab captain Glenn Maxwell replaces Saha.
Amla digs out the yorker and punches Malinga straight down the ground for a boundary.
A single off the next ball and a fifty for Amla!
11 off that over!
20:48 Krunal Pandya gets his first wicket:
Amla gets to the pitch of the ball and dispatches Krunal Pandya for a six over the long on boundary.
Saha gets the ball at the toe end of the bat, falls in no man’s land.
The Punjab batsmen going behind the bowling but the pressure gets to Saha who swings his arms only to see the ball crash into his stumps.
Pressure, pressure, pressure!
Amla and Saha happy to just rotate the strike and get the runs now.
Jasprit Bumrah comes in to bowl.
Nice fielding at the boundary by McClanaghan to stop a certain boundary, but the batsmen steal a couple.
Saha chips Bumrah to the leg side for a couple. The ball balloons in the air but falls away from Bhajji at mid-wicket.
Bumrah starts neatlty, giving just 6 runs in the over.
20:35 Marsh gone for 26:
Harbhajan keeps Punjab quite, gives only six runs in that uneventful over.
Umpires call for a strategic timeout.
Amla and Saha will now have to bat well to help give Punjab a good platform and ensure no wickets fall so they can go hammer and tongs at the death.
We will have to wait and see how Mumbai also do to restrict the opposition.
Saha comes in at No 3 for Punjab.
Krunal Pandya gets the first feel of the ball.
He does well to give only 6 six runs in the over.
McClenaghan brought back into the attack.
Good fielding by
Short delivery and Marsh pulls that for a crisp boundary.
Marsh goes for 26.
Full delivery, Marsh caught double-minded and then hands Pollard a simple catch at mid-wicket.
20:23 Malinga gets knocked for a six!:
Another change and ‘Slinga’ Malinga comes to bowl.
Amla sends Malinga for a massive six over long-on. That is the first six of the evening.
He follows that up with a yorker! Amla steals a run.
Marsh cuts the ball, nicely timed but finds the fielder at point.
Sharma makes a bowling change, Harbhajan given the ball.
After two dot balls, Marsh gives Bhajji the treatment. He hits the ball square off the wicket, middle of the bat for a boundary.
6 runs off that over!
20:15 He is on a roll:
3rd over, Pandya continues. Marsh gets a run off backward square leg
Amla gets hit on the pad, ball runs down the leg side and a good stop by Parthiv Patel behind the stumps.
Marsh then cuts the wide delivery for a boundary through point and follows that up with a boundary off a similar shot. He then takes a single. Impeccable batting by Marsh.
Good over for Punjab! 12 off it
Mitchell McClenaghan bowls the 2nd over that was spiced with a run-out chance, a streaky, lucky boundary for Amla and a caught behind appeal.
20:07 Amla, Marsh open the innings:
Hardik Pandya opens the bowling for Mumbai Indians.
Hashim Amla gets a single off the first ball.
Shaun Marsh clobbers the short and wide delivery for a boundary through the off side.
Good ground fielding by Krunal Pandya to stop the ball from going to the boundary.
Amla gets 2 runs off the last ball of the first over.
19:42 In-form Mumbai Indians face a lacklustre Punjab:
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and has put the opposition in to bat.
Two-time champions Mumbai Indians have been on a roll in the Indian Premier League this season and would look to continue the winning streak against Kings XI Punjab in Indore tonight.
This is Punjab’s last home match in Indore and they will look to make amends for their dismal show so far.
Having won four out of the five matches thus far, Mumbai Indians are placed second with eight points and start as favourites against Punjab, who have managed to win just two of their five games.
Mumbai will look to their batsmen to shine again and dominate the opponents.
Kings XI Punjab, on the other hand, will have their task cut out against a strong Mumbai outfit.
Despite starting their campaign with back-to-back victories, Kings XI slipped in the next three games and would now be desperate to get back to winning ways.
Teams (from)
Kings XI Punjab Playing XI: Hashim, Amla, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Wriddhiman Saha, Axar Patel, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Swapnil Singh, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Ishant Sharma
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Parthiv Patel, Joss Buttler, Nitish Rana, Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah
Source: Rediff