Mumbai, May 04: Mumbai Indians (MI) will be travelling to Indore, later tonight, to play against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the 34th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018. The R Ashwin-led team would be looking forward to being back on the field after a week’s rest in the two-month long tournament.

The match will be played at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. The cricket ground will be a makeshift home base for the Kings XI Punjab team, for their next four games, this IPL season. Head Coach Brad Hodge was hopeful of the Indore crowd being in their support. He said, “I highly anticipate that Indore will get behind this team.”

Glimpses of KXIP players before their match against MI:

After coming off a break of seven-long-days in a tournament which is very hectic at its outset, Kings XI Punjab would be looking to shrug off any complacency that has set in the camp. However, looking at the KXIP team’s preparations before the match doesn’t give a slight hint of players showing any complacency. The following pictures show how determined are KXIP to get back on the cricket field for action.

Watch KXIP Players Break a Sweat at Nets at Holkar Stadium in Indore:

Kings XI Punjab has won 5 of the 7 games they have played so far in this IPL season. With 10 points in their kitty, the KXIP team are comfortably sitting on the fourth spot in the IPL Points table. As the next four games are to be played by the KXIP in Indore, they will be looking to draw huge crowd support in their favour.

KXIP and Mumbai Indians have faced 20 times in the IPL history so far. Both the teams have managed to win 10 games each against each other. With KXIP looking to strengthen their position on the top and Mumbai Indians looking for their survival in the IPL; it will be an interesting contest to look out for, tonight.

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