Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians Timeline, Match Summary, Highlights & Stats

For cricket fans, the Indian Premier League is not just a cricket tournament but it feels like a battlefield full of big personalities, high emotions and exciting drama. Among the many matches that have sparked over the years, the matches between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians are one of the most unpredictable yet fiercely fought matches in the IPL history.

While MI are celebrated with five titles to their name, PBKS are often seen as the underdog that comes close but never wins the final match.

Let us explore the Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians timeline through today’s blog post.

Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Head-to-Head Summary

Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians timeline 

Now let’s take a look on the timeline of Punjab vs MI matches,

2008-2010: The Beginning and Punjab’s Control  

In the inaugural season of IPL, 2008, both of these teams had a squad of some great players. MI had star players like Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya, while PBKS had Yuvraj Singh, Mahela Jayawardene and Brette Lee.

• 2008: In their first season, Punjab beat MI in both matches. 

• 2009: Also in 2009, Punjab again beat MI in a very close game held at Durban, where the team player Irfan Pathan performed well with both ball and bat.

• 2010: MI started to improve their team and the result was that they won both the matches against Punjab that year. In one match, they won by a huge margin of 23 runs. 

2011-2013: Mumbai started dominating 

With the arrival of a few star players like Rohit Sharma, Lasith Malinga and Kieron Pollard, Mumbai Indians started shaping a strong team. While Punjab was still struggling to find consistency.

• 2011: In a match held at Mohali, MI won with a big inning of Ambati Rayudu. However, Punjab pulled off the win in the next match with the performance of Shaun Marsh.

• 2012: Mumbai dominated this season, as they won both the matches including a 4-wicket win against PBKS. 

• 2013: Punjab stunned Mumbai in one match where David Miller’s inning helped them post a massive total. But Mumbai Indians won the second match where Mitchell Johnson’s fast bowling rocked Punjab’s batting.

2014: Punjab Golden Period

That year the fans of PBKS remembered it as a sacred memory. Glenn Maxwell was on fire, and also David Miller was hitting sixes, and George Bailey was captaining like a chess grandmaster.

In both of the matches during that season, Punjab won against MI. Maxwell was the man of the moment. Punjab finished first in the table, reached the finals, and gave fans hope.

MI, meanwhile, struggled to figure them out that year. For once, they were the ones playing catch-up.

2015-2016: See-Saw Moment

• After a good performance in the previous season, Punjab lost the match in 2015. MI came back strong and won the IPL trophy again. In both the matches that year, MI defeated Punjab, with Lendl Simmons and Rohit Sharma leading the team, with Malinga also performing well.

• In 2016, however, the rivalry took an unexpected turn. Punjab scored a mammoth 230+ in a match with Marcus Stoinis making the main contribution. Mumbai tried their best to chase but ended up losing.

2017: A Match Everyone Remembers

During the 2017 IPL season, in a match Punjab vs Mumbai, Punjab batted first and scored 230/3. In which Wriddhiman Saha, played an inning of 93*. Also MI struggled to chase this huge score in which Pollard, Hardik and Karn Sharma performed well. They nearly pulled it off.

But in the end, Punjab won by 7 runs. It was not just a game but a memory etched in IPL folklore.

2018-2020: Rahul’s Arrival and spell of Double Super Over

• In 2018, KL Rahul joined Punjab and quickly gained recognition as a strong player. He scored 50 runs in only 14 balls. Against MI, Rahul was consistently calm, elegant and lethal.

• In 2019, Rahul again performed well and this time he hit the century in the match held at Mohali. However, in the next match held at Wankhede, MI won dramatically with the innings of 83 off 31 balls by Pollard.

• In the season 2020, held at UAE due to the pandemic, Punjab and MI played a match so wild it went into not one but two Super Overs. The first Super over was bowled by Mohammad Shami in which Punjab made only 5 runs. After that MI tied it again, but in the next Super over Punjab finally won the match.

2021-2023: Punjab Fightback but MI downfall

As the IPL entered into a new decade, some players of MI came into veterans and some were out of their form, meanwhile, Punjab brought in fresh energy.

• 2021: During that season, Punjab beat MI in one game with KL Rahul’s performance but MI took revenge in the next one by De Kocks’s massive fifty.

• 2022: In 2022, MI came last in the points table because they lost most of their matches. And Punjab performed well.

• 2023: 2023 was more of the same. Sam Curran’s leadership, Arshdeep’s consistency, and Shikhar Dhawan’s calm made Punjab look sharper. Mumbai still had to fight, but Punjab started winning the close games.

2024: See-Saw Swings

• The Mumbai and Punjab rivalry became unpredictable again.
• In Mohali Punjab scored 198 but MI couldn’t chase it down despite Tilak Verma’s good innings.
• But in another match in Wankhede, MI stormed back, Tim David finished the match in the last overs with a win.

2025: Recent Clashes (Two Matches, Two Thrillers)

In the recent IPL season, both of these teams gave fans excitement, heartbreak and edge of the seat finishes.

• In one match held at Wankhede, Punjab won the match by 7 wickets in which they scored 187 but MI scored 183. 
• In the Qualifier 2 match in Ahmedabad, Punjab won the toss and chose to field first. MI scored 203/6, in reply PBKS scored 207/5 in which Shreyas Iyer played an inning of 87* and Punjab won the match by 5 wickets.

Conclusion 

Whenever MI vs Punjab meet, fans know they wouldn’t be boring. PBKS vs MI timeline showed that whether it is a rollercoaster match, low scoring thriller, or a double Super Over the fixture brings out the best in both teams.

Mumbai Indians are the IPL Titans while Punjab Kings are the dreamers, the fighters. But when they both meet, the energy on the ground is on the next level.

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