Live: MI Vs KXIP, DUBAI | Live Scores and Commentary | Match 36, IPL 2020

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It was Vince Lombardi, the former American football coach, who had assessed more than half a century ago that "winning is a habit; unfortunately, so is losing". Kings XI Punjab have so far written three chapters of 'How to lose a game from a winning position' in the IPL this season - against DC, RR and KKR. There wasnearly a fourth installment of it in their previous game against Royal Challengers Bangalore, before they somehow managed to sneak through with a last-ball win.

It's a curious case for a team to have both its openers at the top of the run-scoring pile and yet find themselves, as a team, at the bottom of the points table. It is an indication that not everything has gone wrong for them. With better luck and nerves, they'd have been comfortably sat in the top-half of the table. It's a case of so near yet so far, because they've just not been able to close out games.

And much unlike KXIP, Mumbai Indians have found ways to win. They have made winning a habit. That is, however, everywhere but Dubai - where they are set to play their Sunday clash. Six of their eight games so far were played in Abu Dhabi, where they dished out clinical performances with both and ball and won all their games after losing the tournament opener. In Dubai though, they have played only one game so far. And even there, against RCB, they nearly found a way to win when the probabilities were low - scoring 79 runs in the last four overs to take the game into the Super Over.

Mumbai Indians aren't a bad team to learn from on how to win, let alone how to win from near-impossible situations. But KXIP wouldn't mind not getting that lesson on Sunday.

The good news for KXIP is that Mumbai Indians have now found themselves in a comfortable position in the group stage. And even as Rohit Sharma has maintained that complacency shouldn't creep in, they have entered a stage where they are "managing the workload". There could also be more experiments in place which should allow some leeway for KXIP, who are in hunt of their third win - which could also be their first win against a side this season that isn't RCB.

When: Sunday, October 18, 2019, 19:30 IST

Where: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, Dubai International Stadium

Team News:

Mumbai Indians: The defending champions are willing to rest some of their first XI players. With James Pattinson getting rested in the previous game, there could be scope for another alteration. Krunal Pandya is desperate to get some time with the bat and could be promoted higher up in the order.
Kings XI Punjab: Chris Gayle made sure he took his opportunity in the last game. So did Chris Jordan. Glenn Maxwell's contributions with the bat haven't been impressive. KXIP have experimented a lot and confusion continues on whether they will stick with their XI from the previous game or not. However, with three left-handers in the top seven, there could be a case of adding an offspinner in the side.

What they said:

"I prefer batting with him (de Kock), he's very straightforward, likes to take on the bowler from the word go - but I usually like to assess the situation. Will let him play the way he wants to, don't want to put any pressure on him." - Rohit Sharma on his partnership with Quinton de Kock.

"We are a far better side than where we are in the points table. It just got too close for comfort.... As a group, we have been disappointing. It can get frustrating. Our skills were good, but we didn't capitalize on the big moments. It becomes a habit - winning and not winning. There are ups and downs and this has been the roller-coaster." - KL Rahul, KXIP skipper.

Squads:
Kings XI Punjab Squad: KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Karun Nair, Krishnappa Gowtham, James Neesham, Sheldon Cottrell, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith, Ishan Porel, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Tajinder Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Simran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Sarfaraz Khan

Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, James Pattinson, Aditya Tare, Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai

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