His off-breaks can come in handy, especially since Mumbai Indians play three left-handers in their top six. The are now in a tricky situation as they stand fifth in the points table. Miller was left out of Kings XI's team for the first time in 30 games, since April 2015.
A prime reason for the results going in their favour in the previous two matches at the Holkar Stadium was that they were batting second. This will also be the last home game for KXIP in Indore, before they move to their primary home ground in Mohali.
Punjab skipper Glenn Maxwell, who joined Amla in the middle, didn't take too long to fix the damage. The Kings made a promising start after winning two matches at their home turf but lost the momentum and lost three games in a row. Spinner Axar Patel is likely to be part of the playing 11 as well. At this point, Maxwell might think of bringing T Natarajan back to the side.
Mumbai Indians contrary to their last nine IPL seasons have turned their luck around with some spirited performances. Captain Rohit has found his mojo in the last match.
Harbhajan Singh wasn't in the first XI this IPL, but since his return to the side has bowled beautifully, thereby restricting the flow of runs as well as picking up wickets to further hamper the opposition's run-scoring capability.
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The Mumbai Indians will be likely to open with Parthiv Patel and Jos Buttler.
Although the Indian youngsters have stolen the show for MI till now, it has not stopped West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard from showing off his destructive batting skills.
The Pandya brother duo has also been very influential in the team's run so far. In their match against SRH, they scored a combined 24 runs.
The bowling department led by the experience of Harbhajan Singh and Lasith Malinga have been on the money right from the word "play". The skipper came out to bat and did exactly the same, carting the bowlers all around the park.
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