Former Indian teammates Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan share a great camaraderie. After having opened for the Indian cricket team for many years, both the cricketers share a great bond with each other. Ahead of the toss for MI vs PBKS match, Rohit and Shikhar shared a friendly moment on the field at the Mullanpur stadium.

Rohit Sharma Dances With Shikhar Dhawan Ahead Of MI vs PBKS Clash

PBKS and MI are at the bottom of the table, with PBKS in eighth place and MI in ninth. Both teams are eager for points as they head into this match. Punjab Kings won the toss and chose to field first. Rohit and Shikhar catching up before the game was a highlight. It's Rohit's 250th IPL match tonight, but unfortunately, Shikhar is absent again due to a shoulder injury. Sam Curran shared this news during the toss. Watch the viral video here:

Reunited 🫂 How happy are you seeing Rohit Sharma 🤝 Shikhar Dhawan together?#IPLonJioCinema #TATAIPL #PBKSvMI pic.twitter.com/YWgelQC0Xq

— JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 18, 2024

Talking about the match, PBKS won the toss and elected to bowl first against MI. Both teams, with just two wins in their first six games, are eager for a victory. PBKS currently sit at eighth place on the points table, while MI are one spot below at ninth. "We will have a bowl. Keeping up with the trend of the tournament. Shikhar is not well, so that's the only injury and Rilee comes in for Jonny today. It is not nice to lose the close games but we are doing a lot of things right. Taide drops out of the side, just a couple of tactical changes" said Curran after winning the toss. Hardik Pandya, once again, made a statement at the toss, emphasizing the team's strategy to take each game as it comes, especially after their loss to CSK in the previous match. "We were wanting to bat first as well, so good toss to lose. We don't judge (our performances), couple of times we had the game in our grasp and didn't finish the game, IPL tests you, when the game is not over it is not over. We just take it game by game, go out there and give our 100 percent. Every individual should commit to the team's goal and once we do that, the results will be seen. Same team" said Hardik.

PBKS vs MI Playing XIs

Punjab Kings: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah