After defeating Delhi Capitals at their home-ground, Sunrisers Hyderabad are all set to lock horns with Mumbai Indians at their home-ground Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. The hosts are in the tremendous form and also on a winning streak. Jonny Bairstow and David Warner, a double sided sharp knife for Mumbai Indians; if one of them will stand for long, then it will be difficult to make victory against the Orange Army. Rashid Khan, the name which might fear the Mumbaikars, because he was the Man of the Match for both the home and away match against Mumbai Indians, in 2018 back then.
Rahid Khan and Mohammad Nabi, the duo had troubled a lot of players in the past and this time they are doing the same thing. In a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Nabi took the limelight as he snatched the big fish AB De Villiers and three more wickets. It will be very interesting to see that if the openers for Sunrisers Hyderabad gets dismissed earlier, then it will be the litmus test for the middle order of Orange Army. Mumbai Indians who are also known as ‘Slow-starters’ have won two out of four matches and recently defeated Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede.
Hyderabad has already witnessed three centuries in the two matches played at home, which is why it is expected to have a high scoring match again. Good news for Mumbai Indians is that Pandya brothers are back in form and are playing the role of finishers in the team. Sunrisers Hyderabad might go unchange as they have won three of the matches by deploying the same Orange Army, but it will be interesting to see if Kane Williamson is fit or not, and how the management will fit him into the playing XI. On the other side, Mitchell McClenaghan will replace Lasith Malinga who flew back to Sri Lanka for the country matches.
Predicted XI:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jason Behrendorff, Mayank Markande/Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Jonny Bairstow, David Warner, Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
Teams:
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Rahul Chahar, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jason Behrendorff, Ishan Kishan, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, Pankaj Jaiswal, Anukul Roy, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Jayant Yadav, Alzarri Joseph
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, T Natarajan, K Khaleel Ahmed, Billy Stanlake, Basil Thampi, Abhishek Sharma, Shakib Al Hasan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Martin Guptill, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Ricky Bhui, Kane Williamson
