Mumbai Indians (MI) will play their last league match this season against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at their home today. This match between the two teams will be played at the Wankhede Stadium. To stay in the playoff race, the Mumbai team will have to win this match under any circumstances. At the same time, the Sunrisers Hyderabad team is already out of the playoff race.
Mumbai Indians had to face a close 5-run loss to Lucknow Super Giants in their last match. This match was visible in the team’s grip at one point. But the team had to face defeat due to the rapid loss of the ground. Mumbai is currently at number 5 on the points table with 14 points from 13 matches. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad had to face a one-sided 8 wicket loss to RCB in their last match.
If we look at each other’s record between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, then Mumbai seems to have the upper hand. So far 20 matches have been played between the two teams, out of which the Mumbai team have won 11 times. While the Hyderabad team was able to win the match only 9 times.
This match between the two teams will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The pitch here is considered very favorable for hitting. Because the match takes place in the afternoon, spin bowlers definitely get to see some amazing stuff. Team batting first 50 times in 108 games played here so far. At the same time, the team that chased the goal 58 times won. Here the average score of the first innings looks around 170 runs.
Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (goalkeeper), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Hrithik Shokeen, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhawal.
Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (week), Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Karthik Tyagi, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nitish Reddy.
The match to be played between Mumbai and Hyderabad will start at 15:30 Indian time. The match will be broadcast live on TV on Star Sports Network. At the same time, the online broadcast of the match will take place on the Jio Cinema app and the Jio Cinema website.
If we talk about the result of this match, Mumbai’s advantage is visible on their pitch. Despite the fact that Mumbai had to face defeat by 5 runs in the last match. But the team has shown much better performance than Hyderabad this season so far. It won’t be easy for Hyderabad to come back from their one-sided defeat in their last game. Although he would definitely like to end the season with a win. In such a situation, chances are high that the match will be exciting.