Mumbai Indians would definitely look at avenge when taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crucial Vivo Indian Premier League 2016 match on Sunday 8th May at Vizag. In their last head to head contest, SRH defeated MI quite comfortably by 7 wickets with 15 balls remaining in the game.
Preview
Sunrisers Hyderabad have got boost in their batting order as Yuvraj Singh has returned to the side. Not only in batting but he is a valuable middle overs bowler who can bowl 2-4 overs. David Warner is in prime form so as Rohit Sharma for respective SRH and MI teams. Hence both players will be key batsman at the top in Sunday’s vital clash. Both sides have won 5-5 games each and will look to win this 37th match to earn vital two points in the table.
Mumbai and Hyderabad, both have got good players who can turn around the match at any stage. Kieron Pollard, Jos Buttler, Tim Southee and Mitchell McClenaghan have shown their international experience for Mumbai and it has worked a lot for them. Ambati Rayudu, Parthiv Patel and Krunal Pandya have shown their skills in previous games. So Mumbai Indians are looking quite good and settle to face Sunrisers Hyderabad.
On the other hand, SRH are depending a lot on their captain David Warner who is in prime form and second highest leading run scorer in the tournament so far with 410 runs. Shikhar Dhawan got some valuable runs in the last match that helped the side to win the game. Williamson, Yuvraj, Henriques and Hooda will be key players in the middle order to score quick and firing runs.
Playing XI (Probable)
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Parthiv Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Jos Buttler, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Yuvraj Singh, Deepak Hooda, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Birendra Sran, Mustafizur Rahman.
Predictions
Sunrisers Hyderabad will be favorites to win and they have got 55 percent winning chances over Mumbai Indians in this 37th game of Indian Premier League 9th edition.