The 41st match of IPL-20125 will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians (MI). The match will begin at 7:30 pm at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. Both teams will face each other for the second time in the season.
MI has played 8 matches this season, with 4 won 4 and lost the match. SRH, on the other hand, has played 7 matches in which he has won only 2 matches and faced 5 defeats. Mumbai points are sixth in the table and Hyderabad are ninth. This is an important match for Hyderabad in terms of playoffs.
Match Details Match: SRH VS MI, 41st Match Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad Time: Toss- 7:00 pm, match start: 7:30 pm
Up to the hand of Mumbai
Mumbai and Hyderabad have been in 24 matches in the IPL, out of which 14 matches MI have won. While SRH has won 10 matches. Mumbai is ahead of Hyderabad in Head to Head. The first match between the two teams took place on April 17 this season. In this, the Mi beat SRH by 4 wickets. In that match captain Pet Cummins bowled well, took 3 wickets, but could not win.
Hyderabad's top batsman head
Both opener Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have performed brilliantly for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Head is the top scorer so far, he has scored 262 runs in 7 matches. His strike rate was 168 during this period. Head has scored 187 runs at an average of 37.40 in 5 innings and a strike rate of 153.27.
Abhishek Sharma has scored 242 runs in 7 matches. Batsman Ishaan Kishan's form is a concern for the team. In addition to the century in the first match, Kishan has scored a total of 32 runs in the last 6 innings.
Harshal Patel is the highest wicket -taker bowler for the bowlers. Death over specialist Harshal has played 6 matches and took 9 wickets. The team also has great bowlers like Captain Pat Cummins, Mohammad Shami, Zishan Ansari.
In the superb form of Surya-Rohit
Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma are in excellent form for Mumbai Indians. Surya has scored the highest 333 runs for Mumbai this season. Its strike rate was 162.43 during this period. At the same time opener Rohit Sharma won the match by an unbeaten 76 against Chennai in the last match. The team won the match by 9 wickets.
Captain Hardik Pandya has been the highest wicket -taker for Mumbai despite the presence of bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Bolt and Deepak Chahar. Pandya has taken 11 wickets in 7 matches so far. Mi has Mitchell Sentner and Vignesh Puthur as a spinner.
Pitch report The pitch of the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad has been beneficial for the batsman. Fast bowlers have also got a bounce here. A total of 82 IPL matches have been played at the stadium so far, of which the first batting team has won 35 matches while the chasing team has won 46 matches. While one match was uncertain. In this case, the toss winning team can first field.
Weather condition The weather will be clean in Hyderabad on April 23 and there is no possibility of rain during the match. The wind speed can be about 9-16 km per hour. In addition, the temperature here will be around 25-37 degrees Celsius.
Potential Playing-12 Sunrisers Hyderabad of both teams: Pet Cummins (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishaan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Henrik Klasan (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishaan Malinga and Jishan Ansari.
Mumbai Indians' Potential Playing 11: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Ryan Recalton (wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Mitchell Center, Will Jack, Trent Bolt, Naman Dhir, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah and Ashwini Kumar.
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