Indian T20 League 2024: Hyderabad vs Mumbai, Match 8 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Hyderabad (HYD) and Mumbai (MUM) will face each other in the 8th match of the Indian T20 League 2024 on Wednesday (March 27) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Both teams lost their first game of the season and will be out there to register their first victory.

Hyderabad took on Kolkata in their first game and elected to bowl after winning the toss. Kolkata scored 208 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. T Natarajan was the pick of the bowlers for Hyderabad and took three wickets for 32 runs in four overs. Henrich Klaasen made 63 runs off 29 deliveries for Hyderabad and was the highest scorer for the team. Hyderabad made 204 runs for the loss of seven wickets and lost the match by four runs.

Mumbai faced Gujarat in their first game of the season and went on to bowl after winning the toss. Gujarat scored 168 runs for the loss of six wickets. Jasprit Bumrah was the most successful bowler for Mumbai and had three wickets to his name. Mumbai finished with 162 runs for the loss of nine wickets on the board and lost the match by six runs. Rohit Sharma and Dewald Brevis scored 40-plus runs each for Mumbai.

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Hyderabad vs Mumbai Head to Head

Hyderabad and Mumbai have faced each other in 21 matches so far in the Indian T20 League. Mumbai have dominated Hyderabad with 12 wins, while Hyderabad have won the remaining nine games. Hyderabad have won just two matches against Mumbai since the 2020 edition of the tournament.

Both teams have won four matches each at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. In their last outing against each other at this venue, Mumbai defeated Hyderabad by 14 runs.

Probable Playing XIs

Hyderabad:

Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan

Mumbai:

Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Shams Mulani, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Luke Wood

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Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Pitch Report

The average first innings score in the last 10 T20 matches at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad has been 175 runs. The average number of wickets lost per inning here has been six.

The surface is likely to have a lot for the batters, and this might be a high-scoring match. The teams winning the toss have gone on to win six out of the last 10 matches here. The team winning the toss in this game might look to bowl.

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Hyderabad vs Mumbai Key Player Battles

Rohit Sharma vs Hyderabad’s bowlers

The former skipper has an excellent record against Hyderabad and has amassed a total of 409 runs in 21 matches at a strike rate of 130.25. He has hit two half-centuries as well.

Rohit has scored 48 runs off 35 deliveries against Pat Cummins, 17 runs off nine deliveries against T Natarajan, and 45 runs off 37 deliveries against Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Jasprit Bumrah vs Hyderabad’s batters

Jasprit Bumrah has the best economy among the bowlers who have picked more than 15 wickets against Hyderabad. He has taken a total of 16 wickets in 13 matches at an average of 22.18, an economy of 7.19, and a strike rate of 18.5.

Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma, Hyderabad’s openers, have struggled against Bumrah. Bumrah has dismissed Mayank twice and has given just nine runs off 12 deliveries. Abhishek has scored just five runs off seven deliveries against Bumrah and has been dismissed once.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar vs Mumbai’s batters

He has picked 21 wickets in 18 matches against Mumbai at an average of 19.57, an economy of 6.52, and a strike rate of 18. He has the best economy among the bowlers who have picked more than 20 wickets against Mumbai.

Bhuvneshwar has dismissed Ishan Kishan once and has conceded 16 runs off 14 deliveries. He has given away 19 runs off 14 deliveries against Hardik Pandya and has dismissed him twice. Bhuvneshwar has dismissed Tilak Verma once.

Heinrich Klaasen vs Mumbai’s Bowlers

Klaasen has been in the best form of his life recently and was the highest scorer in the first match. Klaasen has hit 25 runs off 11 deliveries against Piyush Chawla and has a strike rate of 200 against Hardik Pandya.

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