IPL 2024, Match 8: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians Match Preview

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will host the Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday, March 27. Both teams started their IPL 2024 campaigns with losses in away games. Sunrisers travelled to Eden Gardens, Kolkata to face two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders on March 23. In a high-scoring thriller, the Knights managed to hold their nerves and eked out a four-run win.

Fifties from Andre Russell and Phil Salt powered the home team to 208/7 in the first innings before Heinrich Klaasen smashed 63 off 29 balls to keep SRH in the hunt till the very end. With five runs required off the last ball, new skipper Pat Cummins failed to connect a slower delivery from Harshit Rana as the Knights got off the mark this season. T Natarajan's three-for in the first innings also deserves a special mention as the left-arm bowler mixed his yorkers and bouncers to keep the Knights' batters in check.

Mumbai Indians also suffered an agonising defeat as they lost to Gujarat Titans by six runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Under their new captain Hardik Pandya, Mumbai gave a good account of themselves with the ball as they restricted the Titans to 168/6.

Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Naman Dhir, and Tilak Varma got starts but they could not convert them into big scores. Eventually, 19 runs were required off the final over as Umesh Yadav came to bowl. Hardik hit the first ball for a six and the second for a boundary. However, the last four deliveries yielded only two runs and cost two wickets as Mumbai lost by six runs.

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Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Pitch Report and Conditions

The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has produced some excellent batting wickets over the years but the bowlers get into the game as the match progresses. In the 71 matches that have been played at the venue in the IPL, 40 have been won by chasing teams, while teams batting first have won on 31 occasions. The average first-innings score is 159 and the average second-innings score is 148. The highest total recorded at this venue in IPL is 231/2 by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2019.

SRH vs MI Probable Playing XI

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Sunrisers have some very exciting overseas players in their lineup. Head coach Daniel Vettori said that they went with two overseas batters and two overseas bowlers to help out the Indian contingent in the team. Aiden Markram, Klaasen, Cummins, and Marco Jansen were the four foreigners picked in the XI. Jansen and Markram didn't have a memorable trip to Kolkata but they could get a few more chances.

Predicted XI: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markhande

Impact Player: T Natarajan

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Mumbai Indians:

Mumbai Indians are known to back their players and after a close defeat, it is highly unlikely that they would opt for changes. However, Hardik could give himself a promotion in the batting order after coming out to bat at No. 7 in the last game.

Predicted XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Naman Dhir, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Shams Mulani, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah

Impact Player: Luke Wood

SRH vs MI Head-to-Head Record

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