Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya and his Sunrisers Hyderabad counterpart Pat Cummins will look to come again to winning ways after their group’s opening defeats within the Indian Premier League 2024.
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Mumbai Indians will goal to land the killer punch after fluffing a straightforward run-chase of their opener once they meet a harmful Sunrisers Hyderabad within the Indian Premier League in Hyderabad on March 27.
Five-time champions MI had rather a lot going for them of their event opener in opposition to the Gujarat Titans, whether or not it was the incisive spells from pacer Jasprit Bumrah, Dewald Brevis’ impactful knock or Rohit Sharma’s fireworks on the high of the order.
But MI, who’ve constructed a status of gradual starters through the years, couldn’t handle 48 runs off 36 balls with seven wickets in hand. With the 10-team occasion being extra aggressive than ever earlier than, Mumbai can’t afford extra such lackadaisical performances going ahead.
In his first recreation as Mumbai captain, Hardik pushed himself down the order at quantity seven to accommodate the likes of Tim David and Brevis larger up.
Considering he batted a lot larger for the Gujarat Titans final yr, there’s a case for him to bat larger up the order.
Opener Ishan Kishan, again to motion after an extended break, might solely final 4 balls in opposition to GT. With the T20 World Cup in thoughts, his performances will likely be tracked carefully and have added significance. He wants to be at his finest with the bat and behind the stumps to make the nationwide squad.
Hardik can even expect an improved efficiency from spinners Shams Mulani and Piyush Chawla.
They face SRH on their house turf and the Pat Cummins-led facet confirmed in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders what they’re able to.
The big-hitting Heinrich Klaasen virtually acquired them over the road from a hopeless scenario although the remainder of the batters put up under par performances.
The opening duo of Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma has proven promise however would additionally want to be constant if SRH are to do effectively within the competitors.
SRH have invested closely in pinch hitter Abdul Samad and it’s excessive time he delivers on the promise.
The seasoned Bhuvneshwar Kumar was Andre “Russelled” on Saturday night time and will look to bounce again strongly.
“Tough job in cricket to bowl to someone like him (Russell). It’s one of those ones which goes one way or the other. Who would have thought we would have got that close? Unfortunately, a bit too much. Lots to be encouraged by. A couple of points to work on also,” Cummins stated after the narrow loss at Eden Gardens.
Squads:
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Tim David, Shreyas Gopal, Ishan Kishan, Anshul Kamboj, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Tilak Varma, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Luke Wood, Suryakumar Yadav.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
Match begins 7.30PM IST.
