As puffy clouds scatter around Hyderabad to behold the 25th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 that kicks off today with a striking encounter between the 5th successive IPL titlist Mumbai Indians and the 2016 IPL titleholder Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at 7:30 PM.
Pre-Match Profile
Sunrisers Hyderabad
The team cracked the League with a feeble opening losing their two opening games against RR and LSG. Nevertheless, they were soon able to smash victories by scoring 228 runs defeating KKR in their last match. The SRH batters recorded a good profile but the bowlers were able to knock up immense rounds scoring centuries for the team. Ace bowlers such as Mayank Markande notched up 27 runs, Harry Brook netted a half-century while bowler Aiden Markram milled his first maiden century.
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians grazed the IPL grounds by losing their two opening games against RCB and CSK. Despite this, they were gradually able to pick up the pace by winning two other alternative matches. Their previous match against Kolkata Knight Riders depicted their batting prowess with formidable batters in hand such as Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Varma scoring 186 runs in 17.4 overs with just 5 wickets. KKR lost their form when an amateur sensation, Venkatesh Iyar batted a century in 20 overs.
Match Prediction
The two teams shall compete to tally a hat-trick with two consecutive wins in the previous matches. As per predictions Mumbai Indians have been staged to be a cut above Sunrisers Hyderabad owing to their noteworthy shots.
Pitch Report
The grounds of Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium are in perfect stature to accommodate batting fields with teams having won 14 matches by batting first and 11 by batting second. The grounds have hosted 25 matches so far with over 164 scored as their average first innings score.
Squad
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Batters
(Captain) Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Upendra Singh Yadav, and Anmolpreet Singh
- All Rounders
Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mayank Dagar, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma, Marco Jansen, Tanvir Singh
- Bowlers
Fazal Haq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuveshwar Kumar, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Umran Malik ,Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
Mumbai Indians
- Batters
(Captain) Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tristan Stubbs, Ramandeep Singh, Nehal Wadhera, and Dewald Brevis
- Bowlers
Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Akash Madhwal, Hrithik Shokeen, Jasprit Bumrah, Jason Behrendorff, Jofra Archer, Jhye Richardson, Kumar Karthikeya, Piyush Chawla, Riley Meredith, Sandeep Warrier, and Duan Jansen
- All Rounders
Tim David, Shams Mulani, Cameron Green, and Raghav Goyal
- Wicket Keeper
Vishnu Vinod and Ishan Kishan
