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SRH haven't opened their account in IPL so far and they have lost all the matches (5 games) they have played in Chennai venue. SRH will be heavily dependent on Rashid Khan and David Warner to win the match while on the other hand Mumbai Indians has all it bases covered in the team with all-round attack in batting and bowling.
It will be interesting to see if SRH want to persist with Manish Pandey or bring some of the new face like Priyam Garg (or) Virat Singh while Kane Williamson can be included in the team in place of Jonny Bairstow to strengthen the middle order of SRH lineup. Mumbai Indians middle order batting hasn't fired in the first two games and they will be expected to go on the top in this game against SRH.
Let us have look at some of the important numbers before the game:
Most runs for SRH vs MI – David Warner (488 runs)
Most wickets for SRH vs MI – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (16 wickets)
Most runs for MI vs SRH – Kieron Pollard (383 runs)
Most wickets for MI [Among Current players] vs SRH – Jasprit Bumrah (12 wickets)
2000: Mumbai Indians wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock needs 39 more runs to reach to 2000 IPL runs. Also, Sunrisers Hyderabad wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha needs 13 more runs to reach 2000 runs in IPL.
200: Mumbai Indians all-rounder Kieron Pollard needs two more sixes to complete 200 sixes in IPL. Sunrisers Hyderabad opener David Warner needs four more sixes to complete 200 sixes in IPL.
50: Suryakumar Yadav will be playing his 50th match for MI in IPL. Krunal Pandya needs two more wickets to pick his 50th wicket in IPL.
4: Rohit Sharma just averages 17.46 with the bat against SRH in IPL and that is 4th lowest for a batsman in IPL (who has played atleast 10 innings).
Least batting average vs SRH in IPL (Min 10 innings)
Mandeep Singh - 9.44 (10 inns)
Andre Russell - 12.88 (10 inns)
Parthiv Patel - 16.27 (12 inns)
Rohit Sharma - 17.46 (16 inns)*
Dinesh Karthik - 17.56 (19 inns)
100: If Manish Pandey plays then he needs 2 more sixes to smash 100 sixes in the mega tournament.
18: Hardik Pandya has just scored 18 runs against Rashid Khan in the 5 IPL innings he has played at a S.R of just 54.55. Also Rashid Khan has dismissed Hardik Pandya twice in the five innings he has played against him. Their match up will be an interesting thing to see in the game.