Match Details
- Date: May 6, 2 024
- Time: 7:30 PM IST
- Venue: Wank hede Stadium, Mumbai
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Preview
Mumbai Indians will go up against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 55th match of the IPL 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Following their recent home loss against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, Mumbai Indians are effectively out of contention for the playoffs. On the other side, Sunrisers Hyderabad got back to winning ways in a last-ball thriller against Rajasthan Royals, to strengthen their chances for a playoff finish in IPL 2024.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai are known to be a batters' paradise in T20, but the bowlers of the highest calibre have found success here as well. The average first innings score at this venue in tournament history is 170, which is not easy to defend considering the smaller nature of the playing surface.
Team Analysis
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians batting lineup has looked disjointed for most of the IPL 2024, especially with the openers Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma not providing quality starts up top, while the middle order, including the likes of Hardik Pandya and Tim David, have been quite uninspiring with the bat as well. On the bowling side of things, Jasprit Bumrah is the current holder of the Purple cap in the IPL, but the other MI bowlers have not been able to perform anywhere close to his standards.
IPL 2024 Squad of Mumbai Indians
Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Harvik Desai, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka. Players injured/withdrawn: Jason Behrendorff, Dilshan Madushanka, Vishnu Vinod.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have been incredible ball strikers at the top of the order for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2024, allowing the rest of the batting order, including the likes of Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Shahbaz Ahmed to score at their own pace. T Natarajan has been the highest wicket-taker in the tournament for SRH, while the captain Pat Cummins and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have picked up vital wickets for the team as well.
IPL 2024 Squad of Sunrisers Hyderabad
Pat Cummins (c), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, 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, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Although Mumbai Indians have been struggling for most of the IPL 2024, they still have a lot of top individual players, who can upstage any team on their given day, and Sunrisers Hyderabad could be the next in line for them.
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