Buoyed by Suryakumar Yadav’s return to form, five-time champions Mumbai Indians will look to continue their winning run when they face re-emerging Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. Both MI and SRH are coming into Tuesday’s match on the back of consecutive wins. They started the tournament with identical back-to-back defeats. On Sunday, Suryakumar halted his poor run of low scores, which included four ducks, with a blistering 25-ball 43 as MI cruised to a comfortable five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai with 14 balls to spare 186 runs followed.
If Suryakumar was sensational, opener Ishan Kishan looked ominous during his 25-ball 58 and the pair will again create fireworks when they take on the Sunrisers.
MI, who struggled in the first two matches, now look to field a very balanced side with Tilak Verma also in good touch, while the flamboyant duo of Cameron Green and Tim David also matter the most.
In the bowling department, the clever Piyush Chawla has brought all his experience to the fore and has formed a formidable spin duo along with young Hrithik Shokeen.
However, MI’s pace unit lacks teeth without Jofra Archer, who has been sidelined with fresh elbow trouble after his appearance in the first match of the season.
In his absence, Riley Meredith has shouldered the responsibility in the last two matches that he has played, but MI are yet to zero in on a steady pace unit after Jason Behrendorff scored a try on the second day.
Arjun Tendulkar and Dwayne Jansen were also handed IPL debuts on Sunday and it remains to be seen whether Mumbai Indians persist with the pair or not.
Sunrisers, on the other hand, found new heroes in Harry Brook and Abhishek Tripathi to register two wins in their last two games.
While Brooke finally lived up to the expectations with a 55-ball 100 against KKR, Tripathi smashed a 48-ball 74 against Punjab Kings to take the team home.
Captain Aiden Markram’s contribution in both the matches has been crucial as he has been at the other end with scores of 50 and 37 in the last two matches.
However, Mayank Agarwal has stuck out like a sore thumb with his lack of runs at the top.
Among the bowlers, spinner Mayank Markande has been the highest wicket-taker for SRH with six wickets, while Umran Malik, Marco Jansen and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have also troubled the opposition.
Tuesday’s match could also be a clash between twin Johnson brothers Duane and Marco, if both are selected in their respective teams’ playing XIs.
Teams (from): Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Dewald Brewis, Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vinod, Cameron Green, Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Riley Meredith Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Arshad Khan, Duane Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (c), Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Johnson, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Karthik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen , Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanveer Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akil Hosin and Anmolpreet Singh.
Match Start: 7:30 PM IST ATK PDS PDS
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