IPL 2021: Match Preview, Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad will be facing each other in the 9th match of IPL 2021 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Saturday. Mumbai Indians are at the 3rd spot in the points table winning 1 out of 2 matches while Sunrisers Hyderabad is still due to open their account.

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Match Number: 9th match of IPL 2021.

Match Between: Mumbai Indians (MI) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Timing: Saturday, 17th April 2021, 7:30 PM IST.

Squads:

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan(wk), Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Quinton de Kock, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Arjun Tendulkar, Piyush Chawla, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, James Neesham, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav, Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jason Holder, Virat Singh, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Khaleel Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Abhishek Sharma, Priyam Garg.

Team News:

Mumbai Indians: All the players are out of quarantine and are present for selection. Manish Pandey has dominated in the battle against Jasprit Bumrah and has never got dismissed in this clash but this is a great chance for Jasprit Bumrah to counter his attack as he is not scoring too quickly this season.

Probable XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.

Sunrisers Hyderabad:  All the players are present for selection for SRH. Rashid Khan can give trouble to MI as he has a great record against Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya.

Probable XI: David Warner (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.

Some Facts:

1. In head-to-head matches both teams have played a total of 16 games. Both the teams have won an equal number of matches in these face-offs.

2. Hardik Pandya has scored just 89 runs in 8 innings against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

3. SRH has lost 8 out of 10 times when Manish Pandey has scored 50+ runs.

4. Manish Pandey has faced 30+ balls 14 times in the last 4 seasons in which SRH has ended up losing 11 of them.