The Mumbai Indians (MI) will lock horns with the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in a crucial 55th encounter of the IPL 2024 at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday, May 6, 2024. Match starts at 7:30 PM.
The toss will play an important role. The team batting first would to put up as many runs on the board.
Mumbai Indians wins toss and decides to field first
Here are the XIs:
Mumbai Indians 1 Ishan Kishan (wk), 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Naman Dhir, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Hardik Pandya (capt), 7 Tim David, 8 Anshul Kamboj, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Nuwan Thushara.
Sunrisers Hyderabad 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Travis Head, 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Marco Jansen, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 T Natarajan.
The Mumbai Indians’ opening duo has faced challenges this season, particularly during the PowerPlay overs. The early dismissals of Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan have been a recurring theme, with Sharma being sent back to the pavilion six times and Kishan seven times within the initial six overs.
Looking ahead, they are up against the formidable pace attack of Sunrisers Hyderabad, featuring Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pat Cummins, T Natarajan, Jaydev Unadkat, and Marco Jansen, all of whom have been in excellent form. It will be interesting to see how the Mumbai batters service the first 10 overs and how many runs they make.
The big picture MI vs SrH
As the league phase nears its end, MI finds itself at the bottom of the table, and their chances of making it to the playoffs are very slim. However, they can salvage their pride and assess their squad before the 2025 auction.
SRH are in a more favorable fourth position. They aim to secure their place in the top four. A recent one-run victory over Rajasthan Royals boosted their confidence, but they must preserve their momentum.
There are no player injury concerns for either team.
MI vs SRH live streaming and TV telecast
Fans can catch the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 live action on Star Sports channels, which have secured broadcasting rights in India.
For those preferring online streaming, the JioCinema app and website will offer free live streaming of all matches.
Head-to-Head Battle
Overall, MI holds a slender lead with 12 wins, while SRH trails closely with 10 wins.
When these teams clash at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, MI has the upper hand, boasting 5 victories to SRH’s two.
But the Surrisers have been a different side this season under the World Cup winning Aussie captain, Patt Cummins.
Betting odds SRH vs MI
The betting odds favor Sunrisers Hyderabad with a 2.05 chance of winning.
Mumbai Indians: 1.75 and Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2.082