Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Mumbai Indians in Match 8 of the IPL 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Wednesday. Sunrisers Hyderabad have played one match in the series and are currently at the seventh position on the points table. In comparison, Mumbai Indians have also played one match in the series and are currently at the eighth position on the points table. Both teams last played against each other in IPL 2023 where Mayank Agarwal scored the highest fantasy points for SRH with 117 match fantasy points while Cameron Green topped the fantasy points leaderboard for MI with 150 match fantasy points.
In the last match SRH played against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the current season, KKR defeated SRH by four points. The best fantasy player for Hyderabad was Klaasen, who scored 97 fantasy points.
In MI’s last match in this series against Gujarat Titans (GT), GT defeated MI by six runs. The best fantasy player for Mumbai was Jasprit Bumrah, who scored 98 fantasy points.
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad pitch report and weather conditions
The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, is a balanced pitch. The average first innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 166 runs. The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, is balanced, with decent help for both batters and bowlers. The team that wins the toss can decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions.
Weather forecast for Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Temperatures will hover around 32 degrees Celsius and humidity is expected to be around 24%. Wind speeds of 4.26 m/s are expected.
Pace or spin?
The location is suitable for both pacers and spinners.
Head-to-head
In the 21 games played between these two teams, the batters of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
In their last five head-to-head meetings, Mumbai Indians have dominated four times while Sunrisers Hyderabad have triumphed once.
Fantasy Prediction: Choice of Top Captain and Vice Captain
Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah is a right-arm fast bowler. He leads the bowling attack for Mumbai Indians. In his last five IPL matches, Bumrah has taken 13 wickets. In his last match of the current season, Bumrah showed his brilliance with a spell of 3/14. In the last five IPL matches against this opposition, the right-arm pacer has been responsible for eight wickets.
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma, popularly known as Hitman, is a right-handed opening batsman. In his last five IPL matches, the former Mumbai Indians captain has hit 155 runs at an average of 31. In the last IPL match of the current season, Rohit made 43 runs in 29 balls at a powerful strike rate of 148.27. Rohit has a good record against SRH as he has amassed 182 runs in the last five head-to-head matches.
T Natarajan
T Natarajan represents Sunrisers Hyderabad and is a left-arm medium pacer. In his last five IPL matches, Natarajan has picked up five wickets. In the last IPL match against KKR, Natarajan accounted for three scalps with an economy of eight in his quota of four overs. In his four matches against MI, Natarajan was successful with just one wicket of Rohit Sharma.
Hendrik Klaasen
Wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen is a key player in Hyderabad’s batting line-up. In his last five IPL appearances, Klaasen has made as many as 296 runs at an average of 59.2, including two fifties and a century. In his last match against Kolkatta Knight Riders, the South African was his team’s highest run-getter with a 29-ball and 63-run knock. However, in his last two matches against Mumbai Indians, Klaasen scored just 54 runs.
Gerald Coetzee
Gerald Coetzee, another player from South Africa, although wearing the Mumbai Indians jersey, is a right-arm fast bowler. The 23-year-old made his IPL debut in the last match against Gujarat Titans of the current season. In the four overs he was allotted, Coetzee scalped the wickets of Azmatullah Omarzai and Rahul Tewatia at a low economy rate of 6.75.
SRH vs MI Fantasy Team today
Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen and Ishan Kishan
Batters: Dewald Brevis, Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma
All-rounders: Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Marco Jansen and Washington Sundar
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, T Natarajan and Umran Malik
Captain: Jasprit Bumrah
Vice-captain: Rohit Sharma
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