Sharjah: Defending champions Mumbai Indians will be taking on high-flying Sunrisers Hyderabad in a classic encounter of the Indian Premier League at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday (October 4).
Sunrisers have bounced back with back-to-back wins against Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals in their last two games after two devastating losses to begin their campaign. Priyam Garg and Abhishek Sharma’s maturity in the middle order have given the franchise a major sigh of relief which they were missing in the first two encounters.
However, they would be anxious over Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s injury after the pacer hobbled off the field in their last game, especially with a star-studded Mumbai Indians awaiting them.
On the other hand, Mumbai are coming into the match after defeating Kings XI Punjab. Along with captain Rohit Sharma’s half century, Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard’s magnificence with the bat also came to the rescue..
The last time these two sides faced each other, Mumbai edged Sunrisers in a Super Over thriller. For the fact the Sunrisers didn’t have Warner and Bairstow in that game then. With both of them set to star for the Sunrisers at the high-scoring Sharjah Cricket Stadium, we should be in for a high thrilling game.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammad Nabi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jason Holder, Bavanaka Sandeep, Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Virat Singh, Basil Thampi, Sanjay Yadav
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
