Abu Dhabi: It will be nothing short of a miracle if Mumbai Indians do the unthinkable to qualify for play-offs of the Indian Premier League(IPL) as they lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Sheikh Zyed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Kolkata Knight Riders made the task next to impossible as they registered a 86 run victory over Rajasthan Royals on Thursday night.
Rohit’s Sharma’s still can pull it off but the scenario comes into play only and if they bat first as the other way round will end their chances for sure. Mumbai(-0.048) will have to beat SRH by over 170 runs in order to surpass the net run rate of KKR.A complete bowling performance followed by a Ishan Kishan storm helped Mumbai to crush Rajsthan Royals in the last game. The top three Skipper Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav will need to be at their if Mumbai want to do the unthinkable.
Sunrisers Hyderabad despite being out of the race would still want to round the campaign off with a victory. These two sides faced off in the final league match in last year as well but there were different circumstances. Hyderabad beat Mumbai to join them in the playoffs that night. If the similar happens on Friday, SRH will drag the record IPL champions out of the competition alongside themselves
