On Tuesday, Sunrisers Hyderabad death-over-specialist- Bhuvneshwar Kumar was conspicuous by his absence in the Sunrisers' touring squad and if he isn't available for this match against defending champion Mumbai Indians. SRH might look at bringing in Sandeep Sharma, who did well when filling in last time round. Mumbai Indians have one win from five matches – though with just a little bit of luck it could have been 5 from 5. Their four losses have been right at the post: the defending champions have suffered two last-ball defeats, one off the penultimate ball and were most recently denied with two balls remaining. The MI camp will be aware they haven’t done too much wrong – but have just failed to cling on and win the big moments. They need to start winning those big moments before it becomes too late.
Team Head to Head
Overall: Matches – 11, Mumbai Indians won – 5, Sunrisers Hyderabad won – 6
At the Wankhede Stadium: Matches – 3, Mumbai Indians won – 3, Sunrisers Hyderabad – 0
IPL Trivia (MI vs SRH)
1. Shikhar Dhawan has outstanding numbers against the Mumbai Indians; in 11 matches he has played for SRH against MI, he has scored 431 runs at a strike-rate of 133.85, and has an average of 53.87.
2. The Mumbai Indians haven’t been to finish their innings with a flourish this season; in their five matches, they’ve lost 16 wickets in the death overs, while only scoring at a rate of 8.88 runs per over. SRH have fared only slightly better, scoring at 9.17 in the final five overs.
