On Tuesday, in the match number 23 of Indian Premier League, will be the clash between two former champions. Sunrisers Hyderabad to battle defending Champion Mumbai Indians. Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Mumbai Indian in their previous meet.
During the VIVO IPL 2018, the Mumbai Indians batsman, Suryakumar Yadav has almost always batted in the middle order. He has saved the few innings as he batted at number three in the sequence. Instead of batting for number three, he even made a name for himself acquiring games for the Kolkata Knight Riders batting in the lower middle order. Today the team has though and have pulled off a masterstroke by asking Suryakumar Yadav to open the innings. This is something he had never done in the past and in his three innings at the top of the order, he has made scores of 53, 0 & 72. His runs coming at a strike-rate of 156.25. MI will also be supported by left-handers Evin Lewis and Ishan Kishan, to contribute big scores.
Shikhar Dhawan is the biggest asset to his team. He opens at the top of the inning for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Shikhar Dhawan is the key batsmen for his franchise in this IPL. The left-hander missed the previous match after the blow he took on his elbow against KXIP. The injury was so hard that it did not heal quickly. But it is expected that he will return to the line-up. Even without a contribution from him, SRH were able to collect adequate scores against KXIP and CSK. In the match, courtesy skipper Kane Williamson has scored half-centuries in the last three innings.
