IPL 2021 Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: April 17, Match 9 Prediction
Head-to-Head
Last 5 Matches
- Sunrisers won by 10 wickets (with 17 balls remaining) – 3 November 2020;
- Mumbai Indians won by 34 runs – 4 October 2020;
- Match tied (Mum Indians won the one-over eliminator) – 2 May 2019;
- Mumbai Indians won by 40 runs – 6 Apr 2019;
- Sunrisers won by 31 runs – 24 April 2018.
Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad head-to-head stats for the last five games see Mumbai leading 3-2 including a win in the super over after the game was initially tied. Last year, the teams won a game each.
In the MI vs SRH match on October 4 in the IPL 2020 played in Sharjah, Mumbai won the toss and opted to bat first. They piled 208/5 thanks to Quinton de Kock’s 67 off 39 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes, Ishan Kishan’s 31 off 23 with 1 four and 2 sixes and Hardik Pandya’s 28 off 19 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. For the Sunrisers, Rashid Khan was the most economical bowler with figures of 1/22 in 4 overs.
Mumbai then restricted Hyderabad to 174/7 to win the game handily by 34 runs. For Hyderabad, the main contributors were skipper David Warner with 60 off 44, Manish Pandey with 30 off 19 and ‘keeper Jonny Bairstow with 25 off 15. For Mumbai Indians, Trent Boult, James Pattinson and Jasprit Bumrah bagged 2 wickets each. Boult was named the Player of the Match for his brilliant effort of 2/28 in 4 overs.
MatchMatch Predictions and Team Previews
umbai Indians’ squad is packed with talent in all three departments:
- Rohit Sharma (c)
- Yudhvir Singh
- Trent Boult
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Saurabh Tiwary
- Rahul Chahar
- Quinton de Kock
- Piyush Chawla
- Nathan Coulter-Nile
- Mohsin Khan
- Marco Jansen
- Krunal Pandya
- Kieron Pollard
- Jayant Yadav
- Jasprit Bumrah
- James Neesham
- Ishan Kishan
- Hardik Pandya
- Dhawal Kulkarni
- Chris Lynn
- Arjun Tendulkar
- Anukul Roy
- Anmolpreet Singh
- Aditya Tare
- Adam Milne
Skipper Rohit Sharma will lead the way with the bat and he has a stupendous overall IPL record. In 202 IPL matches played so far, he has blasted 5,292 runs at a 31.31 average and a 130.63 scoring rate with 1 hundred and 39 fifties. His highest IPL score is 109 not out.
Mumbai’s bowling will depend largely on Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah and Krunal Pandya.
Hyderabad also has a strong squad led by Aussie David Warner:
- David Warner (c)
- Wriddhiman Saha
- Virat Singh
- Vijay Shankar
- T Natarajan
- Siddarth Kaul
- Shreevats Goswami
- Shahbaz Nadeem
- Sandeep Sharma
- Rashid Khan
- Priyam Garg
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman
- Mohammad Nabi
- Manish Pandey
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Kedar Jadhav
- Kane Williamson
- Jonny Bairstow
- Jason Roy
- Jason Holder
- Jagadeesha Suchith
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Basil Thampi
- Abhishek Sharma
- Abdul Samad
Warner, Kane Williamson and Manish Pandey will be the batting mainstays, while bowling will be taken care of by Bhuvi, T Natarajan and Shahbaz Nadeem.