On the weekend dhamaka of IPL 2021, Defending champions Mumbai Indians led by Rohit Sharma will face off against David Warner’s Sunrisers Hyderabad here at M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
The clash will feature Mumbai Indians who have already registered themselves a win in thier last match against Kolkata in a nail-biting fashion against Sunrisers Hyderabad who have had a tough time claiming themselves a victory this season so far.
Today’s match will be the one to witness as both team come out a different state of mind from their previous matches, Mumbai Indians are currently sailing on thier ship full of confidence as they managed to pull themselves out of a dreadful situation in thier previous match against Kolkata where they had almost lost, on the other hand Sunrisers Hyderabad have had a tough time figuring out why things haven’t gone the way they want.
Both teams have had it the difficult way since the beginning of the season, Mumbai Indians who have been famous for thier finishing batting style have struggled to do so this season, thier bowling has also been very inconsistent causing worries. On the other hand, Hyderabad seem to have a problem on all ends, thier batting order except Warner has gone down the drain, Manish Pandey’s pace has been buliding up pressure on other batsmen, opener Vijay Shankar has failed to deliver with the bat, Wriddhiman Saha has also been highly inconsistent with his batting. On the other hand, bowlers on the Hyderbad side seem to have trouble finding out hard ground as they’ve been inconsistent on the bowling end, Bhuvneshwar Kumar prerfromed well in the last match but the team surely expects more out of him, Rashid Khan has been effective in preventing batsmen from scoring but hasn’t had any luck with wickets so far. According to sources, Sandeep Sharma will yet again sit on the bench in place for Shahbaz Nadeem.
With the batting power both the teams have it doesn’t feel like there will be a problem in scoring, but it comes down to bowling and fielding as both teams have not been on thier best, Mumbai collectively has better bowling attack which has gotten used as Krunal Pandya, Bumrah, Chahar and Jansen have already found thier form in the first two matches.
With both teams eyeing for a desperate win, this match-up today will be the one not to miss for sure.
