In the last league match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be locking horns with the Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Riding high on momentum, SRH will be fancying their chances against MI to reach the playoffs. After taking a tough call to leave out the dangerous Jonny Bairstow, they have managed to find a decent balance will Wriddhiman Saha coming out all guns blazing.
SRH seamers Jason Holder and Sandeep Sharma were extremely impressive, both upfront and at the death, in the last game Royal Challengers Bangalore. Sunrisers also have a team full of confidence, having outplayed Delhi Capitals and RCB in their previous two outings. On the other hand, despite the injured skipper Rohit Sharma, MI steamrolled RCB and Delhi Capitals in their previous encounters, becoming the first team to qualify for the playoffs.
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Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah have looked menacing with the swinging new ball and ever so frugal with the old. Kieron Pollard has been impressive with his captaincy in Rohit’s absence. With the Indian team not picking Rohit for the Australia tour, there is no official update on his recovery from a hamstring injury he suffered two weeks ago. Already assured of the top spot in the points table, Mumbai Indians will be expected to put up another ruthless show against Sunrisers.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
After swatting RCB aside at the same venue on Saturday (October 31), SRH has no reason to make any changes in their winning combination.
Probable XI: David Warner (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Mitchell McClenaghan, one of MI’s bowling mainstays in the past, might be expected to get into the playing as a replacement of Trent Boult. Bumrah might pave way for Dhawal Kulkarni. If MI decide to rest Quinton de Kock, Ishan Kishan might don the gloves with Chris Lynn replacing him in the XI.
Probable XI: Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock/Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard (c), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan
