Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have lost two matches on the trot, will be under pressure going into the match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium tonight. The telling blow has been struck, and Captain Kane Williamson has revealed that the pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar will miss out the match. The Indian spear-head is suffering a back injury.

The Hyderabad team is renowned for having the best bowling attack of the tournament. it already possesses the best spinner in the T20 – Rashid Khan. With Shakib, Stanlake, and Kaul, they have a well-disciplined attack. Bhuvneshwar is the lead bowler who has reached new levels with the performances in the Indian uniform.

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IPL has been the stage where Bhuvneshwar has never failed to impress. He is the only bowler to win back to back purple caps which are given to the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. Even in this season, he has been effective. In the four matches that he has played so far, Bhuvi has taken 6 wickets in a meager economy 6.86.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad will definitely be missing the services of Bhuvneshwar in this match against Mumbai Indians. The workload of playing in all three formats seems to have caught up with Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Earlier, in the season, he missed out a match against the same opposition. SRH managed to win that match on the last ball. 

“Bhuvi did not travel with the team and is not playing the next match. Shikhar we are hoping will be fine for tomorrow,” Williamson told yesterday. Hyderabad does have the backup options to replace Bhuvneshwar but a prolonged absence will hurt them dearly. 

 The options for SRH are T.Natarajan, Basil Thampi or the young sensation Khaleel Ahmed. A straight swap of Sandeep Sharma is more probable as he replaced Bhuvi in the previous match also. It will be interesting to see which choice do SRH eventually takes up. 

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