After crushing Rajasthan Royals in the first match of the season, the competition gets tougher for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team as they now host Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Mumbai Indians suffered a close-loss against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium on the first night of the IPL 2018.
As Kane Williamson-led Sunrisers Hyderabad gear up to the blue team, here are the five things to look forward to in this match –
1.Indian Openers confront each other
Whenever India plays against anyone in the limited overs cricket, the opposition bowlers start sweating at the sight of Indian openers walking out. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan together have opened for India a total of 75 times. They have shared 12 century partnerships so far.
Now in the IPL, the pair is split. As Sunrisers stands against Mumbai Indians, Dhawan and Rohit Sharma will be on the opposite ends While Shikhar Dhawan will be opening the innings for SRH, Rohit will come out to bat at the number four spot.