Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Mumbai Indians in Match 8 of IPL 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Sunrisers Hyderabad have played just one game in the series and they are currently seventh in the points table. In comparison, Mumbai Indians have also played just one game in the series and currently sit eighth in the points table. The last time the two teams met was in IPL 2023, when Mayank Agarwal topped SRH’s fantasy points with 117 match fantasy points, while Cameron Green topped MI’s fantasy points leaderboard with 150 match fantasy points.
In SRH’s last match of the season against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), KKR defeated SRH by 4 points. Hyderabad’s top fantasy player is Klassen who has scored 97 fantasy points.
In MI’s last match of the series against Gujarat Titans (GT), GT defeated MI by 6 runs. Mumbai’s top fantasy player is Jasprit Bumrah who has scored 98 fantasy points.
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Pitch Report and Weather Conditions
The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad is a well-balanced pitch. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 games has been 166 runs. The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad is well balanced and provides good assistance to the batsmen and bowlers. The team that wins the toss can decide whether to bat or bowl based on the ground conditions.
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Weather Forecast
Temperatures are expected to hover around 32 degrees Celsius and humidity is expected to be around 24%. The expected wind speed is 4.26 m/s.
Pace or spin?
The venue is suitable for walkers and spinners.
head to head
In 21 games between the two teams, hitters from both teams have scored the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
Mumbai Indians have dominated four of the last five encounters, while Sunrisers Hyderabad have emerged victorious once.
Fantasy Predictions: Best Captain and Vice-Captain Picks
Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah is a right-arm fast bowler. He is the spearhead of Mumbai Indians’ bowling attack. In the last five IPL games, Bumrah has taken 13 wickets. In the last game of the season, Bumrah showed his talent by taking 3/14. The right-arm pacer has taken eight wickets in the last five IPL matches against this opponent.
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma, popularly known as ‘The Hitman’, is a right-handed opening batsman. In the last five IPL games, the former Mumbai Indians captain has scored 155 runs at an average of 31. In the last IPL match of the season, Rohit scored 43 runs off 29 balls with a strike rate of 148.27. Rohit has a good record against SRH as he has scored 182 runs in the last 5 games.
T Natarajan
T Natarajan plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad and is a left-arm medium pacer. In the last five IPL matches, Natarajan has picked up 5 wickets. In the last IPL match against KKR, Natarajan claimed 3 scalps in four overs with an economy of 8 balls. In four games against MI, Natarajan managed to take just one wicket off Rohit Sharma.
Heinrich Klassen
Heinrich Klaasen is the wicket-keeper and an important player in Hyderabad’s batting line-up. In the last five IPL games, Klassen has completed 296 runs at an average of 59.2, including two fifties and a century. In the last match against Kolkata Knight Riders, the South African became the highest scorer for the team with 63 runs off 29 balls. However, in the last two games against Mumbai Indians, Klassen has scored just 54 runs.
Gerald Coetzee
Another player from South Africa, Gerald Coetzee, although wearing the Mumbai Indians jersey, is a right-arm fast bowler. The 23-year-old made his IPL debut in the final game of the season against Gujarat Titans. In his allotted four overs, Coetzee stripped the wickets of Azmatullah Umarzai and Rahul Tewatia at a low economy rate of 6.75.
SRH vs MI Fantasy Team today
Goalkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen and Ishan Kishan
Batsmen: Devalde Brevath, Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma
All-rounders: Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Marco Jansen and Washington Sundar
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, T Natarajan and Umran Malik
Captain: Jasprit Bumrah
Vice-captain: Rohit Sharma
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