Published on: Apr 17, 2021 4:30 pm IST|Updated on: Apr 17, 2021 2:17 pm IST
MI vs SRH IPL 2021: After a fabulous victory in their previous match, the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) are ready to take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 9th match of IPL 2021 season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 17. Mumbai Indians did lose their opening game but came back in a superb manner with an amazing 10-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in their previous game. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad currently are the only team in this tournament who are yet to win a game having loss both their matches. In the 16 games played between these two teams, both MI and SRH have won 8 matches each. It is expected to be a crackerjack contest between two exciting sides with many star names featuring in the action.
Fixture Name: VIVO IPL, Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Competition: VIVO IPL
Date: 17 April
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Ground: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Team Form Guide: MI (recent last): W L W W L SRH (recent last): L L L W W
Brief score of the last result at the venue: Royal Challengers Bangalore 149/8 beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 143/9 by 6 runs in the 6th match of IPL 2021.
Pitch Report: The wicket at the Chepauk stadium has offered enough assistance to both the spinners and fast bowlers. The track has fairly looked slow and dry offering really big turn to the spinners. The par score will once again remain around 150-160.
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MI vs SRH Playing 11
MI Team News
Injury Update, Unavailability
Expected Team Changes
MI Playing (likely) Rohit Sharma Quinton de Kock Suryakumar Yadav Ishan Kishan Kieron Pollard Hardik Pandya Krunal Pandya Marco Jansen Rahul Chahar Trent Boult Jasprit Bumrah
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SRH Team News
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SRH Playing 11 (likely) David Warner Wriddhiman Saha Manish Pandey Jonny Bairstow Vijay Shankar Abdul Samad Jason Holder Rashid Khan Bhuvneshwar Kumar Shahbaz Nadeem T Natarajan
Who will win today match
The Mumbai Indians will once again be hoping that the likes of Suryakumar, Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan do well at the top with Hardik and Pollard handling the finishing duties. Bumrah, Chahar, Krunal and Boult will be their key bowlers. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad will expected an improved performance from Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad and Jonny Bairstow to support the in-form players like David Warner and Manish Pandey while Rashid, Bhuvneshwar, Holder and Natarajan will be their main bowlers. Mumbai Indians will be the favourites due to their solid balance of the side. In our Dream 11 Today Match Prediction we back Mumbai Indians to win this match.
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Fantasy Cricket Tips, Captain & Differential Pick
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Grand League Team 1
We are making David Warner as the Captain of this team due to his sensational record against MI since IPL 2014 having scored 488 runs at a strike-rate of 143.1 that includes 5 fifties.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Quinton de Kock (VC), Ishan Kishan BATSMEN: Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Manish Pandey, David Warner (C) ALL-ROUNDERS: Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder BOWLERS: Trent Boult, T Natarajan, Rahul Chahar
Grand League Team 2
We are picking Rohit Sharma as the Captain in this team because he has looked in a fine touch in this tournament so far scoring 62 runs in 2 matches.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Ishan Kishan, Wriddhiman Saha BATSMEN: David Warner, Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey (VC) ALL-ROUNDERS: Krunal Pandya BOWLERS: Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, T Natarajan
Grand League Team 3
We are choosing Suryakumar Yadav as the Captain of this team as he smashed a brilliant knock of 56 runs off 36 balls that consisted of 7 fours and 2 sixes in the last match.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Jonny Bairstow, Ishan Kishan BATSMEN: David Warner, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Kieron Pollard ALL-ROUNDERS: Jason Holder (VC) BOWLERS: Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Marco Jansen
Grand League Team 4
We are picking Rashid Khan as the Captain of this team due to his excellent performance in the last 2 games picking 4 wickets at an economy of 5.25 on the same venue.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Jonny Bairstow, Ishan Kishan BATSMEN: David Warner, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey ALL-ROUNDERS: Jason Holder, Hardik Pandya BOWLERS: Rashid Khan (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar (VC), T Natarajan