🏏IPL 2023: Match 25 - MI vs SRH on 18/04/2023 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏

🏏IPL 2023: Match 25 - MI vs SRH at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on 18/04/2023 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏

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Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians have made a similar start to this year's IPL. Both teams began the campaign on a poor note, losing their first two games. But since then, they have also quickly turned the tables around by winning the next two to head into this clash with a lot of confidence. By the end of Tuesday (April 18) though, one of them will see their momentum get halted.

MI in particular will be very pleased with the turn of events. Unlike the SRH squad, MI's didn't ooze confidence especially with Jofra Archer also getting sidelined recently. After two heavy defeats to begin with, they picked up a tight win over Delhi Capitals before squashing Kolkata Knight Riders with the bat. Venkatesh Iyer's century didn't cause any harm as Ishan Kishan blazed his way to a quickfire fifty to set up the win. More than anything, they saw Suryakumar Yadav get into some kind of form with a 25-ball 43 and that should bode well going ahead.

Piyush Chawla has been in excellent form to bolster that spin attack and it will be interesting to see how he fares against the likes of Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi who prefer smashing spin over pace. Abhishek himself made a successful return to the XI despite being moved to the middle order. Harry Brook, brought in as a finisher, was sent up the order to open the innings after his jittery start and the move has paid dividends with the young English batter coming up with a sparkling century in the last game. Mayank Markande, a former MI player, has been impressive ever since he replaced Adil Rashid in the XI.

SRH vs MI: Pitch Report

The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has proved to be quite batting-friendly. The Hyderabad ground has produced some high-scoring affairs in IPL over the years. The pitch often tends to get a bit slower as the match progresses.

SRH vs MI: Weather Report

The weather in Hyderabad is expected to be clear on April 18. There is no chance of rain being a spoilsport during the IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians.

Sealed my predictions 😆 lemme know (tag) when the playing 22 are updated 😳

Toss and Impact Player strategy

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers have no reason to change their combination except for using Washington Sundar more efficiently. If they bat first, they can start with Washington in the XI and have T Natarajan replace Brook in the innings break. If they field first, Brook can replace Natarajan in the innings break.

Probable bat-first XI: 1 Mayank Agarwal, 2 Harry Brook, 3 Rahul Tripathi, 4 Aiden Markram (capt), 5 Abhishek Sharma, 6 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Marco Jansen, 9 Mayank Markande, 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Umran Malik

Probable field-first XI: 1 Mayank Agarwal, 2 Rahul Tripathi, 3 Aiden Markram (capt), 4 Abhishek Sharma, 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 Washington Sundar, 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Mayank Markande, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Umran Malik, 11 T Natarajan

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai might want to continue with the combination they used in the last match even though they used Arjun Tendulkar for two overs only. One out of Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar can sit out during the bowling innings.

Possible bat-first XI: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Cameron Green, 6 Nehal Wadhera, 7 Tim David, 8 Hrithik Shokeen, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Riley Meredith, 11 Duan Jansen/Jason Behrendoff

Possible bowl-first XI: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Cameron Green, 5 Nehal Wadhera, 6 Tim David, 7 Hrithik Shokeen, 8 Arshad Khan/Arjun Tendulkar, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 11 Riley Meredith, 11 Duan Jansen/Jason Behrendorff

IPL 2023 Form guide

Sunrisers Hyderabad WWLL (most recent match first)

Chennai Super Kings WWLL

Team news: Spotlight on Archer again

All eyes are still on Archer, who is nursing an elbow niggle since he played the first match. If he is fit and ready, he should walk into the Mumbai XI, but they are not likely to take any risks with him.

SRH VS MI HEAD-TO-HEAD IN IPL

Matches played: 19

Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 9

Mumbai Indians won: 10 (one in Super Over)

Last result: Sunrisers Hyderabad won by three runs (Wankhede; 2022)

Last five results: SRH won - 2; MI won - 3

However, at home, Sunrisers have the edge over Mumbai Indians, having won four out of seven matches against the five-time champion at the Raji Gandhi International Stadium.

SRH VS MI HEAD-TO-HEAD IN IPL IN HYDERABAD

Matches played: 7

Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 4

Mumbai Indians won: 3

Last result: Mumbai Indians won by 40 runs (2019)

Last five results: SRH won - 3; MI won - 2

Did you know

- Rohit Sharma averages over 38 in Hyderabad but his numbers against Washington Sundar are sub-par. The offspinner has dismissed him thrice in 26 deliveries, conceding only 25.

- Harry Brook averages 36.45 at a strike rate of 148.30 against pace in T20 cricket since 2021. Those numbers drop down to 18.53 and 119.83 against leg spin.

So is this pitch more favourable to the team batting first?😲

Its a big ground so ideally score she should be less than 200 maybe. But highest score there was 231 n 2019 i think.

Thank you, Raji, for the thread and for tagging me. 🤗

Best wishes to both teams and to all the supporting members. ⭐️