SRH vs MI Predicted Playing 11, IPL 2019: Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to carry forward their winning run (PTI Photo)
SRH vs MI Predicted Playing 11, IPL 2019: The fans were left with no short of entertainment on Friday as Andre Russell smashed 48 runs in just 13 balls to help Kolkata Knight Riders chase down the 205-run target with five balls to spare. After an entertaining night in Bangalore, the IPL action on Saturday will shift to Chennai and then Hyderabad. In the first encounter of the day, defending champions Chennai Super Kings host R Ashwin’s Kings XI Punjab.
In the second encounter of the day, leaders Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to carry forward their winning run as they host Mumbai Indians. A confident SRH side would not like to spare an inch against Mumbai, who are still struggling to find the right chord and are lying at the sixth place, with two wins and as many losses from four outings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Jason Behrendorff, Rahul Chahar, Alzarri Joseph, Jasprit Bumrah
Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to field
A lucky day for SRH?
Rashid Khan vs MI in 2018: Man of the Match x 2
4-0-13-1 in Hyderabad (18 dot balls)
4-1-11-2 in Mumbai (16 dot balls)
In Sunrisers previous encounter against Delhi Capitals, Rashid Khan combined well with Mohammad Nabi as the Afghan duo gave away 39 runs in 8 overs and picked three wickets. While Nabi removed Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant, Rashid picked the important wicket of Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer when he was playing on 43 off 41 balls. It will be interesting to see how many wickets will the pair scalp today
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Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Indian Premier League. After a great show by Andre Russell the previous night the action now shifts to Chennai and Hyderabad. In the first match of the day, defending champions CSK will look to secure a win against Kings XI Punjab to reclaim the top spot. In the second match, Sunrisers Hyderabad will aim to extend their unbeaten run as they host a struggling Mumbai Indians side.