MI vs SRH 69th Match Prediction

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Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians need to recover quickly from their loss in their last game. They could not get 11 runs from the last over with Tim David and Cameron Green at the crease. These two batters managed just 5 runs in this last year bowled by Mohsin Khan. This was a relatively inexperienced bowler but the Indians' batters could not score the requisite number of runs in his over. The key Mumbai Indians batters, Nehal Wadhera, and Suryakumar Yadav could not get going in their game which meant the Mumbai chase could not get going.

However, the batting form shown by the skipper Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan at the top of the order is good news. What the Mumbai Indians need is their finishers delivering big time. Keep in mind, winning this match will not be sufficient. They will have to win it by a good margin. It is here their star batters Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma need to come good. The inexperienced Mumbai bowling attack went for a lot of runs during most of the season. However, it has finally begun to look good.

The Mumbai bowling attack succeeded in picking up wickets in the powerplay in their last game. In this game against the Sunrisers, the Mumbai bowlers will have to bowl well in death overs as well to counter the firepower of the Sunrisers' lower middle order. One of the key bowlers in this endeavor will be Akash Madhwal who will have to bowl some high-quality overs near the death of the inning. But Piyush Chawla has been the go-to bowler for Mumbai when they are searching for wickets, especially in the middle overs. Although Behrendorff is bowling well, Chris Jordan is going for a lot of runs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

The Sunrisers Hyderabad team appeared to be on top of the game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their last encounter. Klaasen hit a hundred and took the Sunrisers team to a total of 186 runs while batting first. However, as it turned out this total was nowhere close to being sufficient with Faf du Plessis and the mercurial Virat Kohli got going in the match. The surface on offer in Hyderabad was a good batting pitch. Sunrisers can expect another good batting surface when they reach the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Some key Sunrisers players such as T Natarajan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will have to be at their best if Hyderabad is harboring any hopes of beating the Mumbai Indians. Although traditionally it has been a better idea to chase a target on this track, you can rest assured that Sunrisers cannot leave things to their batters. The Mumbai bowling attack showed a lot of character in their recent outing including their performance against the chart leaders Gujarat Titans. The Sunrisers' outfit depends a lot on their overseas players to take them to a good score.

If someone like Piyush Chawla succeeds in getting the better of Klaasen and Markram while bowling in middle overs, you can rest assured that Sunrisers Hyderabad will be in all kinds of trouble. They will quickly learn that a chase on this track might not be as comfortable as they envisaged. But their bowling attack has to perform well. Their bowlers have been expensive and they do not have go-to bowlers when they need wickets. At the moment they are relying on the batting form of their overseas players.