SRH vs MI 8th Match Prediction

SRH vs MI Team Previews

Sunrisers Hyderabad

The Sunrisers Hyderabad team did a lot of things right in its match against KKR but somehow ended up losing the match. T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, and Pat Cummins bowled well at the start to pick up some wickets and reduce KKR to 119 for 6. 

The death bowling efforts were quite poor as they were unable to stop Andre Russell and Rinku Singh from smashing the ball around the park. Perhaps, Cummins will keep himself for the death overs to try and alter the balance of the attack a bit. 

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar's outing was forgettable and SRH will needs its experienced campaigner to come good. 

On the other hand, the batting effort was absolutely brilliant highlighted by Heinrich Klaasen. Is there a better T20 batter than him in the world right now? We would argue not. With him in the lineup, SRH has a weapon at its disposal at all times. 

Aiden Markram and Abhishek Sharma are the two other primary batters in the lineup with supoort from Mayank Aggarwal and Rahul Tripathi. We think, there is a case for the inclusion of Travis Head into the lineup but Pat Cummins seems happier to have the all-round talents of Marco Jansen at the moment. 

SRH is a very strong team with its overseas players absolutely world class. The trick will be getting the best out of the Indian players. 

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indian went into IPL 2024 as the title favorite for most bookmakers. They seemed to have more than enough to win against GT, keeping them to a below par total and then getting off to a good start with the bat. Things did not progress the way they would have wanted and some strange decision making did not allow MI to use their resources in the best possible manner. 

Looking ahead to the match against SRH, having a bowler like Jasprit Bumrah leading the way is a huge advantage. he can take the new ball, bowl in the middle overs, and be effective at the death as well. Geral Coetzee seems to be the overseas fast-bowler that MI is counting on with support from Hardik Pandya and Luke Wood. 

MI does not have a strong set of spinners, something that it was aware of going into IPL 2024. The batting lineup for MI is obviously strong but withot SKY there are a few questions to answer. Rohit has been great at the start butis lacking the big innings. 

At the same time, Ishan Kishan has been out of cricket and is under pressure, Tim David seems to struggle against spin, and Hardik Pandya is batting in a position that he has not favored for the last few years. MI is more vulnerable than it has been for a long time.