IPL 2021: Champs Mumbai Indians set to rise against Sunrisers Hyderabad

Back in the groove after two consecutive wins defending champions Mumbai Indians will be firm favourites to put it past the turbulencehit and bottomplaced Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL game here todayMumbai will enter the game after their fourwicket win over inform Chennai Super Kings courtesy Kieron Pollardrsquos blitzkriegSRH in troubleSunrisers in contrast suffered a humiliating 55run loss to Rajasthan Royals their sixth in seven games this season They are also battling a transitional phase in which Kane Williamson has taken over captaincy from an out of form David Warner leaving him disappointedMumbai openers Rohit Sharma 250 runs and Quinton De Kock 155 runs would be itching to give the fivetime champions another strong platform and also convert their starts into big scoresMiddleorder back in formMumbairsquos hardhitting middleorder has clicked in the last two games which would be quite pleasing for the team management Pollard 168 runs who blazed his way to a matchwinning 87 off 34 balls in the last game would be keen to continue from where he leftThe likes of Krunal Pandya 100 runs Hardik Pandya 52 runs and the flamboyant Suryakumar Yadav 173 runs can be destructive on their day and the trio would be aiming to fire in unisonAlso it remains to be seen if Mumbai plays Ishan Kishan or Jayant Yadav in place of allrounder James Neesham who neither scored big nor was able to pick up wicketsHowever the Mumbai bowlers would need to forget the hammering received at the hands of the CSK batsmen and start afreshThe pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah six wickets and Trent Boult eight wickets have been exceptional at the death and would pose a big threat to the SRH batting unit which has been inconsistent at bestLegspinner Rahul Chahar 11 wickets has been the MIrsquos main wickettaker but he would need support from Krunal who has just three scalps Pollard also picked up two important wickets in the last game and can fill in the role of fifth or sixth bowlerHowever there are problems aplenty for SRH They are overreliant on their toporder especially Jonny Bairstow 248 runs but their middleorder has faltered most oftenLife without WarnerAgainst RR they dropped Warner and opened with Manish Pandey and Jonny Bairstow with Williamson coming in at three If they persist with the same lineup the three need to fire on all cylindersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever