Its match number 41 of the ongoing Tata IPL 2025, and the mid-week clash features two extremely strong sides of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, who will look to square off against each other.
This Indian Premier League clash will take place on April 23 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, home venue for SRH. Sunrisers will be coming into the fixture after losing their previous match against the very same opposition by a margin of four wickets. The previous edition’s finalists haven’t had an ideal season this year, having lost five out of their seven games due to the inconsistency.
At present Pat Cummins and his team are sitting at the ninth position on the points table, and the only hope to rise up to the top four rankings is if they manage to win all their remaining six games. Notably, another loss will most likely dent their chances further to move ahead in the race. The Men in Orange will surely be looking to turn things around and keep themselves alive in the competition, given their power-hitting line up.
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians seem to have found their rhythm and picked up the pace, after enduring early defeats. Currently this side led by Hardik Pandya is sixth on the table with four wins in eight games. As of now the momentum in the squad is balanced and has a good chance to secure a playoff berth.
They are currently on a three-match winning streak and will hope to build on it further. After starting slowly with one win in their first five, Mumbai have bounced back in style, and a victory on Wednesday will take them to third position on the table.
In the history of IPL, both SRH and MI have faced each other in 24 matches. Out of these games, SRH have won 10 times whereas MI have come out victorious on 14 occasions, indicating that tonight also the result may sway in MI’s favour.
Game Condition:
The pitch at Hyderabad is likely to be a batting paradise, not just because it has shorter boundaries but also because SRH’s batters need to score big tonight, if they have to seal a win. There have been four scores of 240-plus this season in the eight innings so far, so fans can hope to expect big shots and many runs on the board.
It’s going to be a warm evening after a hot day, making it an exciting clash in the middle of the week and hoping audiences get to see a good game of cricket, one with true competitive spirit and energy.
SRH Predicted XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Eshan Malinga and Zeeshan Ansari
Impact Player: Abhinav Manohar
MI Predicted XI: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (WK), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Hardik Pandya (C), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult.
Impact Player options: Karn Sharma.
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