Squads –
SRH –
David Warner (Captain,) Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Basil Thampi, Jason Holder, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Yadav, Mujeeb ur Rahman
MI –
Rohit Sharma(c), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar
Team News –
SRH –
– SRH lost another game against Rajasthan Royals and now need to win atleast 6 of their 7 games to be in line of the playoffs which is very much impossible.
– Team’s likely 4 foreign players will be Jonny Bairstow, Rashid Khan, Kane Williamson and M Nabi/Jason Holder.
– Jonny Bairstow and Manish Pandey will open the innings. Bairstow as always scores with a good SR. Pandey opened with him last game and the move payed off with both scoring at a good rate.
– Kane Williamson will bat at 1 down. Kane is a world class Batsman and is a player to rely on.
– Kedar Jadhav/W Saha and Vijay Shankar will handle the middle order.They have depth in Batting but are very unreliable. W Saha if plays will open the batting.
– Rashid Khan and J Suchith/M Nabi will lead the spin section. Rashid bowled 2 overs in the powerplay last game.
– Khaleel Ahmed/Siddhart Kaul/Sandeep Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jason Holder will lead the pace attack. Vijay Shankar will assist them with his medium pace.
MI –
– Mumbai Indians won their last game against CSK which was one of the best matches of the IPL ever where Mi chased down massive 219 runs with Pollard being Not out on 87 of 34 balls.
– Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult and Jimmy Neesham will be team’s foreign players.
– Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock will open the game. De Kock after a poor start in the tournament finally scored back to back good knocks of 70 and 38 , Rohit was out on 35 last game.
– Surya Kumar Yadav will bat at 1 down. Surya has been excellent form last 2-3 years scoring consistently 400+ in every season. He is scoring runs in 20s-30s but unable to convert it into a big score. Krunal will bat at 2 down, he scored 32 of 21 balls last game.
– Hardik Pandya will bat next followed by Big Kieron Pollard. Hardik is not contributing with the bowl and also is having a shaky form in batting. Pollard played one of the best knocks by him so far last game against CSK.
– Rahul Chahar and Krunal Pandya will lead the spin attack. Chahar has been excellent in this tournament being the highest Wicket taker for the team.
– Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Jimmy Neesham and Dhawal Kulkarni/Arjun Tendulkar will lead the pace bowling. Pollard will assist them.
Probable XI –
SRH –
Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson(c), Vijay Shankar, Kedar Jadhav/W Saha, Abdul Samad, M Nabi/Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul/Sandeep Sharma, J Suchith/Khaleel Ahmed.
MI –
Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Surya Kumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Jimmy Neesham, Dhawal Kulkarni/Arjun Tendulkar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar
Pitch Report –
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
The pitch was an absolute belter and very high scoring encounters are expected here.
H2H –
Total : 17
MI : 9
SRH : 8
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Jonny Bairstow(Open, RHB, 345 runs in 11 innings last year with a SR of 127, 219 runs in 3 innings in ODI series, red hot form, 63*, 38, 7, 31 in last 4 games, Must have)
QdK( Open + wk, LHB, good h2h Average of 41 scoring 371 runs, 70*, 38 last 2 games)
Ishan Kishan ( 2 down + wk, LHB, 56(32b) against Eng last series, highest scorer for MI with 516 runs last season, was dropped last game, Must if plays)
W Saha( Open, RHB + wk, 214 runs in just 4 innings last season, good option at 8.5, good chances of playing)
BAT –
David Warner( Open, LHB, no intro needed, 5300+ IPL runs most by a foreign player in IPL, 57 last game but in 55 balls, was dropped last game)
Rohit Sharma ( Open, RHB, no intro needed, poor record scoring 259 runs against SRH at an average of 18, Must have)
Surya Kumar Yadav ( 1 down, RHB, Red hot form, 480 runs in IPL2020 at a SR of 140, 218 runs in 16 games against SRH, out on duck last game, Must have)
Manish Pandey( Open, RHB, 425 runs last season with a SR of 127, 580 runs in 19 innings against MI, 31(20b) last game)
Kane Williamson( 1 down, RHB, on intro needed, loads of experience, 66*, 26(10b) last 2 of 3 games, Must have )
Chris Lynn ( Open, RHB, didn’t played a game last season, 458 runs this BBL at a SR of 145+, was brilliant with 49 runs in 1st game, will most likely not play)
Kieran Pollard ( Middle order, RHB + part time medium pace, 10000+ t20 runs, SR of 190 last season, must GL pick , 87(34b)* + 2 Wickets last game, Must have)
ALL –
Jason Holder( Right Arm Fast, always been very economical, 14 Wickets in 7 games last season, 3 Wickets last game played, Must have if plays )
Hardik Pandya ( Middle order, RHB + Medium pacer, SR of 159 with 1300+ runs for MI in last 5 years, didn’t bowled still now , Must try)
M Nabi( Middle order, RHB + Off spin, 275 t20 Wickets + a Bat SR of 143, one of the best t20 Allrounders, 2 Wickets in 1st game, bowled just 1 over in last game )
Jimmy Neesham( Right Arm medium + LHB, very attacking hitter, 2001 runs + 132 Wickets in t20s, 45(33b) + 2w, 26(22b) in last T20 series, 2O 26R with bowl and duck with bat last game )
Krunal Pandya ( 2 down, Slow left arm + LHB, 58* against Eng in 1st ODI recently, 32(21b) last game, didn’t bowled)
Vijay Shankar( 3 down, RHB + Right Arm medium, 1378 t20 runs, will bowl 1-2 overs, not very effective in sL )
Abhishek Sharma ( Slow left arm, brilliant bowling last 2nd game with 2 Wickets with an economy just under 6, very good at 8cr )
BOWL –
Rashid Khan(Leggie, no intro needed, #1 t20 bowler in world cricket, 20 Wickets last season, 85 Wickets in IPL overall, 1 Wicket last game)
J Bumrah( Right Arm fast, 27 Wickets at a SR of 13 last IPL, can’t miss him, best death bowler around, 1w last game)
Trent Boult ( Left arm fast, known for his deadly swing early on the innings, 3rd highest wicket taker last season with 25 Wickets, 1 wicket in last game, Must have)
Rahul Chahar( Leggie, brilliant last 2 seasons for MI with 15+ Wickets, 11w in last 7 games)
B Kumar( Right Arm medium fast, death overs specialist, 6 Wickets in ODI + 4 Wickets in T20 Series against England, wicketless + quite expensive last game)
T Natarajan( Left arm fast medium, recognized as a death bowler, bowls some deadly Yorkers, 16 Wickets last season, ruled out of IPL)
Nathan Coulter Nile ( Right Arm medium fast, can bowl upto 140ks, quite experienced with 156 t20 Wickets, 11 Wickets in 6 BBL2020 games, very good option to have)
Adam Milne ( Right Arm fast, experienced, bowls an average pace of 145, 124 t20 Wickets, poor BBL recently with just 4 Wickets in 12 games, can get a game )
Piyush Chawla ( Leggie, 3rd highest wicket taker in IPL history with 156 scalps, poor season with CSK last year)
M Jansen( Left arm medium fast + good Striker of ball, excellent debut picking 2 Wickets for just 28 in 1st game, was dropped after 1st 2 games)
Sandeep Sharma( Right Arm medium, known for his swing early on the Innings, 14 Wickets last season with an economy under 8, 4 over 50 for 1w last game)
Khaleel Ahmed ( Left arm medium fast, will bowl in powerplay along with Bhuvi, 3 Wickets last 2nd game, very expensive last game)
C/VC –
SRH –
Jonny Bairstow
Kane Williamson
Rashid Khan
MI –
Rohit Sharma
Surya Kumar Yadav
Quinton de Kock
Jasprit Bumrah
