Squads –
MI –
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock (wk), Kieron Pollard, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, James Pattinson
SRH –
David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake,Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Fabian Allen, Holder, Priyam Garg, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav, Virat Singh
Team News –
MI –
– MI are placed 3rd in the points table with 4 points in 4 games winning 2 and loosing 2 games. They will not alyer their winning combination and will go unchanged.
– Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult and James Pattinson will be their likely 4 foreign players.
– Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock will open the innings. Both will attack from the ball 1 especially De Kock. Rohit scored a brilliant 70 last game. De Kock failed in all games this IPL and will have this as an important game.
– Suryakumar Yadav will bat 1 down. He had an excellent domestic season scoring lots of runs while also scored 400+ runs in last IPL. He is a must have player from Mumbai.
– Ishan Kishan will bat 2 down. Kishan scored brilliant 99 against RCB but struggled last game scoring 28 of 32 balls.
– Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard will bat next followed by Krunal Pandya. Both Pandya and Pollard playing the finishers role. Both will be promoted .
– Rahul Chahar the young leggie will lead the spin attack along with left arm spinner Krunal Pandya. Rahul has taken 6 Wickets in 4 games this IPL.
– Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and James Pattinson will lead the pace attack. Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard (1-2 overs) will assist them.
SRH –
– Sunrisers after loosing 1st 2 games won their both the games. They won their last game against the mighty CSK by 7 runs.
– Bhuvi didn’t bowled his last 5 balls last game due to some injury concerns. His playing chances will be less. Siddharth Kaul can replace him.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan.
– Jonny Bairstow and David Warner the most explosive opening pair in IPL 2020 will open the innings. Bairstow was iut on duck while warner struggled fir his 28
– Manish Pandey will bat 1 down. His batting form is very much unpredictable. He can score big in 1 game and be flop in the other.
– Mr Consistent Kane Williamson will bat 2 down. Kane has been consistently performing for SRH with being the leading scorer in 2018 season.
– U19 captain Priyam Garg will follow Williamson. Abhishek Sharma will bat next. Both of them added 77 for the 5th wicket.
– Big hitting Abdul Samad will bat at 3 down. Samad is a very hard hitting batsman capable of scoring 10 ball 30.
– Abhishek Sharma and Rashid Khan will lead the spin attack. Abdul Samad will assist them with his leg spin.
– Bhuvaneswar Kumar/Siddhart Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan will be leading the pace attack. Natarajan has been bowling brilliantly at the death.
Probable XI –
MI –
Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock(wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
SRH –
Jonny Bairstow (wk), David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvaneswar Kumar/Siddhart Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan.
Pitch Report –
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
The Sharjah ground has very small boundaries and pitches also are batting favourable resulting in a high scoring encounter.
Average Score : 216( IPL 2020)
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Jonny Bairstow ( Open + wk, very important player, 112run knock against Aus recently, 445 runs last IPL, 64(21b), 53(45b) in 2 of 4 games, Must have )
Quinton de Kock( Opener + wk, a must have combo, very attacking batsman, failed completely this season, must pick on this small venue)
I Kishan( 1 down, very attacking batsman, 99 runs against RCB, 28(32b) last game looked struggled)
BAT –
R Sharma( Opener, no introduction needed, 4800+ IPL runs, 80, 70 in last 2 of 3 games, Must have )
David Warner( Opener, among top 3 batsman in IPL history, 38,45,28 runs last 3 games, Must have )
Kane Williamson( 2 down, one of the best white ball batsman, 9(13b) the other day, Must have )
Manish Pandey( 1 down, a busy player, 344 runs in just 11 innings last IPL, decent performance this IPL, unpredictable player)
Chris Lynn( Opener, very poor CPL 2019, Just 138 runs in 9 games, will not play as team already has filled overseas slots )
Suryakumar( 1 down, 404 runs at a SR of 135 in IPL, 47(28b) last 2nd game, Must have)
Saurabh Tiwary( 2 down, made a comeback after almost 3 years, 42(31b), 21(13b) last 2 games, will likely not play )
Priyam Garg ( Middle order, Indian u19 team captain, 292 runs with SR of 141 in t20s, 53 runs last game)
Abdul Samad( Middle order, big hitter of ball, can also bowl part time spin, 252R in 12 t20 innings, 1w last game)
ALL –
M Nabi ( Middle order + off spin, one of best Allrounder in t20 cricket, will most likely not play )
H Pandya( 3 down, 402 runs + 14 wickets at a SR of 191 in IPL 2019, didn’t bowled a over this IPL, 30(11b) last game)
K Pollard( 3-4 down + 1-2 overs of pace, Man of tournament in CPL recently, 207 runs + 8 Wickets in CPL 2020, 60(24b),47(20b) last 2 games )
Krunal Pandya( 4-5 down + 4 overs of spin, left arm spin, bowls tight line and length, 1w and was economical last game )
Vijay Shankar ( RHB ,3 down, part time pace, late hitting, 244 runs last season, most likely he will play )
Sanjay Yadav ( LHB + Orthodox, excellent TNPL 2019, 244runs + 3w in 7 games)
BOWL –
Jasprit Bumrah( Right Arm Fast, no introduction needed, 2w last game, Must have )
Rashid Khan( Leggie, best spinner in world cricket, 4O 12R last game, Must have)
Bhuvi ( Medium pacer, death overs expert, coming after a big injury gap, 1w last game, didn’t bowled his last over due to injury)
Rahul Chahar( Leggie, Must have in this conditions, 6 Wickets in 4 games this IPL)
Trent Boult( Left arm fast, world class bowler, will bowl in death, was bit expensive last game taking 1 Wicket, Must have)
James Pattinson( Pacer, bowls most if overs in powerplay, 2w last game, good option to save credits)
Khaleel Ahmed ( Left arm fast, 19 Wickets for SRH last season, 1w last 2nd game )
Sandeep Sharma( Swing bowler, medium pace, can be deadly in powerplay, 95 IPL wickets for him)
Siddharth Kaul ( Medium pacer, good death bowler, 49 IPL Wickets in 44 games, can play this game )
T Natarajan ( Left arm medium fast, 2w last game, excellent bowling at death against DC)
C/VC Options –
MI –
Rohit Sharma
Quinton de Kock
Kieran Pollard
SRH –
David Warner
Jonny Bairstow
Kane Williamson