IPL 2022: MI vs SRH Preview – Mumbai seek a sweeter finish to the season
The Mumbai Indians will be locking horns with the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 65 of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 17. With Mumbai’s tournament over, all they would now be hoping is to win their remaining fixtures and sign off in style. In fact, the five-time champions would be oozing with confidence after their five-wicket win over arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad’s playoff chances are in total disarray after their huge 54-run loss against Kolkata Knight Riders and even if they do manage to win both their last games, it would only be good enough to take them to 14 points.
MI would now be trying to spoil SRH’s party and would be coming out all guns blazing with nothing to lose. With the bowlers and batters now clicking as a unit in what has been a forgettable season so far, the five-time champions would want to salvage some pride.
SRH, on the other hand, would try to put no foot wrong from hereon as they cannot afford another loss. The Kane Williamson-led side have already lost five consecutive matches, which have cost them 10 crucial points. In fact, their winning momentum ended after going down to the table-toppers Gujarat Titans in a last-ball thriller.
Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted XI
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians are expected to field an unchanged XI. While they would not be making and chopping and changes, it would be interesting to see whether youngster Arjun Tendulkar finally gets to make his debut.
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (w), Tilak Varma, Tristan Stubbs, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meridith
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Despite tasting abitter defeat, the Sunrisers Hyderabad will also not be interested in making changes. Though, they desperately need those two points on the board in order to prolong their stay in the tournament.
Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
