Mumbai Indians (MI) are the only team to have qualified for the IPL 2017 Playoffs so far, but they now have to guarantee a top-two finish in the group stages. They will be keen to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.
The visitors will once again miss the services of key all-rounder Krunal Pandya, who has been instrumental for Mumbai Indians this season. In Krunal's absence, Karn Sharma, who picked up an impressive three wickets in their last game, will surely be retained. He, along with Harbhajan Singh, will play important roles in the spin department.
Here is how the SRH vs MI match could go in Hyderabad
With Mumbai Indians having played Lendl Simmons instead of Jos Buttler, they showed that the West Indian can fill in for the Englishman, who is set to leave for international duty. Simmons won the man of the match award in the last match for his half-century.
The Rohit Sharma-led side may not go for any changes in the playing XI against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The latter, however, might be forced into making some tweaks.
SRH have not yet confirmed their place in the IPL 2017 Playoffs, but they can inch closer to it with a win against Mumbai Indians.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad could miss the services of their experienced fast bowler Ashish Nehra, who had to leave the field midway in their last match. He pulled his hamstring, but the team will take a call on his selection on Monday itself.
If he fails to make it to the playing XI, they have Mohammed Siraj, who has also been good in IPL 2017.
They might think of bringing on Ben Cutting for Moises Henriques, since the latter has not been too impressive in his last few matches.
They have a solid batting line-up, which has performed brightly this season. David Warner has been their key player up front, and with others like Kane Williamson, Shikhar Dhawan and Yuvraj Singh in form, the Australian has gone hard from the first ball.
Warner's aggressive batting up front has set his team for some massive totals in the competition.
Confirmed playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques,Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Nabi, Vijay Shankar, Naman Ojha (w), Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul
Mumbai Indians Parthiv Patel (w), Lendl Simmons, Nitish Rana, Rohit Sharma (c), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Karn Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah
