Can Mumbai Indians get back on the winning track against Sunrisers Hyderabad?

Mumbai Indians have had a poor start to the season, losing consecutive matches. They have not even been competitive in many of these matches, losing them completely one-sidedly. This raises the question of who will take Mumbai’s boat across today against Hyderabad.

The match is very important for Mumbai, even though their IPL season is over. The win is important because they are a five-time IPL champion and now it is a fight for their pride. They have to show that they will be fighting for their glory, for their existence, as a team that has won many IPL titles, that has produced many great players, and that is known for making incredible comebacks.

The last time Mumbai and Hyderabad faced each other, Hyderabad set a target of 278 runs against Mumbai in Hyderabad and Mumbai, chasing, reached 246 runs but unfortunately could not win the match.

However, there was a time when it seemed that they were level in the match. Today, Mumbai will play at their home ground Wankhede, where they were unable to score 169 runs against Kolkata in the previous match.

Obviously, they will be under pressure and whenever a team is under pressure, they are under pressure and struggling. So it becomes very mandatory and compulsory for one or two players to take responsibility, stand up and say that they will win the match, that they will give their hundred percent. And something like that can be seen from Mumbai today.

The toss and batting will be Key for Mumbai Indians 

The first thing is that if Mumbai wins the toss, they should decide to bat first because Hyderabad has dominated this IPL season so far whenever they have batted first. In this sense, Mumbai should try to bat first if they win the toss and once again there will be a lot of expectations from Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma.

Ishan Kishan has not been able to do anything special this IPL season while Rohit Sharma had a good start to this IPL season but is struggling now, perhaps also because the team is under pressure.

Hyderabad’s bowling is not that strong. If Mumbai can play Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s opening overs well, they will have to score runs without targeting him but without being aggressive against him and if they can bat against Natarajan and skipper Cummins in the middle and last overs, then there are big chances that Mumbai can set a target of over 200 runs and on the other hand, if they do the right thing, they can also chase.

Middle order Bug and Fire from Tim David

But the biggest challenge for Mumbai will be that if a team has to touch 200, no team can do it just on the basis of the contribution of the top-order batsmen. So today Hardik Pandya’s role will also be very important. Tilak Verma and Nehal Wadhera have impressed whenever they have got a chance but you can’t leave too much on their shoulders.

Now the time has come for Mumbai that their experienced players take the responsibility of winning the team and also Tim David who has been a complete flop so far. It would be better for Mumbai if they give a chance to Mohammad Nabi or Romario Shepherd in the team instead of Tim David because if Mumbai does that today evening at the Wankhede Stadium, Tim David’s role will become very important.

The bowling challenge for Mumbai Indians

The biggest challenge for Mumbai’s bowlers will be to stop the storm of Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, and Heinrich Klaasen.

The big problem is that if any of these batsmen play 30-40 balls, Hyderabad will stay ahead in the match because their playing style is a bit different. If they play 30-40 balls, they will make 70-80 runs.

So here it will be a big challenge for Mumbai to counter-attack the aggressive attitude of these batsmen. Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling has been good, Piyush Chawla looked better in the last match but today will be a big challenge for Mumbai.

Mumbai Indians will have to play their best cricket if they want to win this match. They will have to bat first and put up a big score on the board. Their bowlers will then have to bowl tightly and take wickets at regular intervals. It will be a tough task, but Mumbai is capable of doing it.