Opener Jonny Bairstow will be keen to continue his run riot and keep the Sunrisers Hyderabad juggernaut rolling against Mumbai Indians in its Indian Premier League match here on Saturday.
Bairstow (right) has been in great form with the bat for SRH
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In contrast, Sunrisers, after losing its opening game against Kolkata Knight Riders, went on the beat Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals. SRH, in fact, was without the services of its captain Kane Williamson during Thursday’s match against Delhi because of an injury, but it did not let that have an impact.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar led from the front, along with Mohammad Nabi and Siddarth Kaul, who chipped in with two wickets each. And with Bairstow (48) once again shinning with the bat, Sunrisers had a cakewalk, cruising to a five-wicket win.
Come Saturday, the host would again be banking on the English batsmen to deliver the goods, besides Australian David Warner. The marauding pair has been in scintillating form, having shared three century-plus opening stands in four matches.
After a 118-run opening partnership against KKR in a losing cause, Warner and Bairstow continued their dominance up the order with 110-run and 185-run stands against Rajasthan and Bangalore, respectively. Among the bowlers, Afghanistan spin duo of Nabi and Rashid Khan, and Bhuvneshwar will be keen to fire in unison to counter the likes of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard and Pandya brothers (Krunal and Hardik). Although Mumbai has a deep batting line-up, it is yet to play to its full potential. But having toppled a strong CSK side in its last game, MI is expected to get the good work going. Against CSK, Suryakumar (59) and Krunal (42) enabled the team to reach 170 and then managed to contain it to 133 for eight.
The Mumbai batsmen will be hoping to go out all guns blazing against SRH, while the bowling unit would rely heavily on Jasprit Bumrah.
With three back-to-back victories, the confident Sunrisers would not like to spare an inch against Mumbai, which has two wins and as many losses from its four outings. However, MI will take heart from the fact that it Chennai Super Kings in the last match.
In contrast, Sunrisers, after losing its opening game against Kolkata Knight Riders, went on the beat Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals. SRH, in fact, was without the services of its captain Kane Williamson during Thursday’s match against Delhi because of an injury, but it did not let that have an impact.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar led from the front, along with Mohammad Nabi and Siddarth Kaul, who chipped in with two wickets each. And with Bairstow (48) once again shinning with the bat, Sunrisers had a cakewalk, cruising to a five-wicket win.
Come Saturday, the host would again be banking on the English batsmen to deliver the goods, besides Australian David Warner. The marauding pair has been in scintillating form, having shared three century-plus opening stands in four matches.
After a 118-run opening partnership against KKR in a losing cause, Warner and Bairstow continued their dominance up the order with 110-run and 185-run stands against Rajasthan and Bangalore, respectively. Among the bowlers, Afghanistan spin duo of Nabi and Rashid Khan, and Bhuvneshwar will be keen to fire in unison to counter the likes of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard and Pandya brothers (Krunal and Hardik). Although Mumbai has a deep batting line-up, it is yet to play to its full potential. But having toppled a strong CSK side in its last game, MI is expected to get the good work going. Against CSK, Suryakumar (59) and Krunal (42) enabled the team to reach 170 and then managed to contain it to 133 for eight.
The Mumbai batsmen will be hoping to go out all guns blazing against SRH, while the bowling unit would rely heavily on Jasprit Bumrah.