The Mumbai Indians are set to clash with the Sunrisers Hyderabad this Monday the 6th of May in Match 55 of IPL 2024. The match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, and we will look at the game from a betting point of view.
The Sunrisers are currently in 4th place on the log, and they are 3rd in the outright betting, priced at 5.50. the Mumbai Indians can no longer make the playoffs.
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Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
The Mumbai Indians took on the Kolkata Knight Riders in their last game that was played in Wankhede on Friday the 3rd of May. The game started with the Indians winning the toss and electing to field first, they started well with ball in hand taking the first 5 wickets in just 6.1 overs while restricting their opponents to a low run rate. The Knight Riders reach recovered to reach a total of 169 all out with 1 ball left in the innings. Top bowler was Jasprit Bumrah who picked up 3 wickets for 18 runs in 3.5 overs.
The Indians kept up with the Knight Riders run rate in the powerplay losing 3 wickets and at that point it looked as though they would cruise to the win, however as the match went on their wickets began to fall frequently and they were unable to get any solid partnerships going. They were bowled out in the 19th over for 145 losing the match by 24 runs. Top batsman was Suryakumar Yadav who scored 56 off 35 balls.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad went head-to-head with the Rajasthan Royals in their most recent encounter that took place in Hyderabad on Thursday the 4th of May. The Sunrisers won the toss and chose to bat first. They lost 2 early wickets but thereafter they stabilised well and built a solid partnership. For the rest of the innings, they only lost 1 more wicket and they managed to pose a total of 201/3. Top batsman was Nitish Kumar Reddy who scored 76 runs off 42 deliveries.
The Sunrisers had a brilliant first over in the field, taking 2 wickets but thereafter they let things go and allowed their opponents batsmen to built a partnership that took them to a total of 135 runs before the next wicket dropped and although this put pressure on the bowlers, in the end they were able to restrict the table toppers, winning the match by 1 run after a dramatic LBW decision review was turned down on the last ball..
Head-To-Head
These sides have met 22 times in the IPL, with the Mumbai Indians sitting on 12 wins and the Sunrisers just behind on 10. The last time they met was in Match 8 of this year’s season where the Sunrisers opened the batting putting up a total of 277/3. The Mumbai Indians were then unable to chase down the total despite their efforts and they fell 31 runs short in the end.
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Mumbai Indians 1.80
Sunrisers Hyderabad 2.00
Suggested Bet: Total Wickets – Jasprit Bumrah over 1.5 at 2.10
Bumrah picked up 3 in his last game and he has been in cracking form in this competition.
Suggested Bet: Top Sunrisers Batsman – Heinrich Klaasen at 3.80
Klaasen has been close to top scoring with the bat on multiple occasions and he generally doesn’t need more than a few overs at the wicket to land the spoils.
Suggested Bet: Sunrisers to win at 2.00
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