MI vs SRH 65th Match Prediction

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Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians are signing youngsters and giving them a go in this season of the IPL. Clearly, they see this now as a chance to build for the future since there is nothing much to gain from this season anyway hence we must stop assuming that they will be playing their strongest 11.

The Mumbai Indians have not batted well for the majority of the season as is pretty obvious by the results. Perhaps the one outlier to this has been Tilak Varma who has shown himself to be capable against all kinds of bowling and to be able to accelerate in the middle overs for his team.

He is the one batsman that we would back to score runs in this match as well. The question mark over Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma at the top of the order just fails to be resolved. If you do have to bet on them for anything it should be to score a six.

Jasprit Bumrah has shown signs of getting back to his best with the ball and that is a very positive sign for the Mumbai Indians. Daniel Sams and Riley Meredith are the other two overseas players that have given some teeth to the Mumbai bowling. The two spin options though remain quite underwhelming and we don't see an easy way for Mumbai to address that in this match.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers continue to baffle as their season of two halves frustrates their fans and supporters. 5 victories in a row during the first half of the season put them in an excellent place to make a run for the playoff places but a run of five consecutive defeats has now all but ended their chances of making the playoff.

One of the main reasons for this lack of success has to be the performance of Kane Williamson. If you just look at the batting impact statistically speaking that he has had the season then it is the worst for any better in any season of the IPL.

It does not help Hyderabad that he is also their captain and does cannot be dropped from the team. There have been some rumors that Williamson will not play these final couple of matches and instead make way for someone else.

Hyderabad's biggest strength is its strong middle order where Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, and Rahul Tripathi have been excellent with the bat and been able to score at a very fast pace.

Unfortunately for them, everything else around them seems to be crumbling.

A strong bowling lineup led by the hugely impressive Umran Malik gives Hyderabad a chance to make some dents in the Mumbai Indians batting but Mumbai is a team that plays high place very well. Bhuvaneswar Kumar Marco Janson and Washington Sundar will all have to step up to avoid conceding too many runs.