The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad is set to host its first game of IPL 2024, as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) welcome Mumbai Indians (MI) on Wednesday, March 27.
SRH continued from where they left off in 2023 as their woes continued. That they made a match out of a losing position against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) should earn plaudits, but they should have ideally won it in the end.
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MI, meanwhile, faced Gujarat Titans (GT) in Ahmedabad in their first game of the new season. Their opening match curse in IPL continued as they lost their first game for the 12th season in a row.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact players:
Abhishek Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Umran Malik
Umran Malik is the impact player, replacing Travis Head.
Mumbai Indians Impact players:
Akash Madhwal, Dewald Brevis, Mohammad Nabi, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod
Romario Shepherd is the impact player, replacing Kwena Maphaka.
SRH vs MI: Prediction
Both teams lost their opening games, which will have given them the added motivation to win this fixture.
History favours the visiting side in this game. Indeed, in the last five meetings between these two sides, MI have won four times, while SRH have won just once.
Both MI and SRH lost games that they feel they should have won. A self-implosion caused them to come away without a win, and they will feel they were hard done by.
The two teams have exquisite batting lineups, but MI's bowling lineup just slightly edges SRH's. That, coupled with MI's dominance over SRH in this matchup, suggests that MI is the likelier of the two teams to get their first win of the campaign.
SRH vs MI: Betting odds
As per odds on Dafabet, MI are the favourites to clinch a victory over SRH.
| Result | Odds |
| SRH win | 2.20 |
| MI win | 1.75 |
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