Mumbai Indians vs SunRisers Hyderabad: SunRisers Hyderabad's Predicted Playing XI Against Mumbai Indians, IPL 2022, Match 65 MI vs SRH

SunRisers Hyderabad face Mumbai Indians in a must-win game in match 65 of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium on May 17. A win keeps them alive in the playoffs race while a loss knocks them out of the campaign. Mumbai Indians, who are themselves knocked out would like to knock SRH out as well.

SRH are on a five-match losing streak heading into this game and their previous loss was against KKR. They are placed eighth on the points table currently and needs big wins to move up the ladder and improve on their net run-rate as well. In this article, we look at SunRisers Hyderabad’s predicted playing Xi for their crucial clash against MI.

Mumbai Indians vs SunRisers Hyderabad: SunRisers Hyderabad’s Predicted Playing XI Against Mumbai Indians, IPL 2022, Match 65 MI vs SRH

Kane Williamson

Despite talks of him batting at number three of four, Kane Williamson has continued to open this season. That is not expected to change in the last two games.

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Abhishek Sharma

Sharma is the highest run-scorer for SRH this season with 374 runs from 12 games. He will continue to open the batting with Williamson.

Rahul Tripathi

Rahul Tripathi will bat at number three. He has scored 317 runs from 12 matches. IN the previous match against KKR, he scored nine off 12 balls.

Aiden Markram

Markram has scored over 350 runs in the season for SunRisers Hyderabad. Along with Sharma and Tripathi, he has been consistent for the side. He will bat at number four.

Nicholas Pooran

The Windies southpaw will bat at number five. He has scored 263 runs from 12 games this season. For Hyderabad to qualify, Pooran has to score big in the last two games.

Washington Sundar

Sundar on his return game was expensive for SRH against KKR. He scored just 4 from nine balls in SRH’s chase which they failed to achieve.

Shashank Singh / Shreyas Gopal / Kartik Tyagi

Shashank once again failed to finish the innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad. If required, SRH can replace him with either Shreyas Gopal or Kartik Tyagi to bolster their bowling attack.

Marco Jansen

Jansen on his return picked up 1 for 30 with the ball for SunRisers Hyderabad. He bowled the tough lengths making it difficult for the batters to hit him. The left-arm pacer will be key for SRH in the last two games.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been economical as ever for SRH. He went for 27 runs against KKR and picked up one wicket. He has picked up 11 wickets so far this season.

Umran Malik

Malik picked up three for 33 as he bounced out the KKR batters. His pace is still posing problems for the opposition batsmen. He is eighth on the Purple Cap list with 18 wickets to his name.

T Natarajan

Natarajan concludes the strongest looking playing XI for SunRisers Hyderabad against MI. He too has 18 wickets to his name this season so far.

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