The 2018 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 11, will be the eleventh season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the BCCI in 2007. The season, which will be held from 7 April to 27 May, will see the return of the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals after serving two years of suspension for the involvement of their respective owners in the 2013 IPL betting case. This would be the first season with DRS.
Away from home, Mumbai Indians face stern test against Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad, high on confidence after the emphatic win over Rajasthan Royals in its opener, takes on Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here on Thursday .
It is obvious that Mumbai faces a daunting task to brush off its narrow defeat to Chennai Super Kings on home turf.
On the other hand, Sunrisers should look to the depth and variety in its bowling attack to counter the might of Mumbai batting which has some big names like openers Rohit Sharma, Evin Lewis, Ishan Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Pandya brothers – Krunal, Hardik – to name a few.
The likely XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Deepak Hooda, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Shakib Al Hasan 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10 Billy Stanlake, 11 Siddarth Kaul
Mumbai Indians: 1 Evin Lewis, 2 Rohit Sharma (capt), 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Krunal Pandya, 7 Keiron Pollard, 8 Jasprit Bumrah 9 Mitchell McClenaghan 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Mayank Markande
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians
Apr 12, 2018 – 7th match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad (night)
Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT | 20:30 BDT)
Toss: Mumbai Indians
Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad