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IPL 2023 has now reached its final stage. Now only two matches are left in the league stage. Both these matches will be played today. In today’s first match, there will be a clash between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mumbai Indians will have to win this match at any cost to keep alive their hopes of reaching the playoffs. Today the 69th match of the 16th season will start at 3.30 pm at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Mumbai will have to win against Hyderabad by a big margin

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have 14 points from 13 matches in the IPL. Along with this, Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore also have 14-14 points. Although Mumbai’s net run rate is much less than Bangalore, so today Mumbai will have to win against Hyderabad by a big margin. The team of Mumbai Indians is at number six in the points table. To keep alive their hopes of making it to the playoffs, Mumbai will have to register a win against Hyderabad at any cost. If Mumbai loses this match, it will be out of the playoff race.

Hyderabad team out of playoff race

A total of 20 matches have been played between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad so far. In which Mumbai Indians have won 11 matches while Sunrisers Hyderabad have won 9 matches. Hyderabad has played 13 matches so far this season, in which it has won only four matches and lost nine matches. This left his Hyderabad side eight points out of contention for the playoffs as they are at the bottom of the points table.

 

Possible playing XI of both the teams

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Hrithik Shokin, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff and Akash Madhwal.

Sunrise Hyderabad

Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Karthik Tyagi, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Nitish Reddy.