IPL 2018: Match 23, Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Statistical Preview

The defending champions Mumbai Indians have started their campaign with only one win in their first five games and lost four games that went down the wire. They falter to close the matches in the dying moments including one on the final ball against SRH. The Sunrisers started with three consecutive wins before they conceded 180+ in successive games and ended up on losing cause. They look forward to bouncing back with their 2nd win of the season over MI while the hosts need two points at this stage.

Key stats and numbers to be looked out ahead of the MI’s home fixture against SRH:

3 – Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in all the three games they played at the Wankhede Stadium. However, SRH lead head to head against MI by 6-5. They are the only team to lead head to head record in the IPL against Mumbai.

13.75 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s bowling average of 13.75 against Mumbai Indians in the IPL is the best bowling average for any player vs MI in the IPL. He bagged 16 wickets in 12 games against them and conceded runs at an economy of only 5.64.

Bhuvneshwar took six wickets in four games against MI in Mumbai at an average of 12.67. Shakib Al Hasan also has six wickets in four IPL games in Mumbai at an average of 16.83.

297 – Number of sixes Rohit Sharma in the Twenty20 format so far. He needs three more sixes to complete 300 T20 sixes. Rohit will become the first Indian and the 7th player overall to complete 300 sixes in this format.

299 – Shakib Al Hasan needs one more wicket to complete 300 wickets in the Twenty20 format.

581 – Runs Shikhar Dhawan scored against Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Only Suresh Raina (712) and MS Dhoni (586) have scored more against MI than Dhawan. He scored those runs in 17 innings at an average of 44.69 with four fifties. Dhawan scored 205 runs at an average of 50.25 in the five matches he played against MI in Wankhede with the best score of 59.

2999 – Yusuf Pathan needs one more run to become the 13th player with 3000 runs in the IPL. He became the 8th player to hit 150 IPL sixes during the game against CSK.