IPL 2018: Match 7, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians – Statistical Preview

The defending champions Mumbai Indians started their IPL campaign with a loss in the first game of the season for the 6th consecutive time. They will now face SRH in their 2nd game in Hyderabad where they won their 3rd IPL title by defeating RPS in the last season’s final. Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, cruised to a 9-wicket win in their opening game against Rajasthan Royals. Kane Williamson unsettled the RR batting with his proactive captaincy by using the bowling resources.

Key stats and numbers to be looked out ahead of the game between Hyderabad and Mumbai:

5 – Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians faced each other in ten IPL matches with both the teams winning five matches apiece. Both the teams faced five times at the RGIC Stadium in Hyderabad with the home team winning three games. Chasing team won in all those five games that witnessed 160 and lower totals.

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

24.14 – Rohit Sharma’s batting average of 24.14 against SRH is his lowest against any IPL team. (Min: 10 innings) Rohit scored 169 runs in 10 innings against SRH with 67 of those coming in the last meeting.

502 – Runs Rohit Sharma scored in the Twenty20 format at the RGIC Stadium in Hyderabad. These are the 2nd most T20 runs for him at a venue behind 1568 at Wankhede. Rohit scored those 502 runs in 15 innings at an average of 41.83 with four fifties.

536 – Runs Shikhar Dhawan scored against Mumbai Indians in the IPL. These are the 3rd most runs for any player against MI in the league. Dhawan scored 536 runs in 16 IPL innings against MI at an average of 44.66 with four fifties.

All those four IPL fifties vs MI came while playing for SRH. He scored 386 runs in ten innings in the SRH-MI IPL games at an average of 55.14.

959 – Ishan Kishan needs to score 41 more runs to complete 1000 runs in the Twenty20 format.

3980 – Runs Shakib Al Hasan scored in his Twenty20 career so far. He needs 20 more runs to complete 4000 T20 runs.