NEW DELHI: Suryakumar Yadav regained his lost mojo during the IPL 2023 match against Kolkata Knight Riders and the 360-degree batsman led the five-time champions to a five-wicket win on Sunday. Bolstered by Suryakumar's return to form, five-time champions Mumbai Indians will look to continue their winning momentum when they face a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Both MI and SRH are coming into Tuesday's match after successive wins. They had started the tournament with identical back-to-back losses.
On Sunday, Suryakumar snapped his wretched run of low scores, which included four ducks, with a quickfire 25-ball 43 as MI chased down 186 with 14 balls to spare for a comfortable five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai.
If Suryakumar was sensational, opener Ishan Kishan looked ominous during his 25-ball 58 and the duo will look to produce the fireworks again when they take on the Sunrisers.
MI, who had struggled in the first two games, are now looking a very balanced side with Tilak Verma also in good touch, while the dashing duo of Cameron Green and Tim David too producing the goods when it mattered the most.
In the bowling department, the wily Piyush Chawla has brought all his experience to the fore and, alongwith young Hrithik Shokeen, has formed a formidable spin duo.
However, MI's pace unit lacks teeth without Jofra Archer, who has been sidelined due to fresh elbow trouble post his appearance in the first match of the season.
1/10:Arjun Tendulkar makes IPL debut for Mumbai Indians
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2/10:Arjun Tendulkar
<p>Arjun Tendulkar's long wait to play for Mumbai Indians in the IPL finally ended on Sunday when he made his debut against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. </p>IANS
3/10:Sachin and Arjun
<p>In the process batting great Sachin Tendulkar and Arjun became the first father-son pair to play in the IPL. </p>PTI
4/10:Proud moment
<p>Sachin Tendulkar, who would have been a proud man on Sunday and who is mentor of the franchise and was in the dugout, played for MI from 2008 to 2013. </p>PTI
5/10:First up with the new ball
<p>Arjun replaced fellow left-arm seamer Arshad Khan in the starting XI and opened the bowling for MI from the North Stand End. </p>IANS
6/10:17 runs in 2 overs
<p>Arjun bowled two overs and conceded 17 runs in the process. </p>ANI
7/10:5 runs in first over
<p>Arjun conceded just five runs in his first over and troubled KKR openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Narayan Jagadeesan. </p>TNN
8/10:The coincidence
<p>Incidentally, Sachin Tendulkar's first over in the IPL too was against KKR and it went for five runs. </p>TNN
9/10:The MI cap
<p>Arjun was handed the MI cap by Rohit Sharma, who was the impact player in the game skippered by Suryakumar Yadav. </p>IANS
10/10:A two-year wait
<p>Arjun had to wait for two seasons before he could take his IPL bow. </p>TNNIn his absence, Riley Meredith has shouldered the responsibility in the last two games that he has played but MI are yet to zero in on a settled pace unit having tried Jason Behrendorff the other day.
Arjun Tendulkar and Duan Jansen too were handed IPL debuts on Sunday and it remains to be seen if MI persist with the duo.
Sunrisers, on the other hand, found new heroes in Harry Brook and Abhishek Tripathi to record two victories in their last two matches.
While Brook finally lived up to the expectations with a 55-ball 100 against KKR, Tripathi had slammed a 48-ball 74 to take the team home against Punjab Kings.
Captain Aiden Markram's contribution in both the matches has been immense as he held the other end with scores of 50 and 37 in the last two matches.
However, Mayank Agarwal has stuck out like a sore thumb with his lack of runs at the top.
Among the bowlers, spinner Mayank Markande has been SRH's highest wicket-taker with six wickets, while Umran Malik, Marco Jansen and Bhubneshwar Kumar too have troubled the opposition.
Tuesday's match could also be a clash between twin Jansen brothers -- Duan and Marco -- if both are picked in their respective team's playing XI.
The Teams (From):
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vinod, Cameron Green, Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Riley Meredith Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Arshad Khan, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (c), Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein and Anmolpreet Singh.
(With inputs from PTI)
