On Saturday (6th April) night, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will meet at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (Hyderabad). Both will play their fifth match in this season, but it will be the third home match for SRH, and third away match for MI in IPL 2019.
After losing their season opener against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), SRH has won their next three matches in this season. Meanwhile, MI has won two matches and lost the other two matches in this season.
Teams’ forms in IPL 2019
Recent results
SRH (oldest to latest) – Lost, Won, Won and Won
MI (oldest to latest) – Lost, Won, Lost and Won
Teams’ performances in different stages of a match
| Different stages of a match (Overs) | SRH | MI | ||
| Run-rate | Average wicket (s) fall in a match | Run-rate | Average wicket (s) fall in a match | |
| Powerplay (1-6) | 10.16 | – | 8.33 | 1.25 |
| Middle overs (7-15) | 8.94 | 2.00 | 8.25 | 2.75 |
| Death overs (16-20) | 10.17 | 1.75 | 10.96 | 3.50 |
Men-in-form
| Stats | SRH | MI |
| Top run-scorer | David Warner (264 runs) | Quinton de Kock (114 runs) |
| Top wicket-taker | Mohammad Nabi (6 wickets) | Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya (4 wickets each) |
Head-to-head records between SRH and MI
| Stats | Matches | SRH won | MI won | Tied/No Result |
| Overall | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0/0 |
| In IPL | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0/0 |
| At Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (Hyderabad) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0/0 |
| In the last 10 matches | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0/0 |
- In their last three encounters, SRH won all those matches. Last time MI beat the Hyderabad franchise on 12th April 2017 at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai).
- Since May 2015, MI has never beat SRH at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (Hyderabad). Last time the Mumbai franchise beat the Orange Army at this venue on 17th May 2015. Since then, SRH has won three successive matches against MI at this venue.
Important stats between SRH and MI
(Team stats)
| Stats | SRH (vs MI) | MI (vs SRH) |
| Highest total | 178/3 (20 overs) at Mumbai on 13th May 2013 | 184/3 (19.3 overs) at Mumbai on 13th May 2013 |
| Lowest completed total | 113 (20 overs) at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 17th May 2015 | 87 (18.5 overs) at Mumbai on 24th April 2018 |
| Largest victory (by runs) | 85 runs at Visakhapatnam on 8th May 2016 | 20 runs at Mumbai on 25th April 2015 |
| Largest victory (by wickets) | 7 wickets for thrice | 9 wickets at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 17th May 2015 |
(Player stats)
| Stats | SRH (vs MI) | MI (vs SRH) |
| Highest individual score | 90* by David Warner at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 18th April 2016 | 78 by Kieron Pollard at Dubai (DSC) on 30th April 2014 |
| Best bowling figures | 3/15 by Ashish Nehra at Visakhapatnam on 8th May 2016 | 4/23 by Mayank Markande and Lasith Malinga (once each) |
| Most runs scored | 436 runs by Shikhar Dhawan | 261 runs by Kieron Pollard |
| Most wickets | 14 wickets by Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 13 wickets by Lasith Malinga |
Other important stats
SRH
- Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (98 wickets) is two wickets away to complete his 100 IPL wickets for SRH. He will be the first SRH bowler to achieve this feat.
- Pacer Siddarth Kaul (46 wickets) is four wickets away to complete his 50 IPL wickets.
MI
- Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah (70 wickets) is two wickets away to become third most T20 wicket-taker for MI. The present top three T20 wicket-takers for MI are Lasith Malinga (182 wickets), Harbhajan Singh (147 wickets) and Mitchell McClenaghan (71 wickets).
- Rohit Sharma (7,902 runs) is 98 runs away to complete his 8,000 T20 runs.
