The defending champions Mumbai Indians have an advantage over the Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last five encounters against the men in orange.
The defending champions Mumbai Indians came back strongly in their second game of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) against the Kolkata Knight Riders after the loss in the tournament opener. On the other hand, their Saturday's opponents Sunrisers Hyderabad have had a poor start to their campaign losing both their games, they have played.
Mumbai Indians have enjoyed dominance over the men in orange in the last five encounters, winning three of them. Both the teams are coming off from close encounters, however, with different results and will look to solve the mystery, that is how to chase at Chepauk.
Head-to-head: 16 games, MI - 8, SRH - 8
The Mumbai Indians and the Sunrisers Hyderabad have faced each other 16 times in the 8 seasons (SRH came into existence in 2013) of the IPL since 2013 and both sides have eight games each.
In the last season, both sides won each game. While Mumbai Indians triumphed in the first encounter by 34 runs in a one-sided affair, the Sunrisers Hyderabad won the reverse fixture pretty comfortably by 10 wickets chasing a target of 149 runs against the Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult-less Mumbai Indians.
David Warner leads the most runs list
Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner is the leading run-scorer in the MI vs SRH clashes with 488 runs. He is followed by his former opening partner in the SRH side, Shikhar Dhawan, who is now with the Delhi Capitals with 436 runs. Mumbai Indians hard-hitting all-rounder Kieron Pollard is at the third spot with 383 runs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the leading wicket-taker
Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the leading wicket-taker in the MI vs SRH games with 16 scalps. Mumbai Indians legend Lasith Malinga is on the second spot with 13 wickets.
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