SRH Playing 11 vs Mumbai Indians- IPL 2024, Match 8

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) takes on Mumbai Indians (MI) in match 8 of IPL 2024 in Hyderabad. This is the first of the two home games that SRH plays in the first leg of IPL 2024. 

SRH lost their season opener against KKR in Kolkata as they failed to chase 209 for victory. They got as far as 204 and fell short by 8 runs as Harshit Rana kept his cool in the final over. 

Heinrich Klaasen’s 63 off 29 balls was not enough to take the side home. His dismissal gave KKR the opening in the final over and the Knight Riders cashed in. Heading into this game, their top-order Indian batters look good. However, they have been guilty of not scoring too many runs consistently for SRH. 

The way the SRH team is shaped up, they have a heavy reliance on their overseas pros. The problem for them yet again will be to choose their four overseas players based on the conditions and the opposition. 

Wanindu Hasaranga their overseas specialist spinner was unavailable for the first game and as per reports, he will miss the first three games. His availability for the fourth game is not yet assured. He came out of his Test retirement to play the two-match Test series for Sri Lanka but was banned by the ICC for two Test matches. 

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SRH Playing 11 vs Mumbai Indians- IPL 2024, Match 8

Travis Head 

Head did not play the first game against KKR. However, given that Hyderabad is a high-scoring venue, the management might include him in the XI. SRH bagged him for nearly 7 crores. 

Mayank Agarwal 

Mayank opened the batting in the last game and scored a good-looking 32. However, he was out at the wrong time for his team’s sake. He needs to make the most of this season to make a comeback to the Indian team. 

Rahul Tripathi

Tripathi will bat at four. He scored a run-a-ball 20 and was dismissed against KKR looking to up the ante. He had scored over 400 runs in IPL 2022 and thus was retained. 

Aiden Markram

Heinrich Klaasen

Abdul Samad

Samad will slot in at six. He scored 15 off 11 balls against KKR. SRH has been persistent with him despite his lowish returns for the franchise. 

Shahbaz Ahmed

Shahbaz will bat at seven. He played a cameo of 16 off 5 balls and took his team to the brink of victory. He just bowled one over in the previous match. 

Marco Jansen

Jansen cab bat at eight. His batting at eight lengthens the SRH batting lineup. He was taken for plenty in the match against KKR, 40 off three overs to be exact. 

Pat Cummins (C)

Cummins will bat at nine. He failed to win the match for SRH with the bat against KKR needing five off the final ball. With the ball, he took, he took 1 for 32. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 

T Natarajan 

Natarajan concludes the SRH playing XI against MI. He took 3 for 32 in the first match against KKR. In the process, he went past 50 wickets for SRH.

Impact Sub- Abhishek Sharma

The Southpaw came in as the Impact sub against KKR and scored 32 off 19 balls attacking especially the spinners. He might be used in the same role once again. 

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