Toss & Conditions

This match uses Wankhede pitch No. 8, the same surface where 462 runs were scored when MI chased RCB’s 240 and fell short. ESPN says it should remain a batting track; although teams in Mumbai usually choose to chase, on this specific pitch teams batting first have won 6 of the last 10 games.

Head-to-Head

Mumbai Indians have won the last 3 head-to-head matches vs Sunrisers Hyderabad.

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 143/8

MIMumbai Indians 146/3

2025-04-23 · MI won by 7 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)

MIMumbai Indians 166/6

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 162/5

2025-04-17 · MI won by 4 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

MIMumbai Indians 174/3

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 173/8

2024-05-06 · MI won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)

Mumbai Indians

MI are 9th in the IPL regular season with 4 points (2W-5L) and NRR -0.736. Their last three results are L vs CSK by 103 runs, W vs GT by 99 runs, and L vs PBKS by 7 wickets (21 balls remaining).

MIMumbai Indians 104/10

CSChennai Super Kings 207/6

2026-04-23 · CSK won by 103 runs

MIMumbai Indians 199/5

GTGujarat Titans 100/10

2026-04-20 · MI won by 99 runs

MIMumbai Indians 195/6

PBPunjab Kings 198/3

2026-04-16 · PBKS won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

SRH are 4th with 10 points (5W-3L) and NRR +0.815, currently in the playoff zone. They have won their last three matches: vs RR by 5 wickets (9 balls remaining), vs DC by 47 runs, and vs CSK by 10 runs.

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 229/5

RRRajasthan Royals 228/6

2026-04-25 · SRH won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 242/2

DCDelhi Capitals 195/9

2026-04-21 · SRH won by 47 runs

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 194/9

CSChennai Super Kings 184/8

2026-04-18 · SRH won by 10 runs

Playing XI

News & Facts

Key Stats

Verdict

Key Stats edge SRH 4-3, driven by points (10 vs 4), NRR (+0.81 vs -0.74), and Elo (1564 vs 1450), while MI lead the last-3 H2H 3-0. All four models favor SRH, with a model-average win probability of SRH 64% vs MI 36% (ML 59-41, AI1 72-28, AI2 62-38, Math 65-35). The bookmaker prices MI at 53% (1.80) vs SRH 47% (2.02), but the model lean stays with SRH on Elo and NRR.

Head and Abhishek blow it open

Travis Head’s 30-ball 76 set the tone, but it was the 125-run opening stand with Abhishek Sharma that turned a daunting chase into a statement. Sunrisers Hyderabad hunted down 244 with 8 balls to spare, never letting Mumbai Indians’ 243/5 feel like a match-winning total. The moment that captured the night came early: SRH were already flying when Head launched into the short ball and Abhishek kept finding the square boundaries, forcing MI to defend from behind almost immediately.

Powerplay damage decided it

The chase was effectively won in the first six overs. SRH smashed 92/0 in the powerplay at 15.3 an over, wiping out the pressure of the asking rate and ensuring the middle overs could be played on their terms. Mumbai’s own start was strong at 78/0, but their tempo dipped late: 41/2 in the last five overs (10.2 rpo) left them short of the extra 15–20 runs that might have made SRH blink. Even two wickets in the middle phase couldn’t reset the chase because the platform was already enormous.

Rickelton’s ton, Klaasen’s finish

Ryan Rickelton’s 123 off 55 was the innings that made this a contest, powering MI through a blazing 78/0 powerplay and giving them a total that usually wins. But Head’s early assault flipped the chase, and Heinrich Klaasen’s 65 off 30 ensured SRH didn’t drift when wickets fell in the middle. Eshan Malinga’s 1/29 was the rare spell that slowed scoring, yet SRH’s top-end hitting had already done the decisive work.

Form and matchups held firm

Pre-match numbers leaned SRH’s way on recent momentum and overall strength, and the game followed that script once the ball got soft. MI’s bowling has been expensive at the back end, and SRH’s hitters ensured there was no “death-overs squeeze” to exploit. The one area where history favoured MI — three straight head-to-head wins — didn’t matter in a night defined by current form and a batting line-up built to win 250 chases.