Chennai: Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians (MI) on Saturday won the toss and chose to bat against David Warner's Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here.
Pitch report: The strip will be easy to bat in the first ten overs and the batsmen would look to capitalise in the powerplay. However, later in the innings, the pitch will provide assistance to spinners.
In Mumbai's camp, Adam Milne has replaced Marco Jansen, MI skipper Rohit Sharma announced at the toss.
Sharma said, "We are gonna bat first. Very hard to predict, looks a good track but we will only get to know when the game progresses. Looks a bit slugglish though. We have made one change. We understand the conditions and it's very important to back your skills. Last game was good for us. Adam Milne comes in place of Jansen."
SRH have made as many as four changes to their side. Virat Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Khaleel Ahmed join the playing XI at the expense of Wriddhiman Saha, Jason Holder, Shahbaz Nadeem and T Natarajan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner said, "We would've batted first for sure. All four wickets look exactly the same here. We know what we are gonna do here. We have been in this position before, we have made four changes. Can't remember the names, gotta look at the team-sheet."
Teams:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Adam Milne, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (capt), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Virat Singh, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed
