Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be aiming to make it 5 wins in a row as they take on five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) on Wednesday at the Wankhede Stadium. Pat Cummins and co. are currently on a four-match winning streak, having defeated RR twice and CSK, DC in the last four games. After suffering three losses in four games in the initial half of the tournament, SRH have bounced back strongly and are now comfortably settled on the 3rd position on the IPL 2026 points table.
The one-time champions received a boost in the form of the return of Pat Cummins, who created an instant impact with the ball and his captaincy in the game against RR. Given that the team is on a roll at the moment, SRH are unlikely to make any changes to their playing XI against MI.
Predicted SRH playing XI vs MI
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins, Shivang Kumar, Sakib Hussain, Praful HingeImpact player: Ehsan Malinga
All eyes on Abhishek Sharma
Despite being one of the most feared batters and explosive openers in modern day T20 cricket, Abhishek has a rather poor record against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. In the 4 matches that he has played against MI at the venue, he has only managed to score 62 runs at a miserable average of 15.5 and a strike rate of 108.77. Sharma boasts of a highest score of 40 against the five-time champions at the iconic venue, which came when the two sides last met in 2025.
However, Abhishek has been in prolific form this year and is the current Orange Cap holder with 380 runs to his name from 8 matches and averages 54.29. He also has a century to his name in this season. SRH will be hoping that Sharma lights up the fireworks at the Wankhede Stadium and break free from the shackles at the venue when they lock horns with MI.
Image Credit: AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi via AlamyApart from Sharma, SRH will rely heavily on Ishan Kishan to fare well, especially since he is very familiar with the Wankhede Stadium, having played for MI previously. He has also been in quite some form in IPL 2026, with 312 runs including 3 half-centuries in this season. Klaasen, who is SRH’s second leading run-getter in IPL 2026, is also expected to go all guns blazing. In all, SRH boast of a strong batting unit who are way ahead of MI, given the form of the latter’s players.
Cummins to spearhead bowling attack
An experienced Pat Cummins proved why he is the best in the business on his return to IPL 2026 after missing 7 games. While all the other bowlers were expensive against RR, the Australian all-rounder finished with outstanding figures of 1/27. He showed no signs of any lack of game awareness or laxity, even though he was playing his first competitive cricket match on over 4 months. The SRH all-rounder will spearhead the pace-attack which will comprise of Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain and Nitish Kumar Reddy. Ehsan Malinga is expected to be used as the impact player.
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