Mumbai
Indians
captain
Rohit
Sharma
was
lucky
as
the
coin
landed
in
his
favour
in
the
game
which
is
not
just
a
must-win
one
but
they
also
need
to
win
by
a
huge
margin
of
171
runs
to
edge
Kolkata
Knight
Riders
(KKR)
from
the
top-four
spot
and
book
a
playoff
berth
in
an
incredible
fashion.

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Hyderabad’s
regular
captain
Kane
Williamson
suffered
a
niggle
in
his
left
elbow,
hence
the
team
management
appointed
Manish
as
the
captain
of
the
side.
While
senior
pacer
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar
is
also
missing
the
game
and
Afghanistan
all-rounder
Mohammed
Nabi
is
playing
his
first
game
in
IPL
2021.

After
winning
the
toss,
Rohit
Sharma
said,
“We
are
going
to
bat
first,
no
choice
(smiles).
The
numbers
are
pretty
scary,
but
we
are
going
to
give
it
all.
Let’s
hope
we
can
come
out
and
do
what
we
love
to
do.
It’s
important
to
enjoy
the
game
as
well.
It’s
been
an
on
and
off-season
for
us.
This
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
do
something
that’s
never
been
done
before.”

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Talking
about
his
team’s
performance
in
this
season,
the
Mumbaikar
added,
“Our
batters
haven’t
come
collectively
and
performed
as
a
team
in
the
UAE
leg.
But
these
guys
have
done
exceedingly
well
for
their
respective
teams.
Just
can
happen.
Two
changes.
Getting
Krunal
Pandya
back
and
Piyush
Chawla
back.
No
Saurabh
Tiwary
and
Jayant
Yadav.”

Pandey
–
who
stepped
into
the
middle
to
lead
SRH
–
said,
“My
first
game
as
IPL
captain.
Last-minute
call.
Kane
(Williamson)
had
a
niggle
on
his
elbow,
Bhuvi
(Bhuvneshwar
Kumar)
has
a
niggle
too.
We
would
have
batted
first
too.
We
will
look
to
bowl
first
and
look
to
give
Bombay
a
little
chance.
I
know
they
are
going
to
come
all
guns
blazing
but
we
are
ready.”

Playing
XIs:

Mumbai
Indians:
Rohit
Sharma(c),
Ishan
Kishan(w),
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Hardik
Pandya,
Kieron
Pollard,
Krunal
Pandya,
James
Neesham,
Nathan
Coulter-Nile,
Jasprit
Bumrah,
Piyush
Chawla,
Trent
Boult.

Sunrisers
Hyderabad:
Jason
Roy,
Abhishek
Sharma,
Manish
Pandey(c),
Priyam
Garg,
Abdul
Samad,
Wriddhiman
Saha(w),
Jason
Holder,
Rashid
Khan,
Mohammad
Nabi,
Umran
Malik,
Siddarth
Kaul.