Mumbai Indians look stronger, but it's coming together for Sunrisers Hyderabad too

Two teams with two wins each from four games. But that's where the similarities between the Mumbai Indians and the Sunrisers Hyderabad end.

The Mumbai Indians have reached here by bludgeoning the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Kings XI Punjab, while the Sunrisers had to use every last ounce of resolve against the Delhi Capitals and the Chennai Super Kings to script their two wins. The Mumbai Indians have two of the fiercest finishers in Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya, while the Sunrisers rely on the young, inexperienced trio of Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad to close out their innings. In three out of their four games, the Mumbai Indians have posted totals in excess of 190, while the highest the Sunrisers have managed so far is 164. The Mumbai Indians have a superior bowling attack too.

All that means that the Mumbai Indians start as favourites when the two teams meet on Sunday afternoon in Sharjah - the first time there for either team this season. But with two back-to-back wins, the Sunrisers will also have their tails up. The presence of Kane Williamson at No. 4, and runs from Garg and Abhishek in their last game against the Super Kings should give David Warner and Jonny Bairstow the confidence to play attacking cricket at the top, something they must aim for given the shorter boundaries in Sharjah.

Mumbai Indians: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Rohit Sharma (capt), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Ishan Kishan, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 James Pattinson, 9 Rahul Chahar, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 3 Manish Pandey, 4 Kane Williamson, 5 Priyam Garg, 6 Abhishek Sharma, 7 Abdul Samad, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Sandeep Sharma, 10 Khaleel Ahmed, 11 T Natarajan