IPL: MI opt to bowl against SRH in do-or-die clash, Kamboj handed debut cap

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to field against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their do-or-die IPL match here Monday.

The five-time champions also handed a debut to 23-year-old all-rounder Anshul Kamboj, replacing pacer Gerald Coetzee.

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As for the visitors, the 2016 champion brought back Mayank Agarwal, with skipper Pat Cummins stating that he will be their number three batter.

A loss in this encounter for the hosts will make them the first team to be eliminated from the playoffs race.

Playing XI

MI: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Anshul Kamboj, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah and Nuwan Thushara.

SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan.

PTI