IPL 2018: Hyderabad opts to bowl against Mumbai

Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to ballagainst Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Thursday.

For Hyderabad, the squad is fit and healthy as there are no such reports of injury other than Bhuvneshwar Kumar's sore back. Sandeep Sharma has replaced Bhuvi for the match.

Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson said, "Going to bowl. Good surface for bowling so we need to bowl well first up. Unfortunately, Bhuvi misses out, he has a sore back, so Sandeep Sharma comes in making his debut for the franchise, so that's exciting for him."

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On the other hand, for Mumbai, Hardik Pandya is not playing due to injury. Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma said, "We are missing Hardik due to injury, so Pradeep Sangwan is playing instead of him. We've left out Mitch McCleneghan, and we've included Ben Cutting instead, who has played a lot of cricket here and knows the conditions pretty well."

(Playing XI)

Mumbai: Rohit Sharma(c), Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Pradeep Sangwan, Mustafizur Rahman, Jasprit Bumrah

Hyderabad: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Billy Stanlake, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma