IPL 2023: 3 surprise Dream11 fantasy team picks for MI vs SRH match
Mumbai Indians will play their final league stage match of IPL 2023 today against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, May 21. It is a do-or-die match for the five-time champions. If they lose the match, they will be eliminated from the tournament.
The net run rate (-0.128) is not in Mumbai's favor. They will need to beat SRH by a margin of (X+80) runs, where X stands for Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) winning margin against the Gujarat Titans (GT). Since RCB will play against GT later in the day, MI do not know their exact equation.
The best scenario for Mumbai is to win against Hyderabad and then hope that the Titans defeat Bangalore or for the match between GT and RCB to get abandoned due to rain.
Ahead of the all-important MI vs SRH match, here are the three players who can prove to be surprise picks in the Dream11 contests for this game.
#1 Glenn Phillips, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Glenn Phillips has aggregated 38 runs in four innings of IPL 2023 so far. He played his best knock against the Rajasthan Royals where his cameo of 25 runs off seven balls helped SRH win the match.
Phillips failed to make an impact in his last two innings. He got out for a duck against the Lucknow Super Giants, while in the previous match versus the Royal Challengers Bangalore, the SRH star managed five runs.
Quite a few Dream11 users will be reluctant to pick him in their fantasy teams for tonight's contests. However, it is pertinent to note that the pitch in Mumbai is excellent for batting. If Phillips gets his timing right, he can play a big knock for Hyderabad.
#2 Aiden Markram, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Aiden Markram has failed to lead the Sunrisers Hyderabad from the front in IPL 2023. He has returned with scores of 18, 10, 28, and 6. His strike rate has been quite disappointing as well.
However, as mentioned ahead, the pitch at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium is a batting paradise and the South African batter will enjoy batting in such conditions. It won't be a surprise if the SRH star ends up playing a big knock for his franchise.
#3 Chris Jordan, Mumbai Indians
Chris Jordan is unlikely to feature in Mumbai Indians' playing XI for the IPL 2023 match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. If he somehow makes it to the match squad, Dream11 users should consider picking him in their teams.
The reason behind that is Jordan generally bowls in the death overs. While he may leak runs, he can also end up taking multiple wickets. Not many fantasy users would have picked him in their teams, making him a differential pick if he end up with a few wickets to his name.