IPL 2020, SRH vs MI: Sunrisers Hyderabad sweat over Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s fitness | Cricket News – Times of India

Arguably the most destructive batsman of IPL 2020 so far, Kieron Pollard, faces perhaps the best bowler of the competition up until now, Rashid Khan, when the Mumbai Indians square off against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Sharjah on Sunday afternoon.
Both Pollard and Rashid have been the driving force behind their teams’ charge for a number of years now. In his element in the last two games, Pollard smashed an unbeaten 60 off 24 balls against RCB before producing an unbeaten 47 off 20 balls against KXIP. Having smacked 10 sixes and 13 fours in scoring 138 runs in four games, Pollard has produced a strike rate of 212.30 and an average of 138.
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In a format where bowlers, particularly the spinners, are supposed to be at the mercy of batsmen, Rashid got three for 14 against the Capitals, before gaining huge respect from CSK, who didn’t give him a wicket, but took off just 12 runs from his four overs.
On a ground which saw IPL’s highest-ever chase when the Rajasthan Royals, fired by Rahul Tewatia‘s heroics, hunted down Kings XI Punjab‘s 223, the in-form Pollard might look to go hard at Rashid’s fastish leg-spin, especially considering the flat nature of the track and the size of the small boundaries. With this being a day game, Rashid may be helped by the absence of the dew factor.

Meanwhile, even though they managed to prevail over the Chennai Super Kings by seven runs on Friday and are riding on a two-match winning streak, the Sunrisers would be sweating over the fitness of their ace, but injury prone fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who seemed to have pulled up his hamstring while running in to bowl his final over, before leaving the field.
In case the India seamer is ruled out of today’s clash, or worse for more games in IPL 2020, it would be a huge blow to David Warner‘s team, for he’s a crucial cog in their bowling wheel. In four games so far, Bhuvneshwar has taken three [email protected] with an economy rate of just 6.98. Generating prodigious swing, he gets wickets with the new ball and offers reliability at the death.