Hyderabad - Mumbai Shortly before the Indian Premier League comes in, we have a very important game between two teams that want to play in the playoffs, but no one knows if they will eventually reach their goal.
The disappointment of the year is undoubtedly the Mumbai Indians. Although everyone expected them as a team to reach the final, the results did not justify them. So far, only 2 games have won, since IPL's first phase has been in the Emirates and Mumbai has so far not been able to perform away.
On the other hand, Hyderabad, with 4 wins and 4 defeats so far, shows a bigger balance and is a team that can perform well and away if bowlers are able to pick up wickets.
Mumbai has very good players like Lasith Malinga, Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard, but has not found a balance in his team so far. In several games he remained in a low number of runs and was unable to defend his score almost never. Especially their off-season appearances were well below average.
Hyderabad is a stadium where large scoring is not easily possible. The bad situation that Mumbai has been battling so far leaves little room for me to think of anything other than the home win. If they choose Hyderabad to start batting first, then I expect to make a good score that will be able to easily defend with bowlers like Pathan, Steyn and Sammy. But even if the home team's bowling starts, then they are likely to limit Mumbai to a score at 120-130, a score that will easily cover the home side.
1.80 where the home win is offered is fairly good. In paddypower, there is also a refund offer if the game is judged on the last ball. Another bet that maybe looks good in this game is to score up to 10 sixths. The only fear is to make Pollard repeat a great show by scoring 6-7 by himself alone, but he does not seem quite likely to do so.
