Sachin Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan (Sportspix)
Notably, Muralitharan dismissed Tendulkar a total of 13 times in his international career.
Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar met legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan ahead of the mega Indian Premier League clash between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The great duo faced each other many times during their playing days and ended their careers as the greatest of all time in their departments. Notably, Muralitharan dismissed Tendulkar a total of 13 times in his international career.
The two were seen in conversation ahead of an important IPL match on Sunday as the Indian Premier League posted a video on its Twitter account.
IPL wrote in the caption of the video, ‘Great catch-up before the match in Mumbai’.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field against Sunrisers Hyderabad, sealing a must-win for the hosts in their final preliminary league match.
Rohit Sharma and Co. need to win this match by a big margin and will hope that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) go for either a loss or a no result in their match with Gujarat Titans in Bangalore in the second match of the day.
Rohit suggested that the condition and nature of the pitch prompted him to field first. He said that his team is not worrying too much about the place in the playoffs and is focusing on playing well.
He said, ‘The nature of the pitch and because we are comfortable chasing the target. The pitch is a bit dry, it will get easier to bat once the sun goes down. We just want to win, not how or by how much, no matter how many things are involved. We are not thinking too far ahead. We are well aware of the conditions, the players have responded well. At the end of the day, you just have to play well,” Rohit said at the toss.
Mumbai made one change to their playing XI, bringing in Kumar Kartikeya in place of Hrithik Shokeen.
MI vs SRH Playing XI
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Vivrant Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Harry Brook, Nitish Reddy, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik
