The qualifying matches for the 2015 Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL) conclude on Sunday, with the match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad against the Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.
Although Chennai Super Kings are already certain of qualifying for the knockout stages, there are five other teams in with a chance of also making it through, at the start of the weekend.
However, there is only one fixture which promises a winner takes all scenario, and that is the 56th and final contest of the Pool stage, in Hyderabad.
The two sides occupy fourth and fifth place in the table, with 14 points from their 13 matches, following the Sunrisers defeat the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday, in a match that was reduced to a farcical thrash due to the weather.
Mumbai started the season in atrocious form just as they did in 2014, with just one win in their first six fixtures, and just as they did last season, they have made something of a miraculous recovery, with six wins in their last seven games, taking them to the brink of the knockout phase.
The Sunrisers defeat to Bangalore was just a second reverse in their last seven games, as they to have come back from an indifferent start to the IPL 2015, when they won a mere two of their first six outings.
The first clash between the sides this season, back on 25th April, saw the Indians win a comfortable 20-run victory. Their 157-8 proving too much for the visitors to chase down. Mumbai’s bowlers produced one of their best performances of the season, with the Kiwi MJ McClenaghan taking 3-20 and the iconic Sri Lankan, Lasith Malinga recording a four wicket haul, conceding just 23 runs in his four overs.