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[caption id="attachment_44160" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad to face two times IPL champions on Monday. Image Source: twitter[/caption] Internet Desk: After suffering back to back loses, the Sunrisers Hyderabad face a tough encounter when they play against Mumbai Indians tomorrow, hoping to seal their playoff chances. Sunrisers need to win their last two matches to see themselves in the top 4. As of now they are in the fourth position with 13 points. Previously Hyderabad had lost to Delhi Daredevils, but the last game, i.e. a 12 run loss against Pune was their first home defeat of the season. David Warner who scored 40 and Yuvraj Singh 47 were the highest scorers for the team as other batsmen failed to score when the team needed just 149 to win the game. It was Jayadev Unadkat's five wicket haul, which included a hat-trick in the final over, that did the trick for Pune as they restricted SRH to 136-9. The middle-order batting has been a point of bother for Sunrisers and they need to address it if the team has to win tomorrow's match against Mumbai. The bowling, however, has been a major strength for Sunrisers with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan and Siddharth Kaul taking most wickets for them. In fact, Kaul returned with a four-wicket haul yesterday to restrict RPS to 148-8. Hyderabad's seasoned bowler Ashish Nehra left the field apparently due to cramps yesterday after bowling seven balls and it was not immediately clear whether he would be available tomorrow. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, have already qualified for the play-offs, but remains focused on getting the most from its remaining league games. MI has been in sublime form and their massive 146-run win over Delhi Daredevils last night has only cemented their position at the top. The blazing innings of MI batsmen -- Lendl Simmons (66), Kieron Pollard's unbeaten 63 helped the team post a massive 212 runs against DD yesterday. Parthiv Patel and Nitish Rana also been been in good form, while captain Rohit Sharma too have contributed with the bat. Pandya brothers -- Hardik and Krunal -- have also chipped in from time to time. In the bowling department, experienced Harbhajan Singh and Karn Sharma scalped three wickets each last night, while pacer Mitchell McClenaghan was back among wickets in recent matches. Pacer Lasith Malinga, who has been out of form, also took two wickets yesterday. Jasprit Bumrah too have been phenomenal with his death bowling. Teams (from): Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Lendl Simmons, Mitchel Johnsohn, Mitchell McClenghan, Nitish Rana, Parthiv Patel, Saurabh Tiwary, Shreyas Gopal, Tim Southee, Lasith Malinga, Krunal Pandya, Keiron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Asela Gunaratne, Harbhajan Singh, Hardik Pandya, Jagdish Suchith, Jaspreet Bumrah, Jos Buttler, Karn Sharma and Vinay Kumar. Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (C ), Tanmay Agarwal, Ricky Bhui, Bipul Sharma, Ben Cutting, Shikhar Dhawan, Eklavya Dwivedi, Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Siddharth Kaul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ben Laughlin, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammed Siraj, Mustafizur Rahman, Ashish Nehra, Naman Ojha (wk), Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Barinder Sran, Pravin Tambe, Kane Williamson and Yuvraj Singh.