Mumbai Indians Hand Sunrisers Hyderabad Four-What Defeat in One-Sided IPL Tie. (BCCI/IPL)
Led by Consective win.
The home side came on top for having assessed the wankhede stadium pitch accurately and adapting Quickly to the conditions it presented, with each of the pieces Falling in place in place for the five-timed windows.
Mi’s fast bowlers used the short and slower balls well through the first innings and nailed their yorkers perfectly. In the run chase, the mi batters showed a clear plan to keep finding the boundaries which kept them on top.
Chasing 163 on a pitch which has grip and turns, mi we also benefited by
Even Thought Rohit Sharma Endured Another Failure after a promising start in which he made 26 off 16 balls with three sixes, He Gave Mi the Momentum with the Momentum with the Bat and the Othalized on.
Opener Ryan Rickelton Made a Fluent 31 While Suryakumar Yadav Hammered Two Sixes and as many fours to make 26 (off 15 balls) to provide a strong support to jacks.
Captain Hardik Pandya Played A Crucial Cameo of 21 off just just nine balls to take mi to the threshold of victory. Tilak Varma (21 not out) then Took Mi Over the line after a late minute minor hiccup as the home side reacted 166 for 6 in 18.1 overs.
In the first half, Sunrisers Hyderabad Found Late Momentum with the bat to fight their way through and post 162 for 5.
With the surface at the wankhede stadium providing grip and turns for the spinners and slower deliveries giving divinds to the pace bowlers, Sunrisers Hyderabad Batters Struggled to the WCT for the WCT for the Part Innings.
But a big Finish-57 Runs Coming Off The Last Five Overs
Mi Bowlers Were Spot-On In Formulating their plans and near-Peerfect in their execution with jasprit bumrah deliverying a measly 4-0-21-1, Trent Boult Nailing His Yorkers Again to Return 4- Producing an impressive 3-0-14-2.
The srh struggle was evident from the start even as abhishek sharma stroked his way to 40 off 28 balls with Seven Seven Boundaries.
It all started with an eventful first over when the two srh openers get a reprief Each off Deepak Chahar.
Abhishek went down the wicket, swinging his bat on the first delivery. The ball shaped away slightly to take the edge but jacks failed to get hold of it.
On the fourth delivery, Travis Head Played One Straight to Karn Sharma at Midwickt Where He Failed To Pluck A Low Catch as the Ball Fell Just Short of Him.
Abhishek looked to be hitting his strides when he smacked three fours of chahar in the fifth over but there was just no momentum gained.
Raj Angad Bawa Timed His Dive to Grab the ball to dismiss Abhishek off Pandya for the First Breakthrough and by then it was evident
Jacks then Had Former Mi Player Ishan Kishan Stumped for a Mere Two.
Head was unable to open up even as he tried his best to cut loose. Despite Having Caught Off a No-Ball with Pandya Oversteping, Head Failed to Capitalise as he Fell for An Ordinary 29-Ball 28.
Such was the impact of mi’s control that the first six the game came as as late as in the 18th over – the best one of srh’s innings – when heinrich klaasen (37 off 28 balls, 3x4s, 3x4s) Tooks 21 Runs to Sopo Chahar’s Figures (4-0-47-0).
In the final over, aniket verma hit a couple of sixes and pat cummins smacked one to take vital 22 runs off pandya.
