Mumbai Indians registered their second successive victory of the season with the Sunrisers Hyderabad bottling yet another run chase. Sunrisers openers David Warner and Jonny Bairstow started on the front foot, racing off the blocks to a 67-run opening stand, but ended up getting bundled out for 137 in 19.4 overs.
Earlier, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Vijay Shankar took two wickets each to help the Sunrisers Hyderabad restrict Mumbai Indians to 150/5. Mujeeb dismissed Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan after Shankar removed skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav.
Defending champions Mumbai are taking on the Sunrisers in match 9 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Here are the highlights of the match:
. Trent Boult finishes the proceedings with two balls to spare, as he cleans up both Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Khalle Ahmed to give Mumbai their second win of the season.
. Jasprit Bumrah gets his first wicket and it is the crucial one of Vijay Shankar, who was keeping SRH alive in the chase. (SRH score: 134/8 from 18.5 overs)
. Trent Boult traps Rashid Khan for a simple LBW decision. Khan reviews, but the replays show ther was no contact with the bat. (SRH score: 130/7 from 17.4 overs)
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. Hardik Pandya got his second direct-hit run out, dismissing Abdul Samad. (SRH score: 129/6 from 17.4 overs)
. Double whammy for Chahar, dismissing SRH newbies Virat Singh and Abhishek Sharma in one over. (SRH score: 104/5 fro 14.5 overs)
. Big blow for SRH, as Harik Pandya runs skipper David Warner out. (SRH score: 90/3 from 11.3 overs)
. Rahul Chahar strikes, dismissing Manish Pandey. (SRH score: 71/2 from 8.6 overs)
. Krunal Pandya breaks the partnership, gets the dangerman Bairstow. Lucky dismissal infact, as Bairstow hits his own stumps while looking to slog sweep. (SRH score: 67/1 from 7.2 overs)
. The 50-run stand comes up in quick time for SRH, with Bairstow doing most of the damage. The Englishman has scored 40 of the runs so far. (SRH score: 51/0 from 4.4 overs)
. Jonny Bairstow on rampage mode, smashing three boundaries and a six off Trent Boult’s second over. (SRH score: 23/0 from 3 overs)
. Kieron Pollard smashes consecutive sixes off the last two balls of the final over, which went for 17, to take Mumbai to 150/5.
. Khaleel Ahmed dismisses Hardik Pandya as Mumbai stutter at the death. (MI score: 131/5 from 18.4 overs)
. Mujeeb Ur Rahman strikes again, dismissing Ishan Kishan (MI score: 114/4 from 16.5 overs)
. Mujeeb Ur Rahman dismisses Quinton de Kock. (MI score: 98/3 from 13.5 overs)
. Shankar strikes again to dismiss Suryakumar Yadav. Great comeback from the local lad, getting a wicket after being slammed for a six. The ball stopped on the pitch, which made SKY check his drive, chipping the ball straight back for Shankar to take a sharp, low catch. (MI score: 71/2 from 8.3 overs)
. Vijay Shankar has drawn first blood for SRH, dismissing Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma. Gets the ‘Hitman’ with a slower one, which is mistimed on the slog for Virat Singh to take a simple catch at deep mid-wicket. (MI score: 55/1 from 6.3 overs)
. The opening pair bring up their first 50-run stand of the season in quick time. (MI score: 50/0 from 5.3 overs)
. The first double-digit over for Mumbai as the ‘Hitman’ takes Mujeeb Ur Rahman to the cleaners. Follows up a slog sweep boundary at mid-wicket with a six over in the same area. 13 runs from the over. (MI score: 29/0 from 3 overs)
In a first this season, Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first.
The ‘Hitman’ confirmed a solitary change to his side from the win against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Tuesday, with New Zealand pacer Adam Milne replacing South Africa’s Marco Jansen.
On the other hand, SRH skipper David Warner made four changes to his side that is yet to win a single game this season. Youngsters Virat Singh and Abhishek Sharma are among the players brought in as SRH hope to turn the tide and get their first points of the season.
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Playing XIs:
MI: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Adam Milne, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
SRH: David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed
Mumbai will be looking to get consecutive victories under their belt, after beating KKR last time out. They were beaten by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the opening game of the season.
Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad are yet to register a win in the IPL this season, after losing to KKR and RCB in their first two games.
