Hyderabad blues for Mumbai

Visakhapatnam, May 8

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Riding on Shikhar Dhawan’s unbeaten 82 and an impressive performance by the bowlers, Sunrisers Hyderabad outclassed defending champions Mumbai Indians by 85 runs here today.

Batting first, Sunrisers posted an impressive 177/3 in 20 overs. Dhawan got good support from the other end with David Warner smashing 48 of 33 balls and Yuvraj Singh 39 off 23 balls.

In reply, Mumbai Indians lost wickets at regular intervals from the start and were eventually bundled out for just 92 in 16.3 overs. Veteran pacer Ashish Nehra (3/15), Mustafizur Rahman (3/16) and Barinder Sran (2/18) were the pick of the bowlers for Hyderabad. Moises Henriques and Bhuvneshwar Kumar claimed one wicket each.

Chasing a challenging target of 176, Mumbai got off to a terrible start, losing openers Rohit Sharma (5) and Parthiv Patel (0) in the second over itself. Krunal Pandya (17) and Ambati Rayudu (6) tried to build a partnership but some outstanding bowling by the Hyderabad bowlers saw Mumbai wickets fall in clusters.

With the dismissal of Pandya, Rayudu and Jos Buttler (2), the defending champions were left tottering at 30/5 in the fifth over.

Kieron Pollard (11), Hardik Pandya (7), Tim Southee (8) and Mitchell McClenaghan (8) also departed cheaply to hand the match to Sunrisers. Harbhajan Singh (21 not out) was Mumbai’s top-scorer.

Earlier, put in to bat on a hot and humid afternoon, Sunrisers got off to a flying start, courtesy in-form openers Warner and Dhawan. The duo added 51 runs in the Powerplay, and 85 for the first wicket.

Warner continued with his sublime form as he closed in on yet another half-century before he was dismissed in the 10th over. The left-hander struck seven boundaries and one six in his 33-ball innings.

Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who had dismissed Warner, helped Mumbai get back into the game by getting rid of Kane Williamson (2) in the 12th over to check the flow of runs.

Despite two wickets falling quickly, Dhawan and Yuvraj used their experience and did not let the team’s run-rate fall.

Both the left-handers took ones and twos to keep the scoreboard ticking, and then came up with a flurry of boundaries and sixes to take the team to a competitive total.

Harbhajan (2/29) was the pick of the bowlers for Mumbai. — IANS

Scoreboard

Hyderabad

S Dhawan not out 82

D Warner c Pollard b H Singh 48

K Williamson c Sharma b H Singh 2

Y Singh hit wicket b McClenaghan 39

M Henriques not out 1

Extras: (LB-2, WD-3) 5

Total (3 wickets in 20 overs) 177  

FOW:  -85, 2-91, 3-176

Bowling

T Southee 4-0-35-0

M McClenaghan 4-0-38-1

H Singh 4-0-29-2

J Bumrah 4-0-35-0

H Pandya 1-0-10-0

K Pollard 2-0-23-0

K Pandya 1-0-5-0

Mumbai

R Sharma b Nehra 5

P Patel lbw b Kumar 0

A Rayudu c Williamson b Nehra 6

K Pandya c Dhawan b Sran 17

J Buttler c Ojhab Nehra 2

K Pollard c Sranb Henriques 11

H Pandya c Ojhab M Rahman 7

H Singh not out 21

T Southee c Ojhab M Rahman 3

M McClenaghan c Henriques  b M Rahman 8

J Bumrah c Ojhab Sran 6

Extras (LB-2, WD-4) 6

Total (all out in 16.3 overs) 92  

FOW:1-5, 2-5, 3-28, 4-30, 5-30, 

6-49, 7-50, 8-58, 9-78

Bowling

B Kumar 3-0-23-1

A Nehra 3-0-15-3

B Sran 3.3-0-18-2

M Henriques 4-0-18-1

M Rahman 3-0-16-3

MoM: Ashish Nehra

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