Mumbai Indians 147-8 (Evin Lewis 29, Sandeep Sharma 2-25, Siddarth Kaul 2-29) lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad 151-9 (Shikhar Dhawan 45, Deepak Hooda 32*, Mayank Markande 4-23, Mustafizur Rahman 3-24) by 1 wicket.
Man of the Match: Rashid Khan, for his miserly bowling figures of 4-0-13-1
In an electrifying last-ball finish, hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad held their audacity to outshine defending champs Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Thursday night. Given a target of 148, SRH initiated fine and were on a pathway to get over the line easily, before they lost wickets in a bundle. SRH required 11 off the last over with their last duo at the crease.
Deepak Hooda hit Ben Cutting’s first ball for a six to bring the equivalence down to a run-a-ball. And a wide, a dot ball and three singles later, the hosts needed one run off the final delivery, and Billy Stanlake picked that instant to hit his first-ever boundary in senior-grade typical cricket. SRH hardly achieved to get over the line, winning by 1 wicket, and as a result amassing their second win in VIVO IPL 2018.
Earlier in the dusk, the Sunrisers captain Kane Williamson won the toss and put in the guests. His bowlers set aside picking wickets at steady interludes and never allowed MI to stitch together any giant partnerships. Opener Evin Lewis’ 29 was the top-score of the innings, and the 38-run association between Kieron Pollard and Suryakumar Yadav for the fifth wicket was MI’s major partnership in the game. MI, who were 54-3 at the end of the powerplay overs, could only add a further 93 runs in the residual sixteen overs to finish at a below-par 147-8.
Shikhar Dhawan’s 45 was not only the top-score of the match but also the batting that had the chief impression on the contest.
Dhawan rested the stand for the hunt by stitching together a 62-run inaugural stand with Wriddhiman Saha; his contribution in that partnership was 39.
For Mumbai Indians, Evin Lewis’ 17-ball 29 was the standout blow; the Trinidadian muscled two sixes and three boundaries before he was cuckolded and castled by Siddarth Kaul’s lump ball.
Overall, bowlers had a good day on the park; a total of 17 wickets fell in the match. Rashid Khan was the most impressive with 4-0-13-1.
The leg-spinner in MI’s XI was inspiring too. Mayank Markande repaid career-best figures of 4-23. He was fetched on to bowl in the seventh over, and immediately dismissed the SRH opening batsman Wriddhiman Saha LBW. In his following over, he had Dhawan and subsequently picked up the wickets of Manish Pandey and Shakib-al-Hasan.
Mustafizur Rahman, the Bangladesh speedster, used by Rohit Sharma as the sixth bowler, finished with figures of 4-0-24-3.
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