MI beats SRH by 13 runs.
Mumbai Indian continued their winning streak by winning second match of the season against SRH at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.
Mi started to bat first and put a total of 150/5. Quinton and Rohit started on a great foot, scoring 3 boundaries in the first 2 overs.
Rohit smashed a six and a boundary in style against SRH’s decision off using spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman to tackle Rohit’s batting skills.
Quinotn joined the smashing party and played a scoop over fine leg off of Khaleel Ahmed, and put up a 50 on the scoreboard at the end of the powerplay.
SRH got its first breakthrough off of Vijay Shanakar’s slower deliver and dismissing Rohit in the 6th over. The next Mi man to step on the crease was Suryakumar Yadav. The right-handed batsman made quite an entrance with a stylish boundary followed with two crisp shots, one lofted inside-out off of Vijay’s over. But Yadav’s stint was a very brief one for he got caught at the hands of the bowler Vijay himself.
At halfway mark MI stood at a decent score of 75/2 with Kock and Ishan in the middle striding through one over at a time. SRH delivered disciplined length at the crease, not letting the MI duo the space to hit aggressively. Gradually the patience got the best of Kock as he tried to play an aerial shot which got caught straight in the hands of the outfielder at mid-wicket, sending him back at 40 runs.
Kieron Pollard scored a long six off of Mujeeb’s bowling. The spinner then capitalised on his spin and pace and got rid of Kishan sponsored by a brilliant catch behind the wickets by Bairstow.
Khaleel Ahmed in his last over got Hardik, who came in at 6. He got caught in the deep by Virat Singh, who put up a show with a smooth-running catch.
Eventually Pollard pushed 2 long sixes helping MI to conclude the first innings with a decent score of 150 for 5. SRH opened the second innings with Jonny Bairstow and David Warner. The duo laid a good start against the bowling duo of Boult and Bumrah by scoring.
It was hardly any time before Bairstow went all out with his aggressive hitting, smashing 3 fours and a six off Boult, scoring 18 runs of the 3rd over.
The right handed did not spare the new MI incumbent Adam Miller and scored 19 off the 4th over , adding 2 more sixes to his kitty.
SRH stood at 57 for no loss at the end of the powerplay. But the great show put by the Bairstow came to an unexpected stop. He got dismissed by hit wicket that provided MI the must needed breakthrough.
MI then capitalised by adding Rahul Chahar’s spin to the situation. The fabulous spinner rose to the situation and got Manish Pandey for 2 runs, bringing MI back in the game.
At the 10th over SRH was 74/2 SRH skipper adding more runs to the scoreboard. Hardik eventually got the skipper by executing a clean hit-wicket inside the circle, ending Warner’s innings at 36.
14th over only had SRH’s duo Vijay Shankar and Virat Singh add 14 off their bats. The next over came as a nightmare for SRH, as Chahar got Vijay Shankar and Abhishek Sharama in an attempt to take on the leg spinner.
SRH required 31 off the final 4 overs. Shankar tried cover the gap by smashing Krunal Pandya for consecutive sixes.
Bumrah bowled an economic 17th over only giving away 4 runs. The pressure got to SRH as Hardik again struck with a bazooka throe at the wicket and ended Abdul Samad’s wicket.
Bumrah got the crucial wicket of Vijay Shankar in his final over and Boult got Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed in the final over, calling it over for SRH for 137/10.
MI won by 13 runs
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Stats Summary:
150/5 (Quinton de Kock 40, Kieron Pollard 35*; Vijay Shankar 2/19) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 137 all out (Jonny Bairstow 43, David Warner 36; Rahul Chahar 3/19) by 13 runs.
Match :10
Today’s Match -Sunday, 18th April 2021. RCB VS KKR
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium
Match Time: 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT)
 |
Ms. Shriya Sinha Sports and Lifestyle Journalist |
