Highlights IPL 2018, SRH vs MI at Hyderabad, Full Cricket Score: Sunrisers Hyderabad win thriller by one wicket

Williamson: The surface was quite different to the last one. We were slow to adapt. We were outstanding in bowling. Rashid is a great asset for us. We have got a number of very talented (local)bowlers. After a tough powerplay the guys fought back well.  At the halfway stage, I thought it was going to be scrappy because the wicket was slowing up. The last ball could have gone either way so it was nice to win. It is important we adapt well and move forward, plenty to learn from this game.

Rashid Khan is named the Man of the Match

11 to defend off the last over with the last pair in the middle, and it’s still not safe to back the bowling side these days. Pressure is squarely on the bowler these days in the final over. Hyderabad shouldn’t have allowed the game to go that deep but they will take the win any way it comes. Mumbai, despite staying in the game till the last over may have faltered on the tactical front by bowling their weakest bowlers in the powerplay and conceding too many runs. A couple of wickets early on would have meant Mumbai wouldn’t be playing catch up all the way through. Mumbai will have to go back to the drawing board after this loss and re-evaluate all their tactics from team composition to batting order and utilization of their bowlers.

Rohit Sharma: It was a great game of cricket. Being on the receiving end for the second time is tough to digest. It wasn’t a good enough total, and our batsmen should have done better but the bowlers showed a lot of character. They did a pretty great job. Tough luck but I thought we kept it very hard until the end.

What a finish. This crowd has gotten full value for money. Deepak Hooda made a couple of errors I thought when he took runs that could only have been singles. But he trusted Stanlake to get bat on ball, and that’s exactly what he did. SRH go top of the table. Questions about the middle order in this match, but those will come after the celebration.

Smallest victories for SRH in IPL: (By wickets)

1 wicket v MI. Hyderabad, 2018*
3 wickets v DD, Delhi, 2013
4 wickets v GL, Delhi, 2016

Stanlake with nerves of steel

Big Billy to the rescue!! 💥💥 @SunRisers @IPL #SRHvMI

— Isa Guha (@isaguha) April 12, 2018

SRH WIN! What a cracking match. Stanlake heaves it over mid-wicket for a boundary. It was a slower length ball outside off, Stanlake dragged it over mid-wicket and set off in celebrations. 

What a day Stanlake is having. Two wickets while bowling and now hits the winning runs. Credit to Hooda too, that six off the first ball of the last over.

Ishan Kishan has one glove off.  He is looking for  a run out off a bye.

Just short! Oh boy! 

Just a single. Hooda looks to pull a slower one but gets a top edge which falls short of Bumrah at short fine leg. He charged forward and dived but the ball still fell short. The scores are level. 1 needed off 1.

Another long conference between Rohit and Cutting……

Single!

Stanlake clips it to mid-wicket and scampers through for a single. 2 needed off 2, Hooda on strike.

A long discussion between Rohit and Cutting. Some field adjustments also taking place.

Just a single!

Hooda bunts it down the ground and gets just a single. 3 runs needed off 3 balls.

SRH have lost five wickets in the last three overs for 15 runs.

DOT BALL! Cutting drifts this one wide, but inside the guideline. Hooda chases but misses.

What a finale this is set up to be. Hooda has done everything right but the other end has collapsed, so he can go for broke with nothing to lose.

Who else fancies it?

First super over of IPL 2018? #GUESSING #IPL2018

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) April 12, 2018

WIDE! Pressure on Cutting. He bowls it way wide outside off. 4 needed off 5 now.

SIX! What a shot! What a shot! A low full toss from Cutting, Hooda hammers it over extra cover. 5 needed off 5 now. It’s the first six of the innings for SRH.

After 19 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 137/9 ( Deepak Hooda 24 , Billy Stanlake 0)

JUST ONE RUN OFF THE OVER AND TWO WICKETS! What a fantastic over from Mustafizur! The batsmen were bamboozled by the cutters. Some brainless cricket from the tailenders. Hooda is there at the other end, just give him the strike!  11 needed off the last over.

We have seen a few games where batsmen turned matches on the head in death overs. On this occasion, it is bowler’s turn. Hyderabad looked comfortably placed to win this but a flurry of wickets at the end from Bumrah and Mustafizur now means Mumbai have their nose ahead. It will be interesting to see who balls the final over for Mumbai. Hyderabad needs Hooda to face all six balls in the final over now.

OUT! Mustafizur gets another. SRH are 9 down. Sandeep back in the hut. 

Sandeep shuffles way across and looks to scoop. But it’s a cutter and there is very little pace on the ball. Sandeep doesn’t get it off the middle and helps it straight into the hands of short fine leg fielder.

All depends on Hooda now, he has to get SRH past the finish line. They need 11 off 8 balls.

Batters save matches, bowlers win them. That’s generally true in Test cricket, proving true in T20 also. SRH need a batter to save them from an embarrassing situation. MI looking for a bowler to win an unlikely game. What fun this game is. Just like in a test match, Hooda needs to turn down singles, and finish this off his own bat.

OUT! Mustafizur sends back Kaul. The MI fans in the stands are delighted. 

It’s a full delivery on middle, that cutter. Kaul looks to drive but gets a slight leading edge back, Mistafizur completes a fantastic one-handed return catch.

Mustafizur to bowl the penultimate over.

After 18 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 136/7 ( Deepak Hooda 23 , Siddarth Kaul 0)

These are the situations in which Bumrah thrives. He is doing it once again. Breaks the Hooda-Pathan partnership in that over and also gets Rashid Khan. Just three runs and two wickets off the over. 12 needed off 12 now.

OUT! Well, well, well! There does seem to be a twist in the tale. Bumrah gets 2 in 2. Rashid Khan out for a golden duck.

It’s full outside off, angling in. Rashid stays in his crease and looks to drive. With no feet movement he ends up edging it to the keeper. 12 needed off 13 now.

OUT! Bumrah strikes but is it too little too late?

Poor shot from Pathan, Short delivery on off from Bumrah, Pathan is surprised by the pace as he looks to pull. Doesn’t connect it off the middle and Pollard at mid-wicket takes a smart catch.

After 17 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad 133/5 ( Deepak Hooda 21 , Yusuf Pathan 13)

Pathan ends the over well to release some pressure. After 5 runs off five balls, Cutting drops it a touch short, Pathan pulls it wide of short fine leg to make it 9 off the over. 15 needed off 18. In these situations, there is minimal room for error, Cutting erred slightly and was punished. This should be easy for SRH from now on.

Fairly important for Hooda and Pathan to take SRH home, not just from their team’s point of view, but also their own fortunes in the tournament. They are not automatic picks, and have a great chance to stake a claim. With the required rate less than a run a ball, the odds are with them

Yusuf Pathan’s strike rate of 152.67 in IPL – the second highest for any batsman with a cut-off of 200 balls faced against them. However, he just needs to play smartly in the last four overs to get his team home.

NOT OUT! Hooda’s dive saves him. A really risky second and he had to dive full stretch to just about make it in.

Appeal for a run out against Hooda. The umpire has referred it upstairs.

Ben Cutting is brought back into the attack**….**

After 16 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 124/5 ( Deepak Hooda 17 , Yusuf Pathan 8)

A very good over form Mustafizur. Those cutters found good movement off the track. Just three runs off it. However, there is no need to panic for SRH as they need run a ball with five wickets in hand. 24 needed off 24.

Mustafizur back on**….**

One gets the feeling that Rohit held Bumrah back for too long when he didn’t have a huge score to defend. Bumrah’s ability at the death makes it tempting to keep his overs in the bag but Mumbai needed early wickets in this game. Hyderabad can afford to play normally and still overhaul the Mumbai total because of the excellent start that Dhawan and Saha gave them.

After 15 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 121/5 ( Deepak Hooda 15 , Yusuf Pathan 7)

SRH fans would have had their hearts in their mouths in that over. Hooda nearly had a brain fade off the second ball. He went for a non-existent second and had to dive back in to make his crease. The bowler had whipped off the bails but Hooda had made it. Pathan then had a lifeline as he mistimed his loft to long on and Cutting, with a brilliant fielding effort, caught it, lost his balance but flicked the ball over the rope in time to save crucial runs. Three runs off the last delivery made it 7 runs off the over. Will someone tell the SRH batsmen to CALM DOWN!!!

Bumrah brought back on.

After 14 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 114/5 ( Deepak Hooda 10 , Yusuf Pathan 5)

Sensible stuff from Hooda and Pathan. They got one boundary in the over and had three singles. 7 off the over. This is what they want – sensible, calm and composed batting. 34 needed off 36 now.

FOUR! Short on the body from Cutting, Pathan pulls it behind square leg.

Most wickets from first two IPL matches:

8 – Adam Zampa 
7 – Amit Singh, Kevon Cooper, L Balaji, Andrew Tye, MAYANK MARKANDE* 
6 – Lasith Malinga

After 13 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 107/5 ( Deepak Hooda 8 , Yusuf Pathan 0)

What an over under pressure. Just three runs and a wicket off it. Markande signs off in style. 41 needed off 42. Markande didn’t give the batsmen any room in that over and that frustrated Shakib and hence the wicket.

Shakib making the most of the fact that he knows better than most what Mustafizur will be bowling, getting the better of this match up. With less than a run a ball required, SRH still favourites. Most of the matches at this venue are won by the side batting first, but SRH have chosen to chase both times.

Shakib making the most of the fact that he knows better than most what Mustafizur will be bowling, getting the better of this match up. With less than a run a ball required, SRH still favourites. Most of the matches at this venue are won by the side batting first, but SRH have chosen to chase both times.

OUT! Markande gets his fourth off the final ball of his spell. Shakib departs.

Markande comes from round the wicket and delivers a googly. Shakib stays in his crease and looks to cut but is cramped for room. He ends up inside edging onto the stumps. 4-0-23-4 what a spell from the youngster.

Markande continues…

After 12 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad 104/4 ( Shakib Al Hasan 11 , Deepak Hooda 6)

A pressure releasing over for SRH. 10 runs off it. SRH need to bat sensibly. The required run rate is well under control. They just don’t have to go bang bang. They can do it with singles and twos. Shakib hit a four in the over, a couple and four singles made it 10 off the over. 44 needed off 48.

Mayank Markande, who was a barely known commodity last month is the hottest leggie in town right now. He has taken 3 big wickets and has brought Mumbai back into the game. Lack of another wicket taking spinner for Mumbai and a comfortable asking rate still means Hyderabad are in the driver’s seat.

FOUR! Hammered! Short and a touch wide outside off from Mustafizur, Shakib cracks it through point.

Mustafizur Rahman is back into the attack.

After 11 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 94/4 ( Shakib Al Hasan 3 , Deepak Hooda 4)

A brilliant over from Markande. He got his third wicket in that over, that of Pandey. Hooda then blasted the final delivery of the over to long on for a four but still, he ended up conceding just 7 off the over.

FOUR! Deepak Hooda hammers it to long on off Markande.

Mayank Markande becomes the second bowler to take five-plus wickets for Mumbai Indians from his first two IPL matches. The other was Lasith Malinga.

OUT! Markande gets his third. Pandey is his latest victim.

A brilliant catch from Rohit Sharma. It’s a tossed up leg spinner on middle and off, Pandey charges down the track and looks to swipe across the line. He is early into his shot and ends up getting a top edge high in the air. Markande just stands and watches, there is no communication between him and Rohit who are both ball watching, Rohit finally realises that Markande is not going for the catch and he outstretches his arms at the last moment to take a good catch. He then gets up and stares at the bowler before erupting in a smile.

After 10 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 87/3 ( Manish Pandey 9 , Shakib Al Hasan 2)

Krunal Pandya bowls a decent over and SRH will be relieved that after the last three overs, they didn’t lose a wicket in this. 6 runs off the over. MI would look to choke the new batsmen at the crease.

After 9 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad 81/3 ( Manish Pandey 5 , Shakib Al Hasan 0)

Another wicket-taking over for SRH. Markande is bowling really well. Mixing up his pace and variations. He sent back Dhawan off the fifth ball but then erred in length to concede four off the last delivery. 8 runs and a wicket off the over.

An untested SRH middle order will now get it’s first workout. Meanwhile, Mustafizur showing that pace bowlers aren’t the only ones who can get the ball to grip of a slightly dry surface, and he gets more grip than most other pace bowlers. SRH will have to watch out for his overs as well as those of the two spinners.

FOUR! Not the best way to end the over from Markande. Short outside off, Pandey rocks back and thumps it through covers.

Manish Pandey at No.4 in IPL:

Innings – 17
Runs – 477
Average – 36.69
SR – 136.68

OUT! Markande gets his second. The set Dhawan is back in the hut. 

It’s a tossed up delivery on middle and leg, Dhawan gets down for a slog sweep but gets a top edge to fine leg. Bumrah pouches it and just about maintains his balance to make sure he doesn’t step over the ropes.  Another big wicket. MI have scalped 3 wickets in last three overs.

After 8 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad 73/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 44 , Manish Pandey 0)

A successful over for SRH. Mustafizur conceded two fours but managed to get the wicket of Williamson. They could have had Dhawan too who survived a run out as the throw missed the stumps. 10 runs and a wicket off the over.

OUT! Another good review from MI! Mustafizur strikes in his first over. It’s that cutter outside off, Williamson stays back and looks to guide it to third man but seems to get a thin outside edge. The keeper goes up an appeal straightaway but the umpire says no. He can’t believe it and asks Rohit to take the review. Replays show there is something on the snicko. MI fighting back.

MI have opted for a review. A caught behind appeal against Williamson is turned down by the umpire.

Mayank Markande has done it again for Mumbai. What an inspired pick he is turning out to be. You expect wicketkeepers to read leg spinners’ variations out of the hand but Saha clearly didn’t pick Mayank’s googly here, just like CSK batsmen before him in the last game and perishes courtesy of a smart DRS review by Sharma. The wicket couldn’t have come at a better time for Mumbai who must keep pegging away to stay in the game.

FOUR! Nicely done by Williamson. Stays back and guides it late wide of the keeper.

FOUR! Thumped. Dhawan just pulls a short one over mid-wicket. Powerful shot.

Mustafizur Rahman into the attack now.

After 7 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 63/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 39 , Kane Williamson (C) 1)

A very good comeback from Markande in that over. He was hit for a four off the second ball but he then hit back to send back Saha and condede just 3 more runs. 7 runs and a wicket off the over. Markande’s googlies have the tendency of turning too much.

Mayank Markande holds the record of bowling the second best bowling figures for MI on debut in IPL. It will be intriguing to see whether he will maintain the consistency or not.

OUT! Good review from MI! Markande draws first blood.

Saha charges down the track, Markande sees it and delivers a googly, it spins back in sharply and completely foxes Saha. He looks to defend but misses and is hit on the pads. An LBW appeal is turned down. Rohit opts for a review and replays show it was hitting the stumps. Brilliant bowling. A much-needed breakthrough for MI.

MI have opted for a review as an appeal for an LBW against Saha is turned down.

FOUR! Short from Markande, Dhawan rocks back and hammers it through cover.

Mayank Markande, the last match hero for MI, comes into the attack.

After 6 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 56/0 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 21 , Shikhar Dhawan 34)

A brilliant start for SRH. 56/0 in the Powerplay. Three fours in that Bumrah over. Dhawan and Saha have made sure that the momentum is maintained. Dhawan crunches an overpitched delivery through covers for four and then flicked one behind square leg. He then got lucky with a chinese cut for the third boundary to end the over. 14 runs off the over. MI desperately need a breakthrough here.

FOUR! Lucky! Dhawan comes down the track but is cramped for room, he looks to push it to the off side but gets an inside edge wide wide of leg stump to fine leg fence.

This pair have had some luck, but now that they have had a bit of a partnership it’s clear what Saha’s role is. Especially against a lower than par total, he’s going to leave the big hits to Dhawan. Will be interesting to see if that changes when Dhawan gets out early. But he picks up the ball early, uses his feet against the spinners, and is busy, so a fit match for the explosive Dhawan.

FOUR! Brilliant timing. The 50-stand comes up. Dhawan stays in his crease, uses the angle and flicks it behind square leg, wide of short fine leg.

FOUR! Dhawan comes forward and crunches a half-volley through covers off Bumrah.

Mumbai looks short of ideas with the new ball while Hyderabad is cruising along. There is nothing on offer for them on this pitch and the two new ball bowlers don’t have any subtle variations. This is a bowling attack that relies on applying pressure with their accuracy to prize out wickets but so far they haven’t done that. A couple of dropped catches haven’t helped their cause either. They need Bumrah to do something special for them real soon.

After 5 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 42/0 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 20 , Shikhar Dhawan 21)

Good start from Krunal, he could have had the wicket of Saha but Ishan dropped a tough one. Just four singles off it.

Dropped! Saha backed away for a cut but got an outside edge, Kishan couldn’t manage to hold on. It bounced off the surface and was a tough one.

Krunal Pandya into the attack now.

After 4 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad 38/0 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 18 , Shikhar Dhawan 19)

A decent over for SRH. After three singles, Saha hammered a slower one from Cutting straight back over his head. A single later, Dhawan flicked one through mid-wicket for a couple to make it 10 runs off the over. Mumbai Indians need a wicket now. SRH are going at almost 10 an over.

FOUR! Saha smashes the slower ball straight back over Cutting’s head.

Shikhar Dhawan’s strike rate is 22 percentage better in 2018 in T20s than his career strike rate. He is already showing that today.

Ben Cutting into the attack now**….**

After 3 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 28/0 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 12 , Shikhar Dhawan 15)

SRH got the momentum going in that over but not without some luck. Dhawan flicked one over mid-wicket for a four. But then Saha got a lifeline as he was dropped at mid on, the ball rolled over for a four. Saha then went for a pull but was done in by extra pace, he got a top edge to fine leg for a streaky boundary. Three fours and a leg bye make it 13 from the over.

Dropped! FOUR! Third dropped catch of the match, first by MI. Saha looks to go downtown but mistimes it, Cutting runs backward to catch it but doesn’t manage to hold on. Saha gets a lifeline.

FOUR! A touch fuller from Sangwan, Dhawan flicks it nonchalantly over mid-wicket. Superb stuff.

After 2 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad 15/0 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 4 , Shikhar Dhawan 11)

Bumrah hit good lengths in that over however he erred off the fifth ball, Dhawan latched onto a full delivery and flicked it through mid-wicket for a boundary. 8 runs off the over.

Wriddhiman Saha’s SR in T20s:

Career- 130.66
Opener – 146.40

FOUR! What timing! Dhawan flicks it through mid-wicket off Bumrah, it races away….

Shikhar Dhawan has amassed 536 runs against MI in IPL – the third most by any player. He is in the form of his life currently.

Sunrises Hyderabad’s openers, Dhawan and Saha, have scored seven fifty-plus scores between them against Mumbai Indians in IPL.

Jasprit Bumrah will bowl form the other end.

After 1 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 7/0 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 2 , Shikhar Dhawan 5)

Pradeep Sangwan with the ball and after being wayward, comes back with a beautiful inswinger to Saha. Mumbai Indians need wickets and one can sense the players are up for the challenge. 7 off the first over.

FOUR! Wide ball and Dhawan stretches his arms to smash it through covers.

Shikhar Dhawan and Wriddhiman Saha have come out to open innings for SRH

Mumbai sorely missing Hardik Pandya in this game. Their batting line up looked thin with Sangwan coming in at number 8. Hardik could have also made a difference against the spinners. Sunrisers will fancy themselves chasing this 148. Mumbai needs to get Shikhar Dhawan early and hope to apply some pressure against the middle order.

Mumbai Indians today:

First 10 overs: 78/4 (RR – 7.80) 
Next 10 overs: 69/4 (RR – 6.90)

Shall we call this pace bowling attack the knuckle dusters? I had doubts over whether Sandeep Sharma would be effective at the death but he’s executed the knuckle balls beautifully. Varied not just the speed, but also the lines, getting Surya with a wide one, and Sangwan with a straight one.

After 20 overs, Mumbai Indians 147/8 ( Mayank Markande 6 , Jasprit Bumrah 4)

SRH have done well to restrict MI to 147/8. The impressive Kaul erred a bit in the last over and conceded 10 runs off it. The No ball proved to be costly. Stanlake, Kaul and Sandeep with 2 wickets each. For the second game in a row the SRH bowlers have impressed.

FOUR! MI end with a four. Markande shuffles and scoops it over short fine leg.

The lowest total defended by MI in IPL is 120 which they defended against PW at Pune in 2012.

Suryakumar Yadav has crossed 30-plus runs only four times in his IPL career. He has wasted another opportunity today of scoring a fifty.

Kaul to bowl the final over**….**

After 19 overs,Mumbai Indians 137/8 ( Mayank Markande 0 , Jasprit Bumrah 1)

What an over at this stage of the innings. JUST 3 RUNS AND TWO WICKETS off it. The change of pace did the trick as he sent back Suryakumar off a slower one and then Sangwan off pace.

OUT! Sandeep Sharma gets two in two! 

Length delivery on off, holds its line. Sangwan goes for a swipe across the line but misses and is hit on the pads. The umpire turns down a huge appeal. Sharma opts for a review, replays show it was dead in front.

OUT! Mumbai Indians have lost their way. Suryakumar Yadav departs.

It’s that knuckle ball, short, slow and wide outside off, Suryakumar Yadav stays in his crease and looks to go downtown, but is done in by the slower one. He ends up mistiming it straight to long on.

Sandeep Sharma to bowl the penultimate over.

After 18 overs, Mumbai Indians 134/6 ( Suryakumar Yadav 26 , Pradeep Sangwan 0)

Another brilliant over from Rashid. Cutting hit a four off the second ball of the over but then Rashid had the last laugh as he cleaned him up off the next. Just 5 runs, and a wicket off the over. Rashid Khan’s figures read – 4-0-13-1. JUST BRILLIANT!

OUT! Four and OUT! Rashid Khan at his best. 

He sees Cutting charge down the track so drops it a touch short and bowls a googly. Cutting goes for a wild swing but is nowhere near the ball. He is completely outfoxed by the wrong’un and finds his stumps shattered.

FOUR! Cleverly done. Cutting gets down and scoops it to fine leg off Rashid.

After 17 overs,Mumbai Indians 129/5 ( Suryakumar Yadav 26 , Ben Cutting 5)

8 runs off the over but still a decent one for SRH. Mightily impressive stuff from Kaul. He is varying his lengths really well. He conceded just four runs off five balls but then Suryakumar manufactured a pull to make it eight runs off the over.

FOUR! Much-needed. Suryakumar Yadav backs away and pulls it over square leg off Kaul.

After 16 overs, Mumbai Indians 121/5 ( Suryakumar Yadav 20 , Ben Cutting 3)

A good over for MI. Suryakumar smacked the second ball over extra cover for an exquisite six but then Shakib hit back to concede just four singles. 10 runs off the over. MI need much more than this. They need to up the ante big time with just four overs to go.

SIX! Suryakumar Yadav gives himself room and lofts it over extra cover. Cracking shot.

Rashid Khan bowled a sensational spell in the middle. He looks like Kumble on steroid in this form. Bowls it flat and quick, but still manages to find turn with his nippy googlies. The pressure he applied in the middle overs was largely responsible for Pollard’s wicket who simply had to go after everything from Stanlake.

After 15 overs, Mumbai Indians 111/5 ( Suryakumar Yadav 12 , Ben Cutting 1)

It was turning out to be a good over for MI before Stanlake struck to send back Pollard. Pollard had hit a four and a six in that over but was then done in by the pitch as the ball held on to the surface and he ended up miscuing it to deep cover where Dhawan accepted a simple catch. 11 runs and a wicket off the over.

Huge wicket. Bhuvi’s absence means that Stanlake is bowling out a bit later than before, and Pollard was targetting him. Half the side down, before the last five ers, and SRH in the drivers seat. We should see two overs of spin in the last five overs, and two from Kaul.

OUT! Stanlake has his man. HUGE wicket for SRH as Pollard departs. Pollard was just starting to look ominous. He had hit a six and a four but then holed out to deep cover. It was a short of a good length delivery outside off, Pollard was done in by the slowness of the surface as the ball held on to it. He looked to go over cover but then tried to pull away from the shot, he was too late and ended up spooning it to the deep cover fielder.

FOUR! Width offered by Stanlake, Pollard slices it away wide of third man. Pollard trying to get the momentum back…

SIX! One for the cameraman! Pollard just lofts it over the sightscreen Tendulkaresque style off Stanlake and then holds his post.

After 14 overs, Mumbai Indians 100/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 12 , Kieron Pollard 18)

Shakib bounced back well in that over. After a single and a dot, Pollard hammered him over extra cover for a six. But Shakib cleverly changed his lengths to concede just three singles off the next three balls. 10 runs off the over.

SIX! Pollard opens up. Charges down the track and smashes it over extra cover off Shakib.

Shakib into the attack now**….**

After 13 overs,Mumbai Indians 90/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 10 , Kieron Pollard 10)

Again, Rashid is rushing through the overs and also pegging the batsmen back with his pace. There were a couple of brilliant googlies, one off which an LBW appeal was turned down and the second one off which he beat Pollard’s inside edge off a front foot defense. Just 3 runs off the over.

Mumbai isn’t finding it easy against Shakib and Rashid, two of the best T20 spinners going around today. Rashid appears particularly difficult to put away. Mumbai need Pollard to be there in the middle for the final 4 overs, he can afford a few quiet overs. Surya needs to get a move on real soon.

Rashid continues…..

Kieron Pollard’s SR in T20s:

Career – 150.94 
2018 – 136.20

After 12 overs,Mumbai Indians 87/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 8 , Kieron Pollard 9)

Kaul is using that sharp bouncer to good effect. He is really sharp with those short ones. Good mix of lengths in that over from him. Pollard manufactured a deft shot off the last ball for a boundary but it was a decent over for SRH as only 5 runs were conceded.

FOUR! Deft from Pollard! Stays in his crease and dabs a good length delivery outside off wide of short third man.

Kieron Pollard is the only player other than Rohit Shamra to have scored 1000-plus runs for MI in IPL. He needs to use his experience to aid Mumbai to post a decent total on the board.

Siddarth Kaul is back into the attack…

After 11 overs, Mumbai Indians 82/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 7 , Kieron Pollard 5)

Good battle between Rashid and Pollard. Rashid bowled four dots with his fast leg spinners and then had a couple of words with Pollard. The West Indian responded with a loft down the ground for four. Rashid then bowled a googly off the last ball which Pollard missed but it was going down leg as the umpire turned down an LBW appeal. Just the boundary off the over.

FOUR! After four dots, Pollard finally breaks the shackles and he lofts one straight back down the ground.

Rashid Khan back into the attack**….**

After 10 overs,Mumbai Indians 78/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 7 , Kieron Pollard 1)

A decent over from Stanlake, he conceded a four but hit back well to concede just two runs off the next four balls, a lovely outswinger to beat Pollard’s outside edge. 6 runs off the over.

Just over 20 runs in the last three overs and an additional wicket. The average score batting first is 175, not impossible at all, but SRH making it difficult. We’re likely to see a bit of a holding period until the dash in the last five overs begins.

Well, Jigar Mehta, Siddharth Kaul has clearly worked on his T20 skills. His lengths were spot on in that first over. His stock ball is short of good length but he is also mixing it up with full deliveries. His knuckle ball at the end of the over was executed to perfection. Bhuvi giving some coaching lessons in the nets perhaps?

FOUR! Hammered! Short from Stanlake, Suryakumar stays in his crease and just pulls it powerfully over mid-wicket.

Stanlake into the attack…..

After 9 overs, Mumbai Indians 72/4 ( Suryakumar Yadav 2 , Kieron Pollard 0)

Just when it seemed like Krunal had released some pressure, he played a poor shot and walk back to the hut. There was some Good running between the wickets from Krunal and Suryakumar in that over to start off, they ran a couple of sharp twos. Krunal then hit a couple of fours before being done in by the flight and handing a catch straight to cover. 13 runs and a wicket off the over.

OUT! Shakib sends back Krunal Pandya. 

Krunal was done in by the flight. Nice loopy delivery on off, goes straight on. Krunal comes forward early for a flick but is deceived by the flight. He gets a leading edge straight to cover. Shakib is delighted.

FOUR! Two in two. Krunal getting creative. Gets down and reverse sweeps it wide of short third man off Shakib.

FOUR! Nicely done by Krunal. Leans and drives it powerfully through covers off Shakib.

Shakib continues…..

Krunal Pandya’s SR of 160.30 in IPL – the fifth most for any player. (Min.300 runs)

Shakib Al Hasan needs to pick up four more wickets to become the first left-arm to take 300 wickets in T20s.

After 8 overs,Mumbai Indians 59/3 ( Suryakumar Yadav 2 , Krunal Pandya 3)

Sharma focused on bowling on and around off, on good lengths and ended up conceding just 4 runs off the over. MI did manage to have a good run rate despite early wickets, SRH would look to apply the choke now and bring it down.

Sandeep Sharma back into the attack.

Impressive Siddarth!

Siddarth has looked impressive in both the matches so far. Impressed with the lengths he bowled in his first over, Rajesh Tiwary?

After 7 overs,Mumbai Indians 55/3 ( Suryakumar Yadav 1 , Krunal Pandya 0)

A good start from Shakib. He pushed the deliveries a bit quicker and gave away just a single. The batsmen looked a bit hurried.

SRH’s powerplay on the very last ball. Wickets are so valuable in the early stages of a T20, and usually the 7th over is a time of consolidation. Now there might be more than one quiet over, with two new batters at the crease. Siddharth Kaul​ making up for Bhuvi’s absence with a copycat slower ball.

The trend of following a dropped catch with a dismissal continues for Mumbai. Evin Lewis was looking in ominous touch when he tried to slog a knuckle bowl from Kaul and lost his shape. At the end of the first powerplay, Hyderabad will be the happier team of the two. It’s time for some consolidation for Mumbai as Hyderabad tries to turn the screws with their spinners now.

Siddharth Kaul has picked up 36.49 percentage of his career T20 wickets since 2017.

Shakib into the attack now..

After 6 overs,Mumbai Indians 54/3 ( Suryakumar Yadav 0 , Krunal Pandya 0)

Brilliant over from Kaul. He got rid of Ishan Kishan off the second ball of the over. Then committed the mistake of bowling a full one to Lewis who smashed it through mid off for four. Kaul stuck to good length and nearly had Lewis who mistimed his slash over covers but he finally had his man off the final ball as he cleaned him up with a knuckle ball. 6 runs and a wicket off the over.

OUT! Kaul gets two in the over. The dangerman Lewis is sent back to hut. It’s the knuckle ball that does the trick. Brilliant accuracy. Length delivery on off, Lewis stays in his crease and goes fro a cross-batted swipe but is foxed by the slowness of the ball. He misses and finds his stumps shattered.

Evin Lewis’ strike in T20s since 2017 is 165.03 which is much better than his career strike rate of 146.20.

FOUR! Smashed! A touch full from Kaul, Lewis stands tall and just hammers it through mid off. Sheer power.

OUT! Siddarth Kaul strikes straightaway. Good length delivery outside off, Ishan Kishan goes for another wild swing. He again gets an outside edge and Yusuf Pathan at third man pouches it calmly. Poor, poor shot from Kishan.

Siddarth Kaul into the attack now.

After 5 overs,Mumbai Indians 48/1 ( Evin Lewis 23 , Ishan Kishan (W) 9)

Rashid Khan is really unlucky. He would have had Ishan Kishan back in the hut but Sandeep Sharma dropped a sitter. There was a huge shout for a LBW earlier as Ishan missed his reverse sweep but it seemed to be missing leg. It ran away for four leg byes. A very good start by Rashid, just 5 runs off it.

Dropped! Another one goes down. Ishan charges and goes for a wild swing but gets an outside edge to mid off where Sandeep Sharma makes a mess of it. It was a googly, really cleverly bowled.

Short balls and pushing the batters on the backfoot worked so well for Hyderabad in the last game, but not giving the best results tonight, maybe because of a slightly less juicy pitch. Sandeep Sharma has pitched the ball slightly fuller, and has been unlucky to go for runs and not be among the wickets yet. Different bowlers, different lengths.

Williamson brings on his trump card – Rashid Khan into the attack…..

Ishan Kishan’s SR in T20s:

Overall – 125.42 
2018 – 147.24

After 4 overs, Mumbai Indians 43/1 ( Evin Lewis 23 , Ishan Kishan (W) 8)

MI might have lost Rohit early but Lewis is looking ominous. He got hit on the gloves off the second ball but then replied with a six-four-six. Just to inform the viewers the fifth ball was a six and not a four. 15 runs off the over.

FOUR! He is having a go at Stanlake. Backs away and hammers a length ball over covers.

FOUR! Lewis has upped the ante. Just gives himself a bit of room and slashes it over point. Not quite off the middle, but effective.

FOUR! Class! Lewis stands tall and thumps it through covers off Stanlake.

After 3 overs, Mumbai Indians 28/1 ( Evin Lewis 9 , Ishan Kishan (W) 8)

Decent comeback from Sharma in that over. But he still ended up conceding 17 runs in the over. After the first ball six, he induced and inside and an outside edge which unluckly sped away to the fence. Sandeep might not mind that.

Rohit Sharma isn’t the same batsman opening the inning in IPL and doing the same for India. Perhaps the extra responsibility of being the captain and knowing he is the best batsman in this team makes him more tentative than usual early on. Chipping a ball straight to square leg is a soft dismissal in this format when a batsman of Rohit’s quality could have dropped kicked it over the boundary. He played a quiet first where he was dropped by Hooda, but couldn’t capitalize on the second chance. Another failure at the top may prompt Rohit to go back down the order again.

FOUR! Edgy again! This time it’s the outside edge. Nips away and Ishan gets an outside edge to third man.

Sandeep Sharma dismissed Rohit Sharma twice in 19 balls before today in IPL.

FOUR! Lucky….Ishan charges and goes for a heave but gets an inside edge inches wide of the leg stump to fine leg boundary.

SIX! A tad short from Sharma, Lewis plunders it over fine leg. What power.

Sandeep Sharma continues…..

After 2 overs, Mumbai Indians 11/1 ( Evin Lewis 0 , Ishan Kishan (W) 0)

Another eventful over. Stanlake ramped up some decent pace in the over, however Rohit seemed to be loving that. He pulled one over deep square leg for a six and then crunched one through covers for a four. He however erred on the last ball and flicked one uppishly to square leg to walk back to the dug out.

OUT! Stanlake has his man. Rohit is back in the hut. Rohit seemed to be getting the better of Stanlake in that over with a four and a six. But this time, he flicks a lenght ball on middle and leg uppishly and Shakib at mid-wicket dives forward to take a brilliant catch. Stanlake has the last laugh.

Rohit Sharma has now hit 174 sixes in IPL – the joint second most by any player.

After 2 overs, Mumbai Indians 11/1 ( Evin Lewis 0 , Ishan Kishan (W) 0)

Another eventful over. Stanlake ramped up some decent pace in the over, however Rohit seemed to be loving that. He pulled one over deep square leg for a six and then crunched one through covers for a four. He however erred on the last ball and flicked one uppishly to square leg to walk back to the dug out.

IPL was touted as a battle of Best vs Best this year in TV promos. But your best aren’t around every day. At times it’s a battle of bench vs bench too. You can’t hope to go the entire length of a busy IPL without an injury or two. Dhoni joked about not having enough players in the squad if his team’s injury rate continues to go at the same rate.

That’s why it’s important to have backups for every position when you are at the auction. This year, Hyderabad have done that better than most other teams. Let’s see which team copes with the lack of a key player today, Mumbai without Hardip Pandya or Hyderabad without Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

SIX! Rohit is a good puller of the ball, here he stays in his crease and pulls it over deep square leg. He adjusted well to the pace.

Billy Stanlake will bowl from the other end…..

After 1 overs,Mumbai Indians 1/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 1 , Evin Lewis 0)

An eventful over to start off and Rohit is lucky to be out in the middle. He started off with a beauty, it seamed in and then held its line before whizzing past Rohit’s outside edge and the off stump. Rohit then got a lifeline as his miscued heave was dropped by Hooda and then a miscommunication between Lewis and Rohit nearly ended up in a run out.

Dropped! Rohit goes for a heave off just the third ball of the match, but gets a top edge. Deepak Hooda runs backwards and drops a tough catch.

Rohit Sharma’s batting average of 24.14 against SRH in IPL is the lowest for him against any team. (Min.10 innings played)

Right! The Mumbai Indians openers Rohit Sharma and Evin Lewis are out in the middle. Sandeep Sharma will start off proceedings for SRH.

Well, Jigar Mehta, a bowler of Bhuvi’s quality will always be missed. He has all the skills for T20s, but more importantly, he has the calm head to execute them under pressure. But given Hyderabad are chasing today, and they have good replacements on the bench, Bhuvi’s absence may be manageable for them.

On Sangwan’s inclusion:

While we are talking about Bhuvneshwar. MI have brought in Sangwan in place of McCclenaghan. Sangwan will have to play a support role for Mustafizur Rahman and Bumrah, he could well be the target bowler for the SRH batsmen.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar a big loss for SRH?

Sandeep Sharma can swing it early, Siddharth Kaul bowled with fire in the last match. Billy Stanlake did well in the last match. SRH’s bowling has done well over the years, will they miss Bhuvneshwar today, Rajesh Tiwary?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s bowling average of 13.75 against MI in IPL is the best for any bowler against them. He is not playing today.

So a big blow for SRH with Bhuvaneshwar out, but it’s evens stevens with Hardik Pandya missing out for MI. Bhuvaneshwar has a great record against  MI in particular, an economy of under 6. Sandeep Sharma, his replacement, should do a good enough job at the top, but will struggle if used at the death I think. Sounds like it’s a slightly drier pitch than usual, so the onus will be on SRH’s spinners to deliver.

Sunrisers Hyderabad XI: Wriddhiman Saha, Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Billy Stanlake, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma.