Yesterday’s match was an one-sided match. The match was played at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bowl first. Mumbai was not having a good note. They lost 4 wickets for 60 runs in the span of 10.4 overs. Mumbai was weakly placed at 123 for 4 in 17 overs. The 63-run stand between Rayudu & Krunal Pandya in 39 balls was the highest. Rayudu scored a fine 54 off 49 balls shattered against Hyderabad bowling. This was his 1st fifty of the season & overall 13th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score in this innings. The Pandyas brothers take the center stage for the first time in IPL history. They lost Rayudu & Hardik Pandya in 18th & 19th over of the innings respectively. Sran caught by Henriques to dismiss Rayudu in 18th over of Mumbai innings. Mustafizur Rahman bowled by Hardik Pandya in 19th over of Mumbai innings. Krunal Pandya scored a brilliant 49 off 28 balls destroyed the Hyderabad bowlers. He was just 1 short of 1st ever fifty in his second IPL game. Mumbai was not a competitive total of 142 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Sran was the most successful bowler for Hyderabad when he took 3 wickets.
Hyderabad was also not having a good note. They lost Dhawan early in 1st over of the innings. Southee bowled by Dhawan early in 1st over of Hyderabad innings. Dhawan poor form continues since the World T20. Hyderabad was comfortably placed at 66 for 1 in 10 overs. The 62-run stand between Warner & Henriques in 56 balls was the highest. They lost Henriques in 11th over of the innings. Southee caught by Parthiv Patel to dismiss Henriques in 11th over of Hyderabad innings. Hyderabad was also kept placed at 100 for 2 in 14.1 overs. The 34-run stand between Warner and Morgan in 25 balls. They lost Morgan in 15th over of the innings. Southee was also caught by Hardik Pandya to dismiss Morgan in 15th over of Hyderabad innings. The 45-run stand between Warner & Deepak Hooda in 19 balls remained unbeaten. Warner scored a quickfire 90 off 59 balls hammered the Mumbai bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season & overall 20th fifty of his IPL career. This was the second highest score by Hyderabad batsmen behind 91 runs also held by Warner against Kolkata at Visakhapatnam last year. This was the highest score in the innings. Warner hit the winning six and Hyderabad won comfortably. Hyderabad was a respective total of 145 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Hyderabad won the match by 7 wickets. Southee was the most successful bowler for Mumbai when he took 3 wickets. This was Hyderabad’s 1st win in IPL 2016.
Now, Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Gujarat Lions on April 21. Mumbai Indians will also take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 20.
We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.
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