Mumbai Indians continued their winning run as they sealed an emphatic win over visitors Sunrisers Hyderabad by a margin of eight wickets.
It was a combined performance from players behind their success as first, it was the bowlers who kept opposition to a total that can be chased followed by batsmen who did the job well.
At the start, the local bowlers kept the openers in check for the first 10 overs. They just gave 75 runs in first 60 deliveries, which is on the lower side keeping in the mind the stature of David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan.
Probably, it was the time when Mumbai Indians won more than half of the game as things were easy for them later when they batted, which was made to look difficult from some weak batting.
Despite that, a responsible innings from Nitish Rana and a Krunal Pandya show in the later part of the innings just kept Sunrisers Hyderabad out of the game as at one stage Mumbai Indians batting-rate was a bit stagnant and the required run-rate was going up but an innings of 37 off just 20 balls from Krunal Pandya in the latter part of the innings just changed the course of the game in Mumbai’s favour.
The home side won their second out of three games they have played till now.
Here is what winning captain Rohit Sharma said at the toss –
Rohit Sharma: Was a perfect platform to showcase our talent with the ball because we all know how the SRH bat. It was a great effort from bowlers to restrict them to 158. The execution of plans was brilliant, and it becomes very easy for captains to maneouvre the field. Lot of credit goes to bowlers and fielders. Parthiv Patel makes my job easier in field placements. Great performance in the field and well finished by the batters. It’s still early days, only been 3 games. The first game in Pune was a close one, could have gone either way. But the last two games we’ve played here have been fantastic. Can’t ask anything more. Now the big challenge. We go to Bangalore for a big game. You must have seen both of them (the Pandya brothers) on the ground, they’re very expressive. We’ve given them the liberty and freedom. I hope they keep continuing because it’s a long tournament. Yes, the three games I’ve played, I didn’t have much to do. But I’ll be back stronger.