In the hunt for their first win in IPL 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and put the Mumbai Indians in to bat. Both team have struggled with their batting, while MI had won only one in three matches so far, SRH had zero in their kitty of the 2 played.
Rohit Sharma had just one just in this match as he brought in Matin Guptill in place of Keiron Pollard who has struggled so far and was unavailable due to food-poisoning.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the start that Sunrisers would have wished for as he dismissed Guptill in the very first over. It was Ambati Rayudu and Krunal Pandya who batted through and ensured a decent score of 142 for 6 in their 20 overs.
In the 2nd innings, SRH were expecting a good start from the openers but Shikhar Dhawan failed 3rd time on the trot. But Warner continued his good form and scored yet another 50. He went on to score 90* to comfortably guide his team to first victory in IPL 2016.
Here’s bringing to you some of the important numbers and records from this match –
Running Issues – This was the 26th time that Rohit Sharma got run-out in IPL, the most by any player in IPL.
50 in 100 – Ambati Rayudu, who was playing his 100th IPL match scored a fifty. He is the 2nd player in IPL history after Rohit Sharma to score a half-century in their 100th match.
Second costliest over in IPL 2016 – Bipul Sharma was hit for 26 runs in 4th over. This is the second most costliest over in IPL 2016. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was hit for 28 runs against RCB in one over.
25th 50 – David Warner scored 2nd fifty of IPL 2016 and 25th in IPL overall. He is 2nd in the list of player to score most 50s in IPL and tied with Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma. Gambhir tops with 28. Warner is also the fastest (86 matches) to get to this mark in IPL.
90* – This is the 2nd time in IPL 2016 that the captain of the team has been not-out on 90. Gambhir was 90* when KKR won against SRH at the same ground. This score is also the 4th highest score for Warner in IPL.