A yr in the past, Sunrisers Hyderabad registered what was then the highest-ever complete within the IPL (277 for 3) in opposition to Mumbai Indians on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium right here. Little over a yr later, in a rematch on the identical venue, the customer got here out on prime, chasing the modest 144-run goal with seven wickets and 26 balls to spare.
Put in to bat first, Travis Head was dismissed for a four-ball duck. His fellow lefties within the top-order, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan, fell quickly after, and Sunrisers ended the PowerPlay with the bottom rating (24 for 4) by any group this season.
Heinrich Klaasen then went about saving Sunrisers’ blushes, starting by dispatching Vignesh Puthur into the second tier past deep mid-wicket. He painstakingly bought the rating previous the 50-run mark and took the assault to Pandya, smacking three boundaries and giving the house followers a purpose to cheer.
Klaasen stitched a 99-run stand with Abhinav Manohar, citing his first half-century of the season alongside the way in which. By the point the pair fell, SRH had tottered to a reasonable complete.
AS IT HAPPENED: SRH vs MI HIGHLIGHTS
MI took an early blow in its chase when Ricketon bought a forefront, and Jaydev Unadkat, with momentum taking him in the wrong way, caught his left hand and took a wonderful catch.
Rohit Sharma, nevertheless, ensured the customer remained in management. His early most over deep additional cowl off Unadkat underlined his consolation in what was as soon as his dwelling venue within the IPL.
Rohit continued the place he left off in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings, registering his second half-century in as many matches, the primary time he has accomplished so since 2016. With Internet Run Charge (NRR) seemingly on his thoughts, he switched gears, highlighted by three fours off Harshal Patel within the 14th over.
When he lastly fell after chipping a yorker from Eshan Malinga to Abhishek Sharma at midwicket, the win was all however sealed, with Suryakumar Yadav tying it up neatly with a boundary over deep sq. leg.
MI’s triumph takes it to 3rd on the desk whereas Sunrisers languishes on the different finish in ninth — simply above rock-bottom Tremendous Kings by advantage of NRR.