MUMBAI: Powered by a superb all-round show by Englishman Will Jacks (two for 14 in three overs and 36, 26b, 3x4, 2x6), some fine bowling and their enterprising approach, the Mumbai Indians coasted to a four-wicket win over a subdued Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday night.
Chasing 163 with the home crowd cheering every hit, the Mumbai Indians were provided a rocking start by their openers, former captain Rohit Sharma (26, 16b, 3x6) and ‘keeper-bat Ryan Rickelton (31, 23b, 5x4), before Suryakumar Yadav (26, 15b, 2x4, 2x6) and Jacks kept up the momentum with their 52-run stand in 29 balls for the third wicket. Skipper Hardik Pandya (21, 9b, 3x4, 1x6) and Tilak Varma (21 not out, 17b, 2x4), who hit the winning boundary when he paddle swept Zeshan Ansari for a four in the 19th over, finished off the job with their blazing 34-run partnership off just 17 balls for the fifth wicket, as MI warded off a fine spell by Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins (three for 26 in four overs).
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The defeat meant SRH’s poor record at the Wankhede continued. It was the visitors’ fifth defeat in seven matches in IPL-2025, while MI recorded their third win in seven matches and second on the bounce.
Winding up the years, Rohit tonked Mohamed Shami for two sixes in the third over, the second shot a trademark ferocious pull shot that sent the ball soaring to the stands behind deep square-leg, before executing a super pick-up shot for maximum off Cummins in the fourth over.
Both Rohit (caught at cover off a Cummins full toss in the fourth over) and Rickelton (caught by Head off Harshal Patel at backward point) perished to risky shots, but provided wings to the chase.
Earlier, bogged down by an unusually slow and sluggish pitch which wasn’t conducive for their stroke-players, the Sunrisers, thanks to a free-flowing 40 (28b, 7x4) by Abhishek Sharma, and a late flourish spearheaded by Heinrich Klaasen (37, 28b, 3x4, 2x6), somehow put up 162 for five after being asked to bat first by MI.
From a point where they were huffing and puffing their way, the visitors scooted to a challenging score thanks to a last-minute charge which saw them notch up 47 runs in the last three overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy crawled to a 21-ball 19, before Klaasen and Verma added 23 in nine balls and Verma and Cummins put on 26 in 11 balls for their unbeaten sixth wicket partnership.
After there were no sixes in the first 17 overs of SRH’s innings, Klaasen smoked Deepak Chahar for two sixes-one over extra cover and the other over deep square leg off a full toss, and two fours, to collect 21 runs off the 18th over. After Klaasen was bowled as he lost his off-stump to a Jasprit Bumrah full toss, Aniket Verma chipped in 18 not out of eight balls, as he smashed MI captain Hardik Pandya for back-to-back sixes in the final over of the innings, which went for 22.
Earlier, Pandya suffered a big injury scare in the eighth over, just a ball before he had Abhishek caught at the point boundary when he went down for a while, experiencing pain in his left shin or ankle, before much to MI’s relief, he got up and started bowling again. MI suffered a huge blow in the third over when veteran leg-spinner Karn Sharma, who had taken three for 36 to star in their 12-run over Delhi Capitals in their last match, left the field after his hand was left bleeding while trying to stop a shot by Abhishek at mid-wicket. The bowler appeared to have split his webbing.
For once, ‘Travishek’ failed to explode in signature style as Travis Head (28, 29b, 3x4) and Abhishek added 59 in 45 balls for the opening wicket. The duo was fortunate as a few edges and catches fell short of the fielders, with Head, then batting on 25, surviving after Pandya had him caught off a no ball in the 10th over at deep mid-wicket.
Playing his first match at a venue where he had blasted a 54-ball 135 against England in the fifth and final T20I on Feb 2 this year, Abhishek, who had smashed a blazing century (141 off 55 balls) in the last match, was lucky as he was dropped off the first ball of the match at second slip by Will Jacks off an aggrieved Chahar, edging a ball after charging down the wicket.
Jacks, though, made up for his ‘sin’ as he scalped Ishan Kishan (2, stumped by ‘keeper Ryan Rickelton off a ball that turned away from the left-hander) and Head (caught at long-off by Mitchell Santner), while bowling an economical spell. While MI blundered by giving Santner just one over on this poitch, they must start considering alternatives to Chahar, who conceded 0- 47 in four overs.
Chasing 163 with the home crowd cheering every hit, the Mumbai Indians were provided a rocking start by their openers, former captain Rohit Sharma (26, 16b, 3x6) and ‘keeper-bat Ryan Rickelton (31, 23b, 5x4), before Suryakumar Yadav (26, 15b, 2x4, 2x6) and Jacks kept up the momentum with their 52-run stand in 29 balls for the third wicket. Skipper Hardik Pandya (21, 9b, 3x4, 1x6) and Tilak Varma (21 not out, 17b, 2x4), who hit the winning boundary when he paddle swept Zeshan Ansari for a four in the 19th over, finished off the job with their blazing 34-run partnership off just 17 balls for the fifth wicket, as MI warded off a fine spell by Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins (three for 26 in four overs).
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel.
The defeat meant SRH’s poor record at the Wankhede continued. It was the visitors’ fifth defeat in seven matches in IPL-2025, while MI recorded their third win in seven matches and second on the bounce.
Winding up the years, Rohit tonked Mohamed Shami for two sixes in the third over, the second shot a trademark ferocious pull shot that sent the ball soaring to the stands behind deep square-leg, before executing a super pick-up shot for maximum off Cummins in the fourth over.
Both Rohit (caught at cover off a Cummins full toss in the fourth over) and Rickelton (caught by Head off Harshal Patel at backward point) perished to risky shots, but provided wings to the chase.
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Earlier, bogged down by an unusually slow and sluggish pitch which wasn’t conducive for their stroke-players, the Sunrisers, thanks to a free-flowing 40 (28b, 7x4) by Abhishek Sharma, and a late flourish spearheaded by Heinrich Klaasen (37, 28b, 3x4, 2x6), somehow put up 162 for five after being asked to bat first by MI.
From a point where they were huffing and puffing their way, the visitors scooted to a challenging score thanks to a last-minute charge which saw them notch up 47 runs in the last three overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy crawled to a 21-ball 19, before Klaasen and Verma added 23 in nine balls and Verma and Cummins put on 26 in 11 balls for their unbeaten sixth wicket partnership.
After there were no sixes in the first 17 overs of SRH’s innings, Klaasen smoked Deepak Chahar for two sixes-one over extra cover and the other over deep square leg off a full toss, and two fours, to collect 21 runs off the 18th over. After Klaasen was bowled as he lost his off-stump to a Jasprit Bumrah full toss, Aniket Verma chipped in 18 not out of eight balls, as he smashed MI captain Hardik Pandya for back-to-back sixes in the final over of the innings, which went for 22.
Earlier, Pandya suffered a big injury scare in the eighth over, just a ball before he had Abhishek caught at the point boundary when he went down for a while, experiencing pain in his left shin or ankle, before much to MI’s relief, he got up and started bowling again. MI suffered a huge blow in the third over when veteran leg-spinner Karn Sharma, who had taken three for 36 to star in their 12-run over Delhi Capitals in their last match, left the field after his hand was left bleeding while trying to stop a shot by Abhishek at mid-wicket. The bowler appeared to have split his webbing.
For once, ‘Travishek’ failed to explode in signature style as Travis Head (28, 29b, 3x4) and Abhishek added 59 in 45 balls for the opening wicket. The duo was fortunate as a few edges and catches fell short of the fielders, with Head, then batting on 25, surviving after Pandya had him caught off a no ball in the 10th over at deep mid-wicket.
Playing his first match at a venue where he had blasted a 54-ball 135 against England in the fifth and final T20I on Feb 2 this year, Abhishek, who had smashed a blazing century (141 off 55 balls) in the last match, was lucky as he was dropped off the first ball of the match at second slip by Will Jacks off an aggrieved Chahar, edging a ball after charging down the wicket.
Jacks, though, made up for his ‘sin’ as he scalped Ishan Kishan (2, stumped by ‘keeper Ryan Rickelton off a ball that turned away from the left-hander) and Head (caught at long-off by Mitchell Santner), while bowling an economical spell. While MI blundered by giving Santner just one over on this poitch, they must start considering alternatives to Chahar, who conceded 0- 47 in four overs.
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