Published: Apr 18, 2016, 11:57 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 21, 2016, 03:27 AM (IST)
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in the 12th match of the Indian Premier League 2016 at Hyderabad on Monday. David Warner powered SRH’s run chase with his unbeaten 90 and carried his team over the line. SRH won the game quite convincingly with 15 deliveries to spare and seven wickets in hand. This is first win for the SRH and they will gain immense confidence for the remainder of the tournament. IPL 2016, Match 12, Pick of the tweets: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad
SRH won the toss and opted to bowl first on a wicket which looked good for seam bowling. Their bowlers did a commendable job in chipping early wickets with the new ball and further putting the pressure on the opposition. Bhuvneshwar Kumar scalped the prize wicket of Martin Guptill in the very first over and was well supported by Barinder Sran who the pick of the bowlers. Sran bowled magnificently and chipped in with three crucial wickets. Rohit Sharma fell short of his ground and threw his wicket away at a crucial juncture.
Ambati Rayudu proved his worth and with a tenacious fifty and bailed his team out of crisis. Krunal Pandya played a magnificent knock of 49 from just 28 deliveries and helped his side in posting a respectable total. the total wasn’t convincing enough but provided the kind of start they got it was a decent score.
Chasing 143 is never a cakewalk against the bowling attack of MI. Tim Southee steamed in and got rid of Shikhar Dhawan in the very first over with a beautiful in-swinging yorker. Moises Henriques stuck to his guns and got a good start but failed to capitalise on it as he was dismissed for 20. Warner didn’t let his game get affected by the fall of wickets and kept piling runs with his fearless strokeplay.
Eventually, Warner played a determined knock and remained unconquered on 90 from just 59 deliveries which contained seven boundaries and 4 sixes. Deepak Hooda made a decent contribution with his 17 runs from just 9 balls. SRH have gained couple of points with their first win and a much needed one and are now placed at sixth position in the points table.
Brief scores:
Mumbai Indians 142 for 6 in 20 overs (Ambati Rayudu 54(49), Krunal Pandya 49*(28); Barinder Sran 4-0-28-3, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-17-1) lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad 145 for 3 in 17.3 overs (David Warner 90*(59), Moises Henriques 20(22); Tim Southee 4-0-24-3) by 7 wickets.
(Suraj Choudhari, an avid cricket follower who plays the sport at club level, is a staffer with Criclife)
