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IN PICS: IPL 2019, MI vs SRH, Match 51

Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Super Over and qualified for the playoffs.

Although Hardik Pandya tried to break the shackles, SRH’s tight bowling did not let Hardik have a swing like the one he had during his 34-ball 91-run blitz against Kolkata Knight Riders and he was dismissed for 18. @BCCI


Khaleel Ahme has been given another shot at playing ODI cricket. © BCCI


MI lost Evin Lewis soon after Suryakumar’s fall as Mohammad Nabi, who had kept the things tight in the middle overs, struck in his final over as MI lost their third wicket. The Afghanistan spinner returned with the figures of 1/24 in his four overs. @BCCI


Quinton de Kock, who opened the innings alongside Rohit, scored a fifty, his fourth of the IPL 2019, and remained unbeaten on 69. However, the South African wicketekeeper-batsman failed to score at brisk pace and it put pressure on the other MI batsmen. @BCCI


While Rohit Sharma set the ball rolling without wasting much time as Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper hit as many as five fours in the first two overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) managed to dismiss Rohit as Khaleel Ahmed struck in the final over of the powerplay. @BCCI


SRH began on a bright note as Wriddhiman Saha and Martin Guptill scored at a brisk. However, MI managed to pull back the things as Jasprit Bumrah dismissed both the SRH openers – Saha for 25 and Guptill for 15. SRH, meanwhile, managed to score 59 runs in the powerplay in the chase of 163. @BCCI


The spin-bowling duo of Krunal and Rahul Chahar kept the things tight in the middle overs as the two conceded just 43 runs from their eight overs. While Chahar went wicketless, Krunal scalped two wickets – Williamson and Vijay Shankar – and returned with the figures of 2/22 in his four overs. @BCCI


However, SRH could only score 8 runs in the Super Over after Pandey got run out on the first ball. And while Nabi hit Bumrah for a six, the Indian pacer disturbed the timber to dismiss Nabi. @BCCI


Manish Pandey, meanwhile, continued his good run of form and notched up his third fifty of IPL 2019. While the rest of the batsmen from SRH middle-order struggled, Pandey dealt with the pace and spin with ease and kept alive SRH’s hopes even as MI kept the things tight. However, as it happened on the first two occasions when he had scored fifties, his third fifty too ended up in a losing cause. @BCCI


Mohammed Nabi gave Pandey a good company as he and the Indian right-hander’s 49-run partnership helped SRH to push the match into the Super Over. @BCCI


While it was not a big total that they were chasing in the Super Over, it was not that an easy task for MI to score nine runs, with Rashid bowling the Super Over. However, Hardik ended SRH’s hopes as he hit the Afghan leg-spinner for a six on the first ball and MI then knocked off the remainder three runs in two balls to seal a win and a place in the playoffs. @BCCI


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