Indian Premier League, 2018Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 25 April 2018
Mumbai Indians 87 (18.5)
vs
Sunrisers Hyderabad 118 (18.4)
Match Ended ( Day - Match 23 ) Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 31 runs
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IPL Live Score MI vs SRH : Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been successful. (Express Photo)
Under pressure after slumping to their fourth loss in five games, defending champions Mumbai Indians have the onerous task of re-discovering their winning touch when they lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match.
MI had started their campaign with three losses on the trot before a victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore arrested the streak, but the three-wicket defeat yesterday in Jaipur to Rajasthan Royals, their fourth last-over setback, has put them under tremendous pressure.
With nine games left before the play-off stage, MI find themselves in a difficult situation to win at least seven of them to improve their chances. As such, a win over SRH tomorrow is imperative to keep them in the hunt.
Sunrisers too have slipped from their earlier top perch after suffering back-to-back defeats, following three straight wins, and would be as keen to bounce back to winning ways.
MI's campaign has been led from the front by local product Suryakumar Yadav who has been the top batsman with a consistent run of good scores in the opening slot which has left him four short of reaching the 200 mark for the season.
However, lack of runs from Rohit Sharma barring one match-winning knock of 94 against Royal Challengers Bangalore has hurt badly the three-time champions' run and they need their inspirational captain to make it up with a big knock against SRH.
Another major disappointment has been the big West Indian Kieron Pollard who has mustered just 54 runs in five games. He is in danger of being left out at the bench.
The Trinidadian's compatriot Evin Lewis has been neither outstanding nor a total let-down with the bat, but the Pandya brothers -- Hardik and Krunal -- have not sparkled with the bat.
Pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah showed he is close to his best in yesterday's game against RR although he could not get MI across the finish line with a final burst of wickets, while Mustafizur Rahman has been a good foil.
Mitchell McClenaghan has got among the wickets but has leaked runs too while the Pandya siblings have done a decent job with the ball.
MI have not made too many changes to their playing eleven and could mull over it seriously before it is too late.
Sunrisers' campaign had begun in pretty impressive fashion with three wins on the trot but successive defeats to Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings have dented their progress and confined them to the lower half of the table.
While captain Kane Williamson has been in superb form, carrying the batting on his shoulders to amass 230 runs in five games, the other batsmen, including Shikhar Dhawan, have not given him adequate support.
Wridhiman Saha has been particularly below par with the bat with a tally of a measly 62 runs and needs to buck up quickly or lose the spot to Shreevats Goswami.
Yusuf Pathan showed glimpses of his old attacking self against RR with a quick 27-ball 45, but overall his batting has been below par.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been the stand-out performer in bowling and the visitors would be hoping for the others to chip in too.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad IPL Match 23: Kane Williamson (captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shikhar Dhawan, Shakib Al Hasan, Manish Pandey, Carlos Brathwaite, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha, Rashid Khan, Ricky Bhui, Deepak Hooda, Siddarth Kaul, T Natarajan, Mohammad Nabi, Basil Thampi, K Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Sachin Baby, Chris Jordan, Billy Stanlake, Tanmay Agarwal, Shreevats Goswami, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan, Alex Hale.
Mumbai Indians Squad IPL Match 23: Rohit Sharma(captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Mustafizur Rahman, Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Evin Lewis, Saurabh Tiwary, Ben Cutting, Pradeep Sangwan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Tajinder Singh, Sharad Lumba, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Mayank Markande, Akila Dhananjaya, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne.
IPL 2018 MI vs SRH Score: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat MI at Wankhede Stadium. (PTI Photo)
Highlights
"We have got ourselves to blame. We should chase down 118 on any wicket, we didn't show character, the Sunrisers did. Very happy with the way we bowled, they did a brilliant job, but the batsmen let us down once again. There are so many points that I can talk about, but don't want to pinpoint faults now. We needed to show some intent, which we failed today. We knew it was a tough chase, shot making wasn't easy, we wanted to have intent at the start. They bowled at the right areas, kept us guessing and we couldn't recover. Few of us played some bad shots, including myself," he said after the match.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad bundled out Mumbai Indians for 87 runs to etch victory in the reverse fixture by 31 runs at Mumbai's Wankhede stadium
Hardik Pandya tries to smash it but only manages to top edge that one and MI lose 9 for 81. Kaul has another wicket to his name in this match
Kaul has another one from the over and Mayank Markande goes for 1. He is out LBW and MI are 80/8
Wickets keep tumbling at Wankhede and this is the 17th batsman who has been sent back in the dug out. Mitchell McClenaghan has been trapped in front of the stumps for a duck
Basil Thampi has his second and he removes Suryakumar Yadav who pulls a short delivery straight into the hands of Rashid and MI are 77/6
Rashid Khan strikes once again and this time it's the dangerous Kieron Pollard who has to depart. Pollard edged that one to the first slip and Shikhar Dhawan completes the catch
Rashid Khan strikes as he traps Krunal Pandya in front of the stumps for 24 and MI are 61/4. The on-field umpire had given it not out but Rashid insisted to go upstairs and this turn out to be a good decision
Krunal Pandya has scored the third boundary of the over and Kane Williamson is forced to make certain changes in the fielding. SRH have done a good job so far but they need more wickets
Mumbai Indians are 22 for the loss of three wickets after the powerplay against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Shakib gives only two runs in that over. MI need 97 more runs off 84 balls with 7 wickets in hand
Mumbai lose their captain Rohit Sharma. Match on in Mumbai. Shakib has him caught at slips. Flighted delivery outside off. Rohit goes after it. Thick outside edge and Dhawan takes a sharp catch
Tight bowling from Hyderabad as they keep Mumbai Indians to 20 for the loss of two wickets after 5 overs. Shakib Al Hasan will now bowl the final over of the powerplay
Another wicket for Hyderabad! Mohammed Nabi leaked some runs but he has a wicket in his second over. Ishan Kishan tries to play the big shot but fails to connect. Caught at long off
Early breakthrough for Hyderabad! Evin Lewis tries to play a shot on the leg side but closes the face of the bat early. Leading edge straight to backward point and that is the first wicket. Sandeep Sharma strikes
SRH bring on Mohammed Nabi in the second over! The first over by Sandeep was a brilliant one with only two runs from it. Can Nabi keep up the pressure?
Sandeep Sharma has the ball in hand and he will bowl the first over to Mumbai openers Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis. Big task for SRH to defend 118
Mumbai Indians will be very proud of this performance with the ball. Sunrisers Hyderabad are bowled out for 118. The bowlers were brilliant to pick regular wickets.
Mayank Markande cleans up Basil Thampi for 3 as SRH lose 8 for 106. Thampi tried to give himself room but the ball disturbed the stumps behind him
That is wicket number seven! Jasprit Bumrah has a wicket to his name now. Rashid Khan is caught behind. Strategic timeout with SRH 100 for 7 after 13.3 overs
Yusuf Pathan and Rashid Khan take Sunrisers Hyderabad to 100 for the loss of six wickets in the 14th over. Yusuf has a big responsibility of taking SRH to play all 20 overs
Another wicket for Mumbai! Nabi is bowled by Mayank. That is a wrong'un from Mayank and Nabi goes for the big heave. Misses it completely and is bowled
Is there a wicket for Mumbai? Yusuf Pathan has been hit on the pads off the final delivery of the 10th over by Mayank Markande. Umpire rules it not out. Rohit reviews. Mumbai lose their review as it remains not out. Impact outside off, missing the wickets. At the halfway stage, SRH are 82 for 5
First ball after the strategic timeout and Williamson is gone! Hardik Pandya gets a wicket. Inside edge off Williamson's bat and he was walking well before umpire raised his finger. SRH struggling
Eight overs bowled and Sunrisers Hyderabad reach 61 for the loss of four wickets. This is not the position they would have liked but not in total panic situation. Williamson and Yusuf can still lift them
Sunrisers Hyderabad will not happy with this performance in the powerplay. After six overs, they are 51 for the loss of four wickets. Williamson and Yusuf Pathan are the two batsmen out in the middle for them
The last thing Sunrisers Hyderabad needed here! Shakib is run out and they are four down now! Kieron Pollard with a direct hit and Shakib is no where in the frame
Gone! Manish Pandey is caught at covers. Hardik Pandya strikes. The ball wide outside off and Pandey goes after it. The bat rotates in his hands and he is caught at covers
After four overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad are 38 for the loss of two wickets. Williamson is clearly in good form. Manish Pandey is the other batsman with the SRH captain
Two wickets in the over for McClenaghan! Saha is caught behind. Poor shot from Saha as he chases a wide delivery from McClenaghan. Faint edge and gone for a duck
Mitchell McClenaghan castles Shikhar Dhawan. A ball after being hit on the knee, Dhawan is gone. An inside edge off the pad on the legs and then it travels to hit the stumps. SRH lose first wicket
Shikhar Dhawan is coming back after an injury and now he is hit on the knee! That looks painful. A pacy delivery from McClenaghan and it hits him on the knee. He looks in pain
Williamson gets two back-to-back boundaries off Bumrah! That is 10 runs off the first over for Hyderabad. Brilliant start from the visitors. Mitchell McClenaghan to bowl
Shikhar Dhawan back at the opening slot for Hyderabad. He walks out to bat with Kane Williamson. Jasprit Bumrah will bowl for Mumbai Indians
Sunrisers Hyderabad have tweeted that pacer Billy Stanlake is out of the rest of the Indian Premier League due to an injury. Big blow for the Sunrisers as he was bowling well in the tournament. He has a fractured finger.
Playing XI for Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Mohammed Nabi, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Wriddhiman Saha, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
Playing XI for Mumbai Indians: Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rahman
Mumbai Indians win the toss and they have elected to bowl against Hyderabad. Rohit Sharma says that no target is safe on this ground so they will like to chase. Kane Williamson also wanted to bowl
Wankhede has been a happy hunting ground for teams chasing. Will the trend continue on Tuesday? IPL 2018 has also seen teams like to chase so the captain winning the toss would like to bowl first
Wankhede Stadium is always special for Mumbai and they enjoy a good record. But Hyderabad have beaten then in four of the last five games. How can Mumbai win against Hyderabad? Here are the predicted XI
Overall: Matches – 11, Mumbai Indians won – 5, Sunrisers Hyderabad won – 6
At the Wankhede Stadium: Matches – 3, Mumbai Indians won – 3, Sunrisers Hyderabad – 0