In the seventh match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be taking on Mumbai Indians (MI) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. SRH has won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Here are the players who will take the field for Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad today:
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Mustafizur Rahman, Jasprit Bumrah
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha (w), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Billy Stanlake, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is not playing today for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Led by Kane Williams, SRH will be filled with confidence after beating Rajasthan in their opening match on April 9. However, Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians would be fetching their first points on the points table. Mumbai lost the inaugural match of this year's IPL against Chennai Super Kings in a nail-biting contest.
Sunrisers prepared well, played a couple of practice matches in the days leading to their opener, and that showed in their performance in the match. Mumbai Indians have had a couple of days to recover from the shock defeat they suffered at the hands of Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede and review their performance. Now, it MI is expected to have identified the positives and picked out the areas where they would need to do better.
Sunrisers Hyderabad innings: Over by over
Pradeep Sangwan bowling first over. Shikhar Dhawan and Wriddhiman Saha is on the crease.
Over 1: Saha took one run of the first ball. Shikar hit the 2nd ball for 4. Third ball he took single. Dot, dot and single of the last ball of the over. At the end of first over. SRH 7/0
Over 2: Bumarah came to bowl. First ball dot. Singles of 2nd, 3rd, 4th ball. Dhawan hit four of the 5th ball. Takes a cheeky single of the last ball. At the end of
Over 3: Sangwan bowling the third over. Dhawan hit first ball for four, took a single off the second ball that is leg bye. Saha dropped of the third ball and ball gone for 4. Dot ball. Short ball, top edge goes for four. Last ball of 3rd ball for no run
Over 4: Ben Cutting bowling, Dhawan takes single. Second ball for goes for 1 run. Third ball again a single. 4th ball hit for four over the bowler’s head. Single of the fifth ball. Two runs of the last ball.
Over 5: Krunal into the attack. Easy pickings for SRH. Just four runs conceded. Tighter line and variation helped him. End of over: SRH 42-0
Over 6: Bhumra is back and Dhawan drives him through the covers for four. Dhawan takes two. Steps out, swings and misses. Off the pads, flicked off the leg side, four for Dhawan. Good shot. Inside edge misses the stumps, gone for four. End of over: 56-0
Sunrisers Hyderabad innings analysis after the powerplay
Chasing a modest target 148, Dhawan and Saha gave SRH the perfect start. In the first over, the openers scored 7 runs with a help of a boundary of Sangawan first over. Bumrah gave away 8 runs in the second over of the innings with a boundary of the 5th ball. Shikhar Dhawan continues his form in his second match of the IPL 2018 as he scored 34 runs off 18 balls after the end of the powerplay. Sunrisers Hyderabad were cruising after the end of the Powerplay as they scored 56 runs. Saha supported the Dhawan and scored 21 runs off 18 balls. In the last, over of the powerplay, Bumrah gave 14 runs as the Mumbai Indian’s miseries continue as they dropped Saha's catch twice in the powerplay.
Mumbai Indians innings. Over by over
Over 1: Rohit Sharma and Evin Lewis open for MI. Sandeep Sharma starts off for SRH. What a beauty of a ball. Rohit Sharma beatan all hands up. It is in the air and dropped. Rohit gets a lifeline. It was a sitter. Sandeep won't be happy seeing that. Three men converging and yet dropped. Just one run. End of the over. MI 1-0.
Over 2: Billy Stanlake is into the attack. Rohit plays his trademark pull short and it is six. Better line by Stanlake, no run. This one bounced a bit, no run. Pitched it up a little, Rohit hits it well through covers, cracking four. Flicked off the pads and taken, Rohit is gone. Well taken by Shakib. Rohit has gone for 11. There was no proper feet movement by Rohit but was a good catch. End of over: MI 11-1.
Over 3: Ishan Kishan comes in. Lewis pulls Sandeep hard for six. Terrific shot. Two more runs to Lewis. Edged, gone for four. Lucky for Ishan it did not hit the stumps. Edged again, this time deliberately by Ishan, goes for four again. End of over: MI 28-1
Over 4: Stanlake gets hit for four by Lewis, beautiful shot. Good ball, no run. That's on the glove, painful blow. Lewis hits another four. Nota good show by Stanlake. Wide, missing the line. Lewis steps aside, wacks Stanlake for six over covers. What a shot. Dot ball. End of over: MI 43-1
Over 5: Rashid comes into the attack. Dot. Dot. Dot. Very impressive. Ishan Kishan tries a reverse sweep. Barely connects, but goes for four. In the air, and dropped, this time it is Sandeep. Very sloppy work. End of over: MI 48-1
Over 6: Siddarth Kaul comes to the attack. Good line, dot ball. Kishan swings, the ball takes the edge and is high in the air, Yusuf Pathan at third man completes the catch. Ishan goes for 9. Kaul does the trick for his team. Suryakumar Yadav joins Lewis. Dot ball. Half volley to Lewis and he smashes it for four. Straight drive. Lewis steps aside, hits in the air, ball drops in no man's land, two runs. Bowled him! Dangerous looking Lewis is clean bowled by Kaul. What an over. End of Over: MI 54-3
Over 7: Shakib al Hasan bowls a tight line, just the one run scored in the over.
Over 8: Krunal Pandya comes in. Sandeep Sharma is keeping it very tight. Just a two and a single. Another single to end the over. End of over: MI 59-3.
Over 9: Shakib is back, wide. One run, chipped away by Yadav. Driven through to the leg side, Krunal takes two. Krunal drives it through the covers for four. Reverse sweep by Krunal, that's four, very intelligent batting. Played it too early, Krunal edged it and he perishes to the class of Shakib. Fourth wicket down.
Pollard comes in. End of over: MI 72-4
Over 10: Stanlake is back. Two dots and Yadav pulls him for a four. Takes a single. Two more dots. Pollard takes a single. Relatively decent over. End of over: MI 78-4
Over 11: Rashid to continue. Pollard defends. Another dot. Well defended. Yet another dot. Pollard is simply defending. Trying to settle in. Straight over Rashid's head for four. Dot ball. End of over: MI 82-4
Over 12: Kaul to continue. Yadav plays straight to the fielder. Bounced over the head. Chipped onto the leg side, one run. Pollard plays a late cut and a decent over ends up with a four. End of over: MI 87-4
Over 13: Rashid to continue. Yadav misreads. Dot ball. One run. Pollard beaten. Beauty of a ball. Just three runs. End of over: MI 90-1
Over 14: Shakib continues, one run toYadav. Dot ball. Pollard steps out and wacks it for a six, over covers. Easy single. Another single, 100 up for Mumbai Indians. End of over: MI 100-4
Over 15: Stanlake is back and Pollard greets him with a six, down the ground. Too wide outside the off stump, Pollard guides it to the boundary. Swing and a miss. Half-hearted shot, in the air and Pollard is gone. Stanlake is rewarded. Pollard gone for 28. ben Cutting joins. End of over: MI 111-5
Over 16: Shakib is back and Suryakumar is hitting hard now. That's dispatched for six. Four singles, nice strike rotation. End of the over: MI 121-5
Over 17: Kaul is back, Cutting chops for a single. Missed a direct hit, that was risky. Desperate dive by Yadav. One run, that was a quick single. Yadav pulls, didn't connect well. Full toss should have been dispatched. End of over: MI 129-5
Over 18: Rashid is back. Cutting sweeps for four. Cutting steps out and misses, Rashid gets a wicket. Cutting gone for 9. Wide. Pradeep Sangwan joins in. End of over: MI 134-6
Over 19: Two runs for Yadav, easy pickings. Sukumar is out, trying to accelerate. Sangwan is out too. LBW. It was refered to the third umpire. End of over: MI 138-8.
Over 20: Bhumrah comes in. Kaul to bowl the last over. runs coming in ones and twos. Final ball sent to the boundary. End of innings: MI 147-8
Mumbai Indians innings analysis at the end of innings
Put in to bat first after losing the toss, Mumbai Indian’s captain Rohit Sharma looked a bit dodgy in the first over of the match as Sandeep Sharma started his first over with pitch-perfect delivery. Rohit got a leading edge of the third ball of the first over but Deepak Hooda dropped the skier. Rohit only able to score 1 run in the first over of the game. In the second over Rohit Sharma deposited Stanlake’s second ball into the stand and 4th ball for four before getting out of the last ball of the over. Rohit failed second time as he scored 11 runs off 10 balls. Evin Lewis unleashed the calypso music onto SRH’s bowler as he hit a massive six over the fine leg, Ishan Kishan, who came to bat after the Rohit’s wicket, joined Lewis as both collected 17 runs of the 3rd over the inning.
Lewis continued his destructive batting in the 4th over as he collected 15 runs of Stanlake’s 2nd over and hit one four and one flat six over the mid off. Kane Williamson asked his lethal weapon, Rashid Khan, to stop the run flow and Rashid did so. While trying to break the shackles, Kishan got a top edge but Sandeep Sharma dropped the catch. But Ishan Kishan failed to convert the lifeline into a big inning and got perished. The ball took the top edge and Yusuf Pathan took a good catch at third man boundary. After the Kishan wickets, Evin Lewis thrashed Kaul for the four over mid-off and it seems that he was unstoppable but Kaul delivered for Sunrisers Hyderabad and end the powerplay in a positive note as he took the prized wicket of Evin Lewis. The Mumbai Indians southpaw opener Lewis scored 29 runs off 17 balls with a strike rate of 170.58
After a brilliant 6th over in which Siddharth Kaul gave only 6 runs and took 2 wickets, Shakib gave away only one run in his first over. In the 8th over Sandeep Sharma gave away only 4 runs as Krunal Pandya and Surya Kumar Yadav failed to increase the run rate. In the 9th over, Krunal Pandya played some chicky shot as he manages to score 13 runs in the first 4 balls of Shakib’s over before getting out of the 5th ball of the over. It's a soft dismissal as he scoped the ball in the air and Williamson took an easy catch at short cover. Krunal scored 15 runs in 10 balls. At the end of 9 over Mumbai was reeling at 72 for 4, with Surya Kumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard on the crease.
Stanlake came to bowl the 10th over of the inning and gave 6 runs, Pollard is looking uncomfortable against him as he was beaten by Stanlake’s successive deliveries. After the halfway mark, Mumbai Indians were at 78 for 4. Rashid Khan who came to bowl the 11th over of the innings bowled 4 dot balls before getting hit for a four over his head. Pollard who took a maximum strike in last two overlooking rusty as he was not able to get the ball onto the bat. The most successful bowler of SRH till now came to bowl the 12th over and managed to keep the run rate in check as he gave away only 1 run in first 5 balls before getting hit for a four in the third man region. At the end of the 12th over, Mumbai managed to score only 87 runs for 4 wickets at run rate of 7.25
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler keeping the run rate in check as they bowled tight line and length. Mumbai Indians also playing a risk-free cricket as they are trying to rebuild the inning. In the Rashid Khan’s 3rd over both Yadav and Pollard looked clueless as they managed to score only 3 runs in the 13th over of the Mumbai’s inning. Shakib came to bowl the 14th over and hit for massive six over long off in the 3rd ball of the over. Pollard greeted Stanlake with a six over his head as he came to bowl his final over. The Pollard took responsibility to accelerate the run rate as he managed to score 10 runs but got perished in a bizzare way of the 2nd last ball of the StanLake’s over. Pollard scored 28 runs off 23 balls with a strike rate of 121.73. Ben Cutting came to crease after Pollard’s wicket.
After the prized wicket of Pollard, Surya Kumar Yadav took the responsibility to increase the run-rate. He struck 2nd ball of the Shakib’s final over for a six over long off and collected 10 runs of his 4th over. Siddharth Kaul, most successful SRH till now, came to bowl 17th over of the inning giving away only 7 runs. In his 3 overs Kaul gave away only 19 runs and took two important wickets. Rashid Khan who came to bowl his 4th over gave away only 8 runs in his 3 overs with 14 dot balls. In his 4th over, after hitting for a four on 2nd delivery, he got the wicket of Cutting’s wicket. In his full quota of overs he gave away only 13 runs with 1 wicket. He made a record of bowling maximum dot balls in the IPL 2018.
In the 18th over, Sandeep Sharma took two wickets in two balls to diminish the MI’s any hope of some acceleration in the last 2 overs. He got rid of Surya Kumar Yadav and Pradeep Sangwan. In his 4 overs, he gave away only 25 runs and took 2 wickets. Siddharth Kaul came to bowl the last over of Mumbai Indian’s innings and gave 5 runs in first 5 balls before getting hit for the four in the last ball of the innings. Mumbai didn’t manage to cross 150 runs mark as the scoreboard says its 147 for 8.
Here are a few things to look forward to in Match 7 of Vivo IPL 2018 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad:
Sunrisers Hyderabad's batsmen who might make an impact in match 7 of Vivo IPL 2018: Shikhar Dhawan has been in remarkable form in limited overs cricket this year and the left-hander has scored 418 runs in nine T20 matches at an average of 52.25 with a strike rate of 146.15. They also have Kane Williamson who was consistent with bat and Manish Pandey will give strength to the middle order.
Mumbai Indian's batsmen who might make an impact in match 7 of Vivo IPL 2018: Coming to the visitors, Mumbai Indians has a star-studded team with skipper Rohit Sharma leading the list. MI has an explosive top-order, and they will need at least one of Rohit Sharma, Evin Lewis or Ishan Kishan to do plenty of damage with the bat. Besides Rohit, Evin Lewis, who has two T20 hundred against India, and the explosive Kieron Pollard would like to show their big-hitting prowess against SRH. Also, Krunal Pandya has become a crucial player in MI’s scheme of things and the elder of the Pandya brothers has now made crucial 40s in three consecutive innings – against KKR in the last season’s Qualifier 2, in the Final and in this season’s opener
Injury worry for Mumbai Indians as Pat Cummins ruled out of IPL 2018: In a major blow to Mumbai Indians, Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season due to a back issue. Confirming the news, Cricket Australia's Bupa Support Team Physiotherapist, David Beakley said that Cummins experienced some soreness in his back during his country's crushing 492-run win against South Africa in the fourth Test at the Wanderers. "Pat experienced some back soreness during the fourth Test in South Africa. Follow-up scans have confirmed that he has bone oedema in his vertebrae," cricket.com.au quoted Beakley, as saying.
Team Head to Head
Overall
Matches played: 10
Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 5
Mumbai Indians won: 5
Trivia ahead of SRH vs MI
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has an outstanding record against the Mumbai Indians; in 8 IPL matches – while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad – he has taken 14 wickets and has an economy rate of 5.67.
Rohit Sharma will have fond memories of the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad; the venue used to be his home ground when represented the Deccan Chargers, and more recently, he lifted the IPL trophy after winning last season’s final.
Here are the players who will take the field for Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad today:
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Mustafizur Rahman, Jasprit Bumrah
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha (w), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Billy Stanlake, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is not playing today for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Led by Kane Williams, SRH will be filled with confidence after beating Rajasthan in their opening match on April 9. However, Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians would be fetching their first points on the points table. Mumbai lost the inaugural match of this year's IPL against Chennai Super Kings in a nail-biting contest.
Sunrisers prepared well, played a couple of practice matches in the days leading to their opener, and that showed in their performance in the match. Mumbai Indians have had a couple of days to recover from the shock defeat they suffered at the hands of Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede and review their performance. Now, it MI is expected to have identified the positives and picked out the areas where they would need to do better.
Sunrisers Hyderabad innings: Over by over
Pradeep Sangwan bowling first over. Shikhar Dhawan and Wriddhiman Saha is on the crease.
Over 1: Saha took one run of the first ball. Shikar hit the 2nd ball for 4. Third ball he took single. Dot, dot and single of the last ball of the over. At the end of first over. SRH 7/0
Over 2: Bumarah came to bowl. First ball dot. Singles of 2nd, 3rd, 4th ball. Dhawan hit four of the 5th ball. Takes a cheeky single of the last ball. At the end of
Over 3: Sangwan bowling the third over. Dhawan hit first ball for four, took a single off the second ball that is leg bye. Saha dropped of the third ball and ball gone for 4. Dot ball. Short ball, top edge goes for four. Last ball of 3rd ball for no run
Over 4: Ben Cutting bowling, Dhawan takes single. Second ball for goes for 1 run. Third ball again a single. 4th ball hit for four over the bowler’s head. Single of the fifth ball. Two runs of the last ball.
Over 5: Krunal into the attack. Easy pickings for SRH. Just four runs conceded. Tighter line and variation helped him. End of over: SRH 42-0
Over 6: Bhumra is back and Dhawan drives him through the covers for four. Dhawan takes two. Steps out, swings and misses. Off the pads, flicked off the leg side, four for Dhawan. Good shot. Inside edge misses the stumps, gone for four. End of over: 56-0
Sunrisers Hyderabad innings analysis after the powerplay
Chasing a modest target 148, Dhawan and Saha gave SRH the perfect start. In the first over, the openers scored 7 runs with a help of a boundary of Sangawan first over. Bumrah gave away 8 runs in the second over of the innings with a boundary of the 5th ball. Shikhar Dhawan continues his form in his second match of the IPL 2018 as he scored 34 runs off 18 balls after the end of the powerplay. Sunrisers Hyderabad were cruising after the end of the Powerplay as they scored 56 runs. Saha supported the Dhawan and scored 21 runs off 18 balls. In the last, over of the powerplay, Bumrah gave 14 runs as the Mumbai Indian’s miseries continue as they dropped Saha's catch twice in the powerplay.
Mumbai Indians innings. Over by over
Over 1: Rohit Sharma and Evin Lewis open for MI. Sandeep Sharma starts off for SRH. What a beauty of a ball. Rohit Sharma beatan all hands up. It is in the air and dropped. Rohit gets a lifeline. It was a sitter. Sandeep won't be happy seeing that. Three men converging and yet dropped. Just one run. End of the over. MI 1-0.
Over 2: Billy Stanlake is into the attack. Rohit plays his trademark pull short and it is six. Better line by Stanlake, no run. This one bounced a bit, no run. Pitched it up a little, Rohit hits it well through covers, cracking four. Flicked off the pads and taken, Rohit is gone. Well taken by Shakib. Rohit has gone for 11. There was no proper feet movement by Rohit but was a good catch. End of over: MI 11-1.
Over 3: Ishan Kishan comes in. Lewis pulls Sandeep hard for six. Terrific shot. Two more runs to Lewis. Edged, gone for four. Lucky for Ishan it did not hit the stumps. Edged again, this time deliberately by Ishan, goes for four again. End of over: MI 28-1
Over 4: Stanlake gets hit for four by Lewis, beautiful shot. Good ball, no run. That's on the glove, painful blow. Lewis hits another four. Nota good show by Stanlake. Wide, missing the line. Lewis steps aside, wacks Stanlake for six over covers. What a shot. Dot ball. End of over: MI 43-1
Over 5: Rashid comes into the attack. Dot. Dot. Dot. Very impressive. Ishan Kishan tries a reverse sweep. Barely connects, but goes for four. In the air, and dropped, this time it is Sandeep. Very sloppy work. End of over: MI 48-1
Over 6: Siddarth Kaul comes to the attack. Good line, dot ball. Kishan swings, the ball takes the edge and is high in the air, Yusuf Pathan at third man completes the catch. Ishan goes for 9. Kaul does the trick for his team. Suryakumar Yadav joins Lewis. Dot ball. Half volley to Lewis and he smashes it for four. Straight drive. Lewis steps aside, hits in the air, ball drops in no man's land, two runs. Bowled him! Dangerous looking Lewis is clean bowled by Kaul. What an over. End of Over: MI 54-3
Over 7: Shakib al Hasan bowls a tight line, just the one run scored in the over.
Over 8: Krunal Pandya comes in. Sandeep Sharma is keeping it very tight. Just a two and a single. Another single to end the over. End of over: MI 59-3.
Over 9: Shakib is back, wide. One run, chipped away by Yadav. Driven through to the leg side, Krunal takes two. Krunal drives it through the covers for four. Reverse sweep by Krunal, that's four, very intelligent batting. Played it too early, Krunal edged it and he perishes to the class of Shakib. Fourth wicket down.
Pollard comes in. End of over: MI 72-4
Over 10: Stanlake is back. Two dots and Yadav pulls him for a four. Takes a single. Two more dots. Pollard takes a single. Relatively decent over. End of over: MI 78-4
Over 11: Rashid to continue. Pollard defends. Another dot. Well defended. Yet another dot. Pollard is simply defending. Trying to settle in. Straight over Rashid's head for four. Dot ball. End of over: MI 82-4
Over 12: Kaul to continue. Yadav plays straight to the fielder. Bounced over the head. Chipped onto the leg side, one run. Pollard plays a late cut and a decent over ends up with a four. End of over: MI 87-4
Over 13: Rashid to continue. Yadav misreads. Dot ball. One run. Pollard beaten. Beauty of a ball. Just three runs. End of over: MI 90-1
Over 14: Shakib continues, one run toYadav. Dot ball. Pollard steps out and wacks it for a six, over covers. Easy single. Another single, 100 up for Mumbai Indians. End of over: MI 100-4
Over 15: Stanlake is back and Pollard greets him with a six, down the ground. Too wide outside the off stump, Pollard guides it to the boundary. Swing and a miss. Half-hearted shot, in the air and Pollard is gone. Stanlake is rewarded. Pollard gone for 28. ben Cutting joins. End of over: MI 111-5
Over 16: Shakib is back and Suryakumar is hitting hard now. That's dispatched for six. Four singles, nice strike rotation. End of the over: MI 121-5
Over 17: Kaul is back, Cutting chops for a single. Missed a direct hit, that was risky. Desperate dive by Yadav. One run, that was a quick single. Yadav pulls, didn't connect well. Full toss should have been dispatched. End of over: MI 129-5
Over 18: Rashid is back. Cutting sweeps for four. Cutting steps out and misses, Rashid gets a wicket. Cutting gone for 9. Wide. Pradeep Sangwan joins in. End of over: MI 134-6
Over 19: Two runs for Yadav, easy pickings. Sukumar is out, trying to accelerate. Sangwan is out too. LBW. It was refered to the third umpire. End of over: MI 138-8.
Over 20: Bhumrah comes in. Kaul to bowl the last over. runs coming in ones and twos. Final ball sent to the boundary. End of innings: MI 147-8
Mumbai Indians innings analysis at the end of innings
Put in to bat first after losing the toss, Mumbai Indian’s captain Rohit Sharma looked a bit dodgy in the first over of the match as Sandeep Sharma started his first over with pitch-perfect delivery. Rohit got a leading edge of the third ball of the first over but Deepak Hooda dropped the skier. Rohit only able to score 1 run in the first over of the game. In the second over Rohit Sharma deposited Stanlake’s second ball into the stand and 4th ball for four before getting out of the last ball of the over. Rohit failed second time as he scored 11 runs off 10 balls. Evin Lewis unleashed the calypso music onto SRH’s bowler as he hit a massive six over the fine leg, Ishan Kishan, who came to bat after the Rohit’s wicket, joined Lewis as both collected 17 runs of the 3rd over the inning.
Lewis continued his destructive batting in the 4th over as he collected 15 runs of Stanlake’s 2nd over and hit one four and one flat six over the mid off. Kane Williamson asked his lethal weapon, Rashid Khan, to stop the run flow and Rashid did so. While trying to break the shackles, Kishan got a top edge but Sandeep Sharma dropped the catch. But Ishan Kishan failed to convert the lifeline into a big inning and got perished. The ball took the top edge and Yusuf Pathan took a good catch at third man boundary. After the Kishan wickets, Evin Lewis thrashed Kaul for the four over mid-off and it seems that he was unstoppable but Kaul delivered for Sunrisers Hyderabad and end the powerplay in a positive note as he took the prized wicket of Evin Lewis. The Mumbai Indians southpaw opener Lewis scored 29 runs off 17 balls with a strike rate of 170.58
After a brilliant 6th over in which Siddharth Kaul gave only 6 runs and took 2 wickets, Shakib gave away only one run in his first over. In the 8th over Sandeep Sharma gave away only 4 runs as Krunal Pandya and Surya Kumar Yadav failed to increase the run rate. In the 9th over, Krunal Pandya played some chicky shot as he manages to score 13 runs in the first 4 balls of Shakib’s over before getting out of the 5th ball of the over. It's a soft dismissal as he scoped the ball in the air and Williamson took an easy catch at short cover. Krunal scored 15 runs in 10 balls. At the end of 9 over Mumbai was reeling at 72 for 4, with Surya Kumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard on the crease.
Stanlake came to bowl the 10th over of the inning and gave 6 runs, Pollard is looking uncomfortable against him as he was beaten by Stanlake’s successive deliveries. After the halfway mark, Mumbai Indians were at 78 for 4. Rashid Khan who came to bowl the 11th over of the innings bowled 4 dot balls before getting hit for a four over his head. Pollard who took a maximum strike in last two overlooking rusty as he was not able to get the ball onto the bat. The most successful bowler of SRH till now came to bowl the 12th over and managed to keep the run rate in check as he gave away only 1 run in first 5 balls before getting hit for a four in the third man region. At the end of the 12th over, Mumbai managed to score only 87 runs for 4 wickets at run rate of 7.25
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler keeping the run rate in check as they bowled tight line and length. Mumbai Indians also playing a risk-free cricket as they are trying to rebuild the inning. In the Rashid Khan’s 3rd over both Yadav and Pollard looked clueless as they managed to score only 3 runs in the 13th over of the Mumbai’s inning. Shakib came to bowl the 14th over and hit for massive six over long off in the 3rd ball of the over. Pollard greeted Stanlake with a six over his head as he came to bowl his final over. The Pollard took responsibility to accelerate the run rate as he managed to score 10 runs but got perished in a bizzare way of the 2nd last ball of the StanLake’s over. Pollard scored 28 runs off 23 balls with a strike rate of 121.73. Ben Cutting came to crease after Pollard’s wicket.
After the prized wicket of Pollard, Surya Kumar Yadav took the responsibility to increase the run-rate. He struck 2nd ball of the Shakib’s final over for a six over long off and collected 10 runs of his 4th over. Siddharth Kaul, most successful SRH till now, came to bowl 17th over of the inning giving away only 7 runs. In his 3 overs Kaul gave away only 19 runs and took two important wickets. Rashid Khan who came to bowl his 4th over gave away only 8 runs in his 3 overs with 14 dot balls. In his 4th over, after hitting for a four on 2nd delivery, he got the wicket of Cutting’s wicket. In his full quota of overs he gave away only 13 runs with 1 wicket. He made a record of bowling maximum dot balls in the IPL 2018.
In the 18th over, Sandeep Sharma took two wickets in two balls to diminish the MI’s any hope of some acceleration in the last 2 overs. He got rid of Surya Kumar Yadav and Pradeep Sangwan. In his 4 overs, he gave away only 25 runs and took 2 wickets. Siddharth Kaul came to bowl the last over of Mumbai Indian’s innings and gave 5 runs in first 5 balls before getting hit for the four in the last ball of the innings. Mumbai didn’t manage to cross 150 runs mark as the scoreboard says its 147 for 8.
Here are a few things to look forward to in Match 7 of Vivo IPL 2018 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad:
Sunrisers Hyderabad's batsmen who might make an impact in match 7 of Vivo IPL 2018: Shikhar Dhawan has been in remarkable form in limited overs cricket this year and the left-hander has scored 418 runs in nine T20 matches at an average of 52.25 with a strike rate of 146.15. They also have Kane Williamson who was consistent with bat and Manish Pandey will give strength to the middle order.
Mumbai Indian's batsmen who might make an impact in match 7 of Vivo IPL 2018: Coming to the visitors, Mumbai Indians has a star-studded team with skipper Rohit Sharma leading the list. MI has an explosive top-order, and they will need at least one of Rohit Sharma, Evin Lewis or Ishan Kishan to do plenty of damage with the bat. Besides Rohit, Evin Lewis, who has two T20 hundred against India, and the explosive Kieron Pollard would like to show their big-hitting prowess against SRH. Also, Krunal Pandya has become a crucial player in MI’s scheme of things and the elder of the Pandya brothers has now made crucial 40s in three consecutive innings – against KKR in the last season’s Qualifier 2, in the Final and in this season’s opener
Injury worry for Mumbai Indians as Pat Cummins ruled out of IPL 2018: In a major blow to Mumbai Indians, Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season due to a back issue. Confirming the news, Cricket Australia's Bupa Support Team Physiotherapist, David Beakley said that Cummins experienced some soreness in his back during his country's crushing 492-run win against South Africa in the fourth Test at the Wanderers. "Pat experienced some back soreness during the fourth Test in South Africa. Follow-up scans have confirmed that he has bone oedema in his vertebrae," cricket.com.au quoted Beakley, as saying.
Team Head to Head
Overall
Matches played: 10
Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 5
Mumbai Indians won: 5
Trivia ahead of SRH vs MI
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has an outstanding record against the Mumbai Indians; in 8 IPL matches – while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad – he has taken 14 wickets and has an economy rate of 5.67.
Rohit Sharma will have fond memories of the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad; the venue used to be his home ground when represented the Deccan Chargers, and more recently, he lifted the IPL trophy after winning last season’s final.
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