Mumbai; News Agency: In 'IPL 2024', Mumbai Indians, who were sitting at the bottom position in the points table, finally won. Mumbai beat Hyderabad by 7 wickets in Monday's match. Suryakumar Yadav played the lion's share in Mumbai's victory by scoring a century. Batting first, Sunrisers scored 173 for 8, a challenge Mumbai completed with 16 balls to spare. With this victory, the Mumbai Indians team has moved up one place from the bottom to the ninth position. Chennai Super Kings have benefited a little from Hyderabad's defeat.
Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma gave Mumbai 13 runs in the first over. 13 runs came in Marco Jansen's second over. But, he forced Ishan (9) caught in the slip. Bhuvneshwar Kumar had surprised Naman Dhir with an amazing inswing. Bhuvi had built up good pressure and Pat Cummins took advantage in the fourth over. The ball hit by Rohit Sharma (4) stayed in the air for a long time and was easily caught by Henrik Klaassen. Mumbai suffered two setbacks for 31 runs. Cummins then bowled Suryakumar Yadav off the next three balls. Surya did not understand anything. The Mumbai batsmen looked under pressure and Bhuvi sent back Naman at Bhopal (9 balls) in the next over. Mumbai's innings dropped from 26 not out to 31 for 3.
Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma saved Mumbai's innings after a big setback in the beginning. He easily passed the 100-run mark for Mumbai. Meanwhile, Suryakumar completed his half century in 30 balls. Even after his half-century, Suryakumar maintained his rhythm and scored a century. With Mumbai needing 6 runs to win the match, Suryakumar hit T Natarajan off T Natarajan off the second ball of the 18th over to complete the century and seal the win for Mumbai. He scored an unbeaten 102 off 51 balls with 12 fours and 6 sixes. Tilak Verma also gave him solid support with an unbeaten knock of 37 runs off 32 balls. From a position of 31 runs for 3, these two made an unbeaten partnership of 143 runs and gave Mumbai a victory by 7 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen and Pat Cummins took 1 wicket each for Hyderabad.
Earlier, the bowlers of Mumbai Indians showed their breath. Hardik Pandya's return to form ahead of the T20 World Cup is a good sign for India. He sent back 3 Hyderabad batsmen. 35-year-old spinner Piyush Chawla turned the match around with 3 big wickets. Jasprit Bumrah maintained his economy with 1 wicket for 23 runs. Debutant Anshul Kamboj was a bit unlucky. For, Travis Head got two lives off his delivery; But he took 1 wicket for 42 runs. Nuwan Tushara (42) also proved costly. For Hyderabad, Head scored 48 runs in 30 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Captain Pat Cummins scored an unbeaten 35 off 17 balls to take the team to 173 for 8. Nitish Kumar Reddy (20), Marco Jansen (17) also contributed.
Brief scoreboard
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 173 for 8 in 20 overs. (Travis Head 48, Pat Cummins 35. Hardik Pandya 3/31.)
Mumbai Indians: 174 for 3 in 17.2 overs. (Suryakumar Yadav 102*, Tilak Verma 37*. Bhubaneswar 1/22.)