Mumbai Indians (MI) registered their second victory in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 13 run🌃s to go top of the points table. The Saturday night contest played at MA Chidambaram Stadi🍸um in Chennai went to the wire, where MI eventually managed to grab the win.
Chasing 151, SRH began the proceedings pretty well as David Warner, and Jonny Bairstow gave their tea♑m a flying start. The pair stitched a 67-run partnership for the opening wi🐻cket and looked strong to cruise through, but Bairstow got hit-wicket out for 43.
In the very next over, Rahul Chahar removed Manish Pandey for 2 runs. Just like Bairstow, his p𒁃artner-in-crime Warner also got dismissed in💞 an unfortunate way. The Australian opener met a run-out and was removed for 36.
Warner’s dismissal followed a massive collapse as the 2016 winners were bundled out for 137, and they lost the contest by 13 runs.
Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard guided MI to 150/5
Earlier, Quinton de Kock and Kieron Pollard played handy knocks to take MI to a respectable total. The defending champions had a good start as the pair of De Kock, and Rohit Sharma added 55 runs for the opening wicket before SRH all-rounder Vijay Shankar provided back-to-back breakthroughs.
Shankar first removed MI skipper on 32 runs and then dismissed Suryakumar Yadav for a mere 10-run score.
Soon, Mujeeb Ur Rahman joined the party and bagged a couple of scalps. The Afghanistan talent dismissed De Kock for a well made 40 from 39 deliveries featuring five fours. In his next over, Mujeeb sent back Ishan Kishan for 12 runs.
As the SRH were looking to capitalise on the moment, Pollard came to rescue the Mumbai-based franchise. The Caribbean star scored an unbeaten 35 off 22 balls at an impressive strike rate of 159, featuring one four and three sixes. Pollard’s scintillating effort guided MI to 150/5 in their allotted 20 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Man of the match ! Hardik pandya!! Game changer in the fiel✃d ! Jassi jaisa koi nahi !!king at death bowling ꧂ surely know how to win pressure games !! No 1 team for a reason hitmannn!! you can !!captain 👨✈️
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Jasprit Bumrah at his bes♕t is a captains dream. So dependable and effective at every stage. MI vs SRH.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Outstanding from bowlers. Bumrah.Boul🌳t.Chahar. This was a better batting pitch compare to first 𒀰two games in Chennai. Srh had the game in their hands.Kedar Jadhav ?
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Mumbai Indians knows how to win matches. What a team, it may be batting, bowlin🔜g or fielding they are like a power hou💙se. Superb victory✌️Unbelievable death bowling by &
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Sorry to say, but anyone that picks Abhishek Sharma, Virat꧑ Singh and Abdul Samad all together in one playing XI does not deserve tꦛo win.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Got❀ta admire Mum𒅌bai Indians never-say-never attitude. No wonder they are one of the best cricket teams in the world.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
Superb win skipper 👏🏻🙌🏻
— SAYYED I💧QBAL ABDULLAH (SIA) (@iqqiabdullah)
That's that from Match 9 of .
Stupendous bowling perfor🌺mance from as they bowl out for 137 and win ✅by 13 runs.
Scorecard –
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
It's not without a reason that this Mumbai Indians is such a champion side. So many winners in their ranks……any one can turn the game on its head!
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket)
After India, probably New Zealand is the favorite team for most Indians. And that's what have got today , a bowling line up of India and New Zealand with a third likely bowling option from another country we like- West Indies.
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad)
Sunrisers Hyderabad becomes the first ever team to bowl first in their first 3 matches of 💯an IPL season and lose all o💯f them.
Match 1 – Lost by 10 runs
Match 2 – Lost by 6 runs
Match 3 – Lost by 13 runs— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Back to back wins for Mumbai Indians.
Scorecard:— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
last 2 games:
vs MI, Target 151
After 10 overs: 77 to win, 8 wkts in hand – lost by 13 runsvs RCB, Target 150
After 10 overs: 73 to win, 9 wkts in hand – lost by 6 runs— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Seizing the moment. That run out of Warner.
MI. Champion side.
Win the toss and bat first in Chennai.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
Mumbai hav🥀e been fantastic in defending modest totals. Dread of other teams ♏is what happens if batting starts firing on all cylinders
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Another tremendous performaꦅnce from our bowlers, another tremendous victory! 💙
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
"Warner aise aake request ka✅rega tabhi khelunga a𝄹b"
— Rahul (@Ittzz_Rahul)