Mumbai sail home on dewy evening
Harbhajan Singh and Jasprit Bumrah bowled accurate and misery spells on a typically high-scoring ground to condemn Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first defeat in six matches
Harbhajan Singh and Jasprit Bumrah bowled accurate and misery spells on a typically high-scoring ground to condemn Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first defeat in six matches
Commentator: Akshay Gopalakrishnan
First Man of the Match award for Bumrah in the IPL and first defeat for Sunrisers Hyderabad in this year's IPL. That's all we have for you from this match. Do join us tomorrow for Match 11 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens. Until then, it's goodbye from all of us here!
Shubham: "Powerful performance from MI and the fact that they are at 3 in points table with their biggies Joe,Rohit,Pollard yet to fire highlights just why they are such serious contenders this year..."
"It's generally a difficult ground to bowl in the end", says Jasprit Bumrah, Man of the Match. "It was a fixed plan and it worked today. Usually, when you have too many variations, you try and stick to one or two of them because if you try too much, you go for runs. It is always very beneficial when he (Lasith Malinga)is around, so I always keep asking him what I have to do and what needs to be done. Nowadays, we have to practice with the wet ball, with the dew going around in this ground, it is difficult."
"It was a perfect platform for us to showcase our talents with the ball because we all know how the Sunrisers, especially the top four, bat, so firstly credit to the bowlers for coming out and restricting them," says Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma. "When they execute their plans, it becomes easy for a captain to manoeuvre his field. We know how Warner plays upfront as well as Shikhar. Lot of credit goes to the bowlers and the fielders. Parthiv behind the wicket makes it easier for me to adjust my field. Very good performance from the bowlers and well-finished by the batsmen as well. Still early days, just three games, but we would like to take a lot from the three games. I could not have asked for anything more from each of the 10 players. But now the big challenge, we go to Bangalore. You must have seen both of them on the ground. They (the Pandya brothers) are expressive, that's just how they play. And we have given them the liberty to express themselves. It brings out the best from them and we also enjoy seeing that from the dressing room."
11.44pm It was Harbhajan Singh who set things up upfront, opening the bowling and taking two wickets in an economical four-over spell. And it is he that finishes it off, with the bat. Still no win for Sunrisers against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede. They have lost on all three occasions they have played at the Wankhede. No doubt that Mumbai were the better team tonight. They batted better and bowled better. Bumrah and Malinga played their part in limiting Sunrisers to a rather low total. It was a low score, all the more considering the effect of dew in the second innings and needed some good bowling. But Sunrisers' bowling wasn't as good tonight as they have come to be recognised for. Blazing start from Parthiv at the top, Nitish Rana once again proving himself on a big stage, and of course, a powerful finish from Krunal Pandya. Presentations in a bit.
"We were probably 20 or 30 runs short. It's a tough ground to defend and there was going to be dew," says David Warner, Sunrisers captain. "We needed a better score. If we sum it up, we were 20-30 short and one of us needed to get a big score. Credit to the bowlers. Tough circumstances with the dew. Bhuvi was excellent again. It was always in the back of my mind whether Rashid was going to be able to bowl with the wet ball, but credit to him. One full toss, but you can understand that. We need to go to Kolkata and start again with a positive attitude."
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