Hyderabad lose to Harbhajan-led MI

DC made three changes to their playing (Dani)eleven – Harris, Manpreet Gony and T P Sudhindra made way for Kumar Sangakkara (who was leading the team, and chose to bat on winning the toss), Amit Mishra and Anand Rajan.

MI made one change to their playing eleven – Suryakumar Yadav made way for Tirumalasetti Suman.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, and lost a couple of wickets.

Parthiv Patel, who faced five balls, scored just a run. Ten balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Rohit. Needless to say, Munaf Patel was in seventh heaven.

Bharat Chipli, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. Nine balls later, he was caught by Lasith Malinga. Munaf broke the two-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and four sixes, scored 41. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Kieron Pollard. Malinga broke the 37-run stand.

DC scored 50 off eight overs (48 balls). MI hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Sangakkara, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. Thirty-three balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, Munaf broke the 46-run stand.

DC scored 100 off 15.1 overs (91 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Cameron White, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 30. He was unbeaten.

Daniel Christian, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 39. Thirty-three balls after Sangakkara’s dismissal, he was caught by Pollard. Munaf broke the 41-run stand.

Dwaraka Ravi Teja, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. A couple of balls later, Malinga broke the four-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mishra, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Patel off the bowling of Malinga.

Dale Steyn, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. Five balls later, Pollard broke the nine-run stand.

Ankit Sharma, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls later, he was caught by Ambati Rayudu. Pollard broke the two-run stand.

MI eventually conceded five extras. DC scored 138 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Pragyan Ojha and Harbhajan Singh, MI’s skipper, were wicketless. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 18.

Pollard conceded 33, picking up a couple of wickets.

Malinga conceded 27, picking up three wickets.

Munaf conceded 20, picking up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 29, and lost a couple of wickets.

Suman, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Steyn, who broke the seven-run stand.

Richard Levi, who faced nine balls, scored just three. Thirteen balls later, Steyn broke the three-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 10.1 overs (61 balls). DC had conceded an extra at that point.

Rayudu, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. Forty-four balls after Levi’s dismissal, he was caught by Dhawan. Mishra broke the 48-run stand.

Pollard, whose 18-ball innings included three sixes, scored 24. Thirty balls later, he was caught by Dhawan. Christian broke the 37-run stand.

MI scored 100 off as many balls (16.4 overs). DC had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Rohit’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 41 balls.

Although his six-ball innings included a boundary, Dinesh Karthik had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 15 balls after Pollard’s dismissal, Steyn broke the 25-run stand.

Rohit, whose 50-ball innings included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to five sixes, eventually scored 73. He was unbeaten, as was James, who had a reason to be in seventh heaven – his four-ball (Frankl)innings included a boundary.

DC eventually conceded four extras. MI, who scored 142 for the loss of five extras off 20 overs, won by five wickets.

White and Rajan bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded nine.

Ankit bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 18.

Christian and Mishra bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 31.

Steyn bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 12, picking up three scalps.