Hyderabad disappointed; Harbhajan-led MI triumph

MI made three changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Aiden Blizzard, Kieron Pollard and Rahul Shukla made way for Richard Levi, James Franklin and Munaf.

DC (Shar)made four changes to their playing (Dani)eleven – Kumar Sangakkara, Ankit, Rusty Theron and Manpreet Gony made way for Christian, Bharat Chipli, Dale Steyn (the player of the match), and Veer Pratap Singh.

On winning the toss, Harbhajan Singh, MI’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost a wicket.

Parthiv Patel, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. Thirty-three balls into the match, he was caught by Munaf. Rudra Pratap Singh broke the 37-run stand.

Ishank Jaggi had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Munaf. Harbhajan broke the four-run stand.

Cameron White, DC’s skipper, faced a ball, failing to get off the mark. Five balls later, he was caught by Rudra Pratap. Lasith Malinga broke the three-run stand.

Jean-Paul Duminy, whose 24-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 25. He was unbeaten.

DC scored 50 off 9.3 overs (57 balls). MI had conceded four extras at that point.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 29. Eighteen overs after White’s dismissal, he was stumped by Dinesh Karthik. Harbhajan broke the 15-run stand.

Christian, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. James Franklin broke the five-run stand.

Chipli, who faced three balls, scored a run. Five balls later, he was caught by Harbhajan. Franklin broke the two-run stand.

Ashish Reddy, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored 10. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Rohit. Munaf broke the 16-run stand.

Amit Mishra, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a run. Ten balls later, he was caught by Franklin. Malinga broke the eight-run stand.

DC scored 100 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). MI had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Steyn, who faced five balls, scored three. Nine balls after Mishra’s dismissal, he was caught by Malinga, who broke the 10-run stand.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Veer Pratap, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Sharma off the bowling of Malinga.

DC were bundled out for 100 off 18.4 overs.

Robin Peterson, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded eight.

Rudra Pratap, who bowled three overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket, as did Munaf, who bowled four overs, conceding 23.

Franklin, who bowled three overs, conceded 18. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Harbhajan, who bowled four overs, conceding 13.

Malinga, who bowled 3.4 overs, conceded 16. He picked 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 31, and lost a couple of wickets.

MI’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Levi, who faced a ball, failed to open his account. A ball into the chase, he was dismissed by Steyn.

Tendulkar, whose run-a-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 14. Thirty-four balls later, he was caught by Christian. Veer Pratap broke the 31-run stand.

Karthik, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Parthiv. Steyn broke the 14-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 9.3 overs (57 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DC no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Rohit, whose 48-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 42. Thirty-three balls after Karthik’s dismissal, he was caught by Jaggi. Duminy broke the 30-run stand.

Franklin, who faced 20 balls, scored 13. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Parthiv. Reddy broke the six-run stand.

Ambati Rayudu, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was Peterson, who faced five balls, scoring just a run.  

MI scored 100 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). DC had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

In fact, MI, who scored 101 for the loss of five wickets off 18.1 overs, won by five wickets with 11 balls to spare.

Christian bowled three overs, conceding 14. He was wicketless, as was Mishra, who bowled four overs, conceding 29.

Duminy bowled an over, conceding eight. He picked up a wicket.

Reddy bowled 13 balls, conceding 11. He picked up a wicket.

Veer Pratap bowled four overs, conceding 28. He picked up a wicket.

Steyn bowled four overs, conceding 10. He picked up a couple of scalps.