Rohit-led MI beat hosts Hyderabad

SRH made no changes to their playing eleven.

MI made one changes to their playing eleven – Praveen Kumar made way for Pragyan Ojha.

On winning the toss, Shikhar Dhawan, SRH’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of SRH’s innings -which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, and lost a wicket.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Five overs into the match, Malinga broke the (Lasi)thirty-one-run stand.

The second-wicket pair put on 39. Lokesh Rahul, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-nine balls later, Rohit and Chidhambaram Gautam ran him out.

SRH scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). MI hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Aaron Finch’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 41 balls.

SRH scored 100 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). MI had conceded four extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 45 balls. While Finch’s contribution to the partnership was 20, David Warner’s contribution to the partnership was 29. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Finch, whose 62-ball innings included seven boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes, scored 68. Fifty-four balls after Rahul’s dismissal, he was caught by Kieron Pollard. Malinga broke the 63-run partnership.

SRH scored 150 off 19.5 overs (119 balls). MI had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Warner’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 30 balls.

He eventually scored 55 off 31 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. He was unbeaten, as Naman Ojha, who was not in seventh heaven, despite the fact that his three-ball innings included a six.

SRH had conceded 157 for the loss of three wickets off 20 overs.

Pollard and Corey Anderson bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 21, the latter conceded 17.

Pragyan, Harbhajan Singh and Jasprit Bumrah bowled four wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 32, 27, and 24, respectively.

Malinga, who bowled four overs, conceded 35. He picked up a couple of scalps.

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

Gautam, who faced three balls, scored a run. Eight balls into the chase, he was caught by Shikhar. Bhuvneshwar broke the two-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 7.4 overs (46 balls). SRH hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 41 balls. The contributions of Lendl Simmons and Ambati Rayudu, the player of the match, were both 25 apiece. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

MI scored 100 off 12.3 overs (75 balls). SRH hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Simmons’ half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and four sixes – came off 39 balls.

The second-wicket pair put on 100 off 69 balls. While Simmons’ contribution to the partnership was 53, Rayudu’s contribution to the partnership was 49. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Rayudu’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 34 balls.

Simmons, whose 50-ball innings included five boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes, eventually scored 68. Eighty-seven balls after Gautam’s dismissal, Bhuvneshwar broke the 130-run partnership.

Rayudu also scored 68 eventually. His 46-ball innings included seven boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Moises Henriques, who broke the nine-run stand.

MI scored 150 off 18 overs (108 balls). SRH had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Rohit, whose six-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. He was unbeaten, as was Pollard, who had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen.

MI, who scored 160 for the loss of three wickets off 18.4 overs, won by seven wickets with eight wickets to spare.

Irfan Pathan, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Karn Sharma, who bowled 2.4 wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Amit Mishra, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 33.

Dale Steyn, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Henriques, who bowled three overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket.

Bhuvneshwar, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up a couple of scalps.