Rohit Sharma and Trent Boult played crucial roles with their terrific performances as Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in match 41 of the ongoing Indian Premier League match on Wednesday. (Match Blog | Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
Chasing a below-par 143 for 8, built on the efforts of Heinrich Klaasen efforts (71 off 44 balls) and his 99-run stand with Abhinav Manohar (43 off 37 balls), Rohit was in his zone as he hit 70 off 46 deliveries to bring a swift end to the home team's misery in 15.4 overs.
Earlier, pacers Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult led an impressive bowling show as Mumbai Indians restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad
Chahar (2/12) and Boult (4/26) rattled SRH in their opening spells as Pat Cummins' side were reduced to 13 for 4 in the fifth over before Heinrich Klaasen pulled things back a bit with his classy half-ton.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga
Mumbai Indians XI: Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur
"I would like to firstly pass my condolences to the victims of the terrorist attack. We as a team and a franchise condemn any such attacks," said Pandya.
"It has been heartbreaking for us as well, our thoughts are with the victims and their families," said SRH skipper Cummins.
(With PTI inputs)
