Tripathi scored 76 runs in 44 balls to take Sunrisers Hyderabad to a challenging score of 193 runs for six wickets. Priyam Garg (42) and Nicholas Pooran (38).
i.e. match 65#MumbaiIndians fought hard but lost in the end as @SunRisers won by 3 runs. Score… https://t.co/qqH7B3NMQN
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Malik (3/23 in three overs) then delivered a sensational performance while the experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/26 off 4) took a wicket in the 19th over despite best efforts to restrict MI to 190 for seven. Maiden thrown. Rohit Sharma (48), Ishaan Kishan (43) and Tim David (46).
as it happened
The win keeps SRH in the race for the playoffs on paper as they reach 12 points. They need to win their last game and hopefully other results will come in handy.
Chasing 194, Rohit was at his best and looked set for a big total. He gave a solid start to Mumbai’s chase with Kishan, with whom they shared a 95-run partnership.
The duo conceded 17 runs in the ninth over bowled by Malik, with the fast bowler bowling two no balls and one wide.
But after two overs, Kane WilliamsonThe decision to bowl to Washington Sundar (1/36) paid dividends as Rohit dismissed Jagdish Suchit in the deep.
An uneasy looking Kishan against Malik’s short deliveries chased down his captain in the next over, as the Jammu pacer redeemed himself in an already terrifying over. He bowls the ball over the stumps from round the wicket to complete a fine catch at mid on for Priyam Garg.
The duo provided another breakthrough as Malik bowled another bouncer to pull off Danielle Sams. Garg leaps over his head with his hands fully extended to complete a brilliant catch at midwicket.
With 44 needed off 18 balls, David smashed 46 off just 18 balls to keep Mumbai’s hopes of a fourth win this season alive.
David hit four sixes including a 114m hit in the 18th over bowled by T Natarajan, taking the equation from 12 to 19. However, Natarajan (0/60) managed to redeem himself on the last ball as David was run out. ,
The experienced Bhuvneshwar bowled the 19th over to turn the game back in SRH’s favour.
Earlier, Tripathi, who scored his third fifty of the season with nine fours and three sixes, set himself up for a memorable innings.
Rahul Tripathi was adjudged the player of the match for his brilliant innings of 76 off 44 balls in #SRH’s 3 run win… https://t.co/3uHguRQFGc
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Invited to bat, Sunrisers gambled on Garg playing in the top order. The 21-year-old played a brilliant innings with Tripathi, sharing a 78-run stand with Tripathi after the in-form Abhishek Sharma (9) was sent back in the third over.
Garg, who was dismissed for 10, made good use of his relief as he hit the ball four times over the fence and twice in his 26-ball innings.
At the other end Tripathi looked into his element. He hit Jasprit Bumrah (1/32) for sixes and consecutive fours in the fifth over.
Tripathi and Garg scored 57 runs in a productive powerplay and maintained a healthy run rate that was close to 10 runs per over while batting responsibly.
Once Garg was caught and bowled by medium pacer Ramandeep Singh (3/20), Pooran, who was promoted to No. 3, joined the party.
The flamboyant left-hander smashed two successive sixes at long on and deep backward square off Riley Meredith (1/44) in the 13th over and in the next over, Mayank Markande (0/31) was dismissed for a boundary and maximum.
The MI bowlers, led by Ramdeep, made a mini comeback by dismissing Pooran, Tripathi and Aiden Markram (2) in a span of eight balls.
Batting down the order, skipper Kane Williamson (8 not out) struggled as he was unable to hit big shots.
Sunrisers, who looked set to post 200-plus, could only manage one boundary in the last two overs, scoring 19 runs.