Tim David smashed Sunrisers Hyderabad with a blistering 18-ball 46 but Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a brilliant 19th over – a one-wicket maiden – as the Kane Williamson-led franchise registered a close three-run win over Mumbai Indians and He kept his hopes alive among the top four in IPL 2022. Chasing 194, MI got off to a stellar start with the openers adding 95 runs before SRH made a comeback thanks to Umran Malik (3/23) and the five-time champions made a late comeback, but eventually ended in 20 overs. I finished on 190/7. 10th loss of the season.
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Rohit Sharma (48) and Ishan Kishan (43) set the ideal stage before Washington Sundar broke the big partnership in the 11th over. Malik then did a body blow with the wickets of Ishaan, Daniel Sams and in-form Tilak Verma to keep SRH under control.
David then punished T Natarajan, who repeatedly bowled full tosses to the MI big-hitter with four big sixes in the same over, which reduced the equation from 45 out of 15 to 19 for 13 .
As luck would have it, a mix of the last delivery of the 18th over in which MI had already scored 26 runs resulted in David’s run out and with him the five-time IPL champions’ hopes of a win ended. ,
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Earlier, Rahul Tripathi scored a 44-ball 76 to guide SRH to a challenging total in the Indian Premier League match. Tripathi, who scored his third fifty of the season with nine fours and three sixes, set himself up for a memorable innings.
Priyam Garg (42) and Nicholas Pooran (38) gave him full support. Invited to bat, Sunrisers’ punt pays Garg to play 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.
SRH now have a four-day break before playing Punjab Kings at the same venue on Sunday in what will be their final league match. MI, who are at the bottom of the points table, will take on Delhi Capitals on Saturday.
With PTI inputs
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