END OF OVER:20 | 17 Runs | MI: 150/5 | RR: 7.50
- Kieron Pollard35 (22b)
- Krunal Pandya3 (3b)
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-45-0
- Khaleel Ahmed4-0-24-1
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Srinath: "Missed Nattu there at the end.. Should still be gettable for SRH but Mumbai have been good at defending low scores. Should be a fascinating game!"
Rahul Sargam: "First 6 overs 53 for no loss, they had 10 wickets in their hands, from there on SRH conceded only 97 runs in 85 deliveries. Such a great come back, they should look at it positively, Opening partnership is really key, except Bairstow and Warner they look weak, Manish struggles on slow pitches. Hence the opening pair is really really important for SRH. "
Maxwell: "Bhuvi has been surprisingly off his peak in the last few games, given the scintillating form he was in against England on much better batting pitches. To me, it appears that he's over trying , given the help that the pitch is offering , instead of putting his blinders on and sticking to his template."
Brit : "Play Johnny B at the start and kill the game. No other way for SRH"
RajatMaheshwari: "Again that 150ish score at Chepauk. Will the trend change of chasing being successful? "
manu: "Now it is 3 games in a row Bhuvi has been ordinary with his bowling. He is neither able to take wickets in the top nor restrict runs in the end."
Craig: "So how is a off spinner's googly different from a regular off spinner's delivery if the off spinner's googly still turns into the right handed batsman?" --- It's not. We're talking about the googly the ball here, not the word used to depict one that spins the other way.
Malli: "It's very sad to see Bhuvi struggling continuously for 3rd Match when rest of the bowling unit doing well. He might be taking too much pressure on him"
Hope: "I'm calling it now. Those two sixes are going to cost the game for SRH. They're losing this by a 10-15 run margin"
Ruhak : "I don't get why SRH keep leaving Williamson out of the playing 11. On slow pitches like these, whether you're batting first or second you need a smart batsman. And Williamson fits into that role perfectly. I'd pick Bairstow when they play on flat pitches, and even then Williamson isn't an automatic exclusion given his class and abilities. " --- He's injured.
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9.08pm A big finish for Mumbai, but in the grand scheme they did peter out at the end. They had 54 in the powerplay and weren't any wickets down. Once the ball got old though, it began to grip again and Rohit's wicket really put the spanner in the works for Mumbai. Yet again they've ended weakly after a decent first half. But this has been a defendable total so far at this ground, and SRH are filled with inexperienced batters tonight. Let's see how they go about it, with a new opening combo tonight.
venky: "5 wides/nb, 13 runs from misfields/drops"
Karthik: "All the selection choices looking good for SRH now"
END OF OVER:19 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 133/5 | RR: 7.00
- Krunal Pandya1 (1b)
- Kieron Pollard20 (18b)
- Khaleel Ahmed4-0-24-1
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar3-0-28-0
Rikaz: "SRH bowling performance is a treat for Murali's birthday today"
HH Pandya c Virat Singh b Ahmed 7 (11m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 140.00
END OF OVER:18 | 11 Runs | MI: 126/4 | RR: 7.00
- Kieron Pollard14 (14b)
- Hardik Pandya7 (4b)
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar3-0-28-0
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman4-0-29-2
Shrikant: "Bairstow, take a bow. what a catch!!!"
END OF OVER:17 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 115/4 | RR: 6.76
- Hardik Pandya0 (1b)
- Kieron Pollard10 (11b)
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman4-0-29-2
- Rashid Khan4-0-22-0
Hitesh : "Excuse my ignorance but how does off spinner bowl a googly , usually its ball coming into right hander by leg spinner" --- He spins it in with a legspinner's googly release
Ishan Kishan c †Bairstow b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 12 (34m 21b 0x4 0x6) SR: 57.14
Sunitha Sriram : "Unless you pick/read Rashid, you're bound to play dots. Before you read him, he completes the over. The moment you plan to attack him, he is about to finish his spell. "