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.

19.6
6
Kumar to Pollard, SIX, another length ball and sent on its way! An ordinary end to Bhuvi's spell. It's length, it's outside off, it's 124kph. Pollard gets a half stride out and slogs on the rise to long-on's right
19.5
6
Kumar to Pollard, SIX, misses his length and is smoked straight. Overpitched ball outside off, uses his big reach to to get under that and swings it straight over long-on
19.4
2
Kumar to Pollard, 2 runs, length outside off, mistimed slog to deep midwicket's left and this time they take the throw on and make it for the second
19.3
1
Kumar to KH Pandya, 1 run, yorker at middle stump, chopped out to sweeper over
19.2
1
Kumar to Pollard, 1 run, Pollard wanted Krunal to come back for the second but he's sent back. Length outside off, looks to slog and ends up dragging it wide of deep midwicket off the inside edge.

venky: "5 wides/nb, 13 runs from misfields/drops"

Karthik: "All the selection choices looking good for SRH now"

19.1
1
Kumar to KH Pandya, 1 run, length and wide outside off, looks to slap it on the rise, gets an under-edge towards the keeper

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
18.6
1
Ahmed to KH Pandya, 1 run, offcutter at a length, coming in at the stumps from outside off. Watchfully steered towards short third

Rikaz: "SRH bowling performance is a treat for Murali's birthday today"

18.5
1
Ahmed to Pollard, 1 run, short of a length offcutter at off stump, jabbed to point's right off the back foot
18.4
W
Ahmed to HH Pandya, OUT, taken running in from sweeper. This is a smart grab. Another slower ball, cutting away from the right-hander outside off. Pandya looks to force that straight off the back foot and ends up slicing it. Virat Singh the debutant keeps his eyes on it and calls so that extra cover running backwards gets out of his way. Tracks it nicely and completes the catch with his balance intact

HH Pandya c Virat Singh b Ahmed 7 (11m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 140.00

18.3
1
Ahmed to Pollard, 1 run, dropped at deep midwicket! Shankar puts down a sitter. It's an offcutter at a length on middle stump. Pollard swishes it one-handed with his left-hand into the leg side, Shankar is already under that but offered hard hands. That pops right out
18.2
0
Ahmed to Pollard, no run, beaten. Another cutter at a length, slow and just climbing over off stump as he swings across the line of this
18.1
4
Ahmed to Pollard, FOUR, outside edge just past Bairstow's right hand. It's an offcutter at length outside off, Pollard swings across the line and isn't in control of that

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
17.6
1
Kumar to Pollard, 1 run, length at off stump, looks to drill down the ground and gets it off the thick inside edge to long-on's right
17.5
2
Kumar to Pollard, 2 runs, he can't gather that at the non-strikers and that's at least a half-chance gone for SRH. Short of a length ball punched firmly to Warner's left at long-off. His once-bounce throw is a bit loopy and gets big on Bhuvi. Hardik would have been in trouble if Warner had marginally more time
17.4
1
Kumar to HH Pandya, 1 run, yorker just outside off, jammed into the covers with an open face
17.3
2
Kumar to HH Pandya, 2 runs, short and wide outside off, punched firmly to long-off's left and Warner sprints and slides to keep that to two
17.2
4
Kumar to HH Pandya, FOUR, swished past short third but I'm not sure he was in control of that. It's a legcutter, rising from a length outside off. He looks to run that past point and closes the face to try and keep it down. It comes off the back of the bat and sails fine of the short third fielder

Shrikant: "Bairstow, take a bow. what a catch!!!"

17.1
1
Kumar to Pollard, 1 run, short of a length and staying low outside, walks down at that and chops to sweeper

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

16.6
0
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to HH Pandya, no run, good length and spun rapidly into the front pad as he plants the front foot out and looks to flick
16.6
1w
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to HH Pandya, 1 wide, short of a length and down leg side, beaten on the glance
16.5
W
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, OUT, taken down leg side. Kishan's misery ends. Just didn't get going today. A carrom ball, short of a length and sliding down leg side. Kishan gets on a knee and looks to swing that behind square. Gets a thin edge, or a glove on that, and Bairstow does brilliantly to grab that down leg to his right

Ishan Kishan c †Bairstow b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 12 (34m 21b 0x4 0x6) SR: 57.14

16.4
0
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, no run, beaten. Googly, short of a length and wide outside off from around the wicket. Looks to slap that over extra cover and misses

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. "

16.3
1
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Pollard, 1 run, googly, short of a length on middle stump. Punched to deep midwicket off the back foot
16.2
0
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Pollard, no run, ripped into the pads with a googly. On a length, coming in sharply as he misses on the place
16.1
6
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Pollard, SIX, sent a long way over deep midwicket! That is massive. 105 metres, says broadcast! Is that nerves from Mujeeb? Drops it very short at off stump and Pollard has so much time to send this into orbit

SRH 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st67DA WarnerJM Bairstow
2nd4DA WarnerMK Pandey
3rd19DA WarnerVirat Singh
4th12V ShankarVirat Singh
5th2V ShankarAbhishek Sharma
6th25V ShankarAbdul Samad
7th1V ShankarRashid Khan
8th4B KumarV Shankar
9th1B KumarMujeeb Ur Rahman
10th2KK AhmedMujeeb Ur Rahman