IPL: 3 Memorable clashes between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad

#2 Ishant Sharma dents Mumbai Indians with the ball- 2013

This was the debut season for Sunrisers Hyderabad and they had a terrific run at home winning 90 percent of the matches. The same story repeated when they hosted Mumbai Indians in the 43rd game of Indian Premier League played in Hyderabad. Electing to bat first on a slow surface, Mumbai Indians didn’t have an ideal start as they lost Sachin Tendulkar and in form Dinesh Karthik in the 5th over. Ishant Sharma first picked up the wicket of master blaster, who was bowled and then followed it up by picking up the wicket of Dinesh Karthik who handed a simple catch to Karn Sharma in the same over.

Ishant Sharma broke the back of Mumbai Indians by picking up 2 priced scalps and he had a dream spell. His figures read 4-1-15-2. With some tight bowling from the likes of Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, and leggie Karn Sharma, Mumbai Indians never had any momentum in their innings. They meandered their way along to a below-par score of 129/4 in their allocated 20 overs.

In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad made light weather of the target. Shikar Dhawan took the attack to the opposition right from the word go. He scored a breezy 73 of 55 deliveries, which consisted of 9 boundaries and 1 hit over the fence. He held up one end and with support from skipper Kumara Sangakkara (21) and Hanuma Vihari (25), Sunrisers managed to reach the target of 130 runs with 2 overs to spare.

Sunrisers Hyderabad won this game largely due to an excellent spell of fast bowling by lanky Ishant Sharma and for his 2-15 he was awarded Man of the Match.