An unbeaten 82 from Shikhar Dhawan and three wickets apiece for Ashish Nehra and Mustafizur helped Sunrisers Hyderabad thrash Mumbai Indians by 85 runs in Visakhapatnam and climb to first place in this year’s IPL.
After winning the toss and electing to field, Mumbai didn’t get the start they wanted as David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan raced off to another fifty partnership. Although Warner fell just two short of his half-century, Dhawan got his third fifty in his last six innings.
Despite losing Warner and Kane Williamson in quick succession, Dhawan formed a crucial partnership with Yuvraj Singh and the pair helped Sunrisers post 177/3 in their 20 overs.
In reply, MI got off to the worst possible start as they lost both openers inside the first seven balls. And it only got worse from there as Ashish Nehra ran through their top-order and the hosts had lost half their side before the end of the fifth over.
It was a question of when and not if Sunrisers would win from then onwards and it didn’t take long as Mustafizur cleaned up the tail to give the visitors an 85-run victory.
Here are some interesting numbers from the game.
1 – Only once have a team lost more than Mumbai’s seven wickets in their first 10 overs. Last season, Kings XI Punjab had lost 8 wickets and were 63/8 against RCB.
3 – This was the third consecutive game in which the team fielding first has lost an IPL game in Vizag. The overal win-loss record of teams fielding first in Vizag is 3-3.
6 – Yuvraj Singh became the sixth batsman to be out hit-wicket in the IPL.
11 – This was only the 11th time in 37 games in this year’s IPL that a team fielding first has lost a game. Of the 37 games, 26 have been won by the team fielding first.
13 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mustafizur Rahman both have 13 wickets in this year’s IPL and are joint-top of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s wicket charts. Only Mitchell McClenaghan with 14 has more wickets than the pair in this year’s IPL but has played a game more than them.
30 – Mumbai Indians recorded their lowest total in IPL history for the loss of half their side. MI scored just 30 runs when they lost their 5th wicket, which was sixth-lowest for any team in the IPL.
92 – Mumbai’s total is the lowest for any team in this year’s IPL. The only other team to be bowled out under 100 was Delhi Daredevils, who were bundled out for 98 by KKR.
147 – In his last six innings, Shikhar Dhawan has hit three fifties and has only been out twice and has an average of 147. In his previous 20 T20 innings, his average was 18.44 He was averaging just 18.44 from his previous 20 inns.
257 – David Warner has the most runs in the Powerplay in this year’s IPL. His 257 runs, including 29 fours and 11 sixes, have come at a SR of 160. Next highest are 179 runs by Ajinkya Rahane.
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