There was a uncommon dismissal in Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2021 match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad, with Jonny Bairstow being hit wicket to Krunal Pandya on the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. Bairstow was going robust at 43 off 22 in chase of MI’s 151-run goal, having bought the chance to open for the primary time this 12 months in IPL.
Bairstow had smashed 4 sixes and three fours earlier than he fell within the eighth over, stamping his backfoot on the stumps trying to hit Krunal by means of the on facet.
SunRisers Hyderabad restricted Mumbai Indians’ (MI) robust batting line-up to 150 for 5 in 20 overs.
Opting to bat after profitable the toss, MI started properly with each Rohit Sharma (32 off 25 balls) and Quinton de Kock (40 off 39 balls) including 55 for the primary wicket in 6.3 overs.
However, all-rounder Vijay Shankar chipped in with two wickets to stall the MI batting which may by no means get better from there.
Shankar picked the wickets of Sharma and No. 3 Suryakumar Yadav (10 off 6 balls).
Off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman then took two wickets, eradicating de Kock and the harmful Ishan Kishan, who was caught brilliantly by Jonny Bairstow, to depart MI struggling at 114/4 within the seventeenth over.
The center overs proved to be troublesome for MI as they struggled towards the SRH bowling led by leg-spinner Rashid Khan (0/22 in 4 overs).
A couple of lusty blows from Kieron Pollard (35 off 22 balls), together with taking 17 off the final over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar helped MI to get to a aggressive 150.
For SRH, Shankar (2/19), Mujeeb (2/29) and Khaleel Ahmed (1/24) have been the profitable bowlers.
(With IANS inputs)
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