Mumbai's poor show continues in IPL 7
Posting 172 for five on the scoreboard, Sunrisers bowlers restricted Mumbai to 157 for seven.
Kieron Pollard's battle went in vain as he got no support on the other side to reach the target.
The West Indian scored a fighting 48-ball 78 before losing his wicket in the last ball of the final over of the match by Irfan pathan.
He smashed three boundaries and six sixes in his knock.
After losing three quick wickets of Sharma (1), Corey Anderson (1) and
Ben Dunk (20) with 31 on the scorecard, Pollard and Ambati Rayudu (35) tried to re-build the innings.
After Rayudu's dismissal, the match was all but over for Mumbai.
Dale Steyn, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pathan picked up to wickets or Mumbai.
Earlier, David Warner's 65 and Lokesh Rahul's well made 46, Sunrisers posted 172 on the scorecard.
Warner added four sixes and a boundary in his knock.
Zaheer Khan and Anderson picked up two wickets for Mumbai.
Brief scorecard:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 172 for five in 20 overs (D Warner 65; C Anderson 2/18, Z Khan 2/26)
Mumbai Indians: 157 for seven in 20 overs (K Pollard 78; I Pathan 2/10, B Kumar 2/17, D Steyn 2/20)
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
