Mumbai Indians have climbed to the third position in the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket table with their fourth consecutive win. Rohit Sharma's half-century helped Mumbai beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets on Wednesday.
After Rohit scored 70 runs off 46 balls, Mumbai completed the target of 144 runs by scoring 146 runs in 15.4 overs. Mumbai have scored 10 points in 9 matches. Hyderabad's chances of reaching the playoffs have become very weak, remaining in the top four. Hyderabad has only 4 points from 8 matches.
Rohit hit 8 fours and 3 sixes at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Ryan Rickelton was out for 11 and Will Jacks for 22. Suryakumar Yadav played 19 balls and scored 40 runs with 5 fours and 2 sixes.
Jaydev Undkat, Ishan Malinga and Jeesan Ansari took 1 wicket each from Hyderabad. Earlier, Hyderabad had a miserable start. By the time they made 35 runs in the ninth over, the team had already lost 5 wickets. After Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult took 2 wickets each in the first 6 overs of the power play, Hyderabad lost 4 wickets and made it 24 runs.
After Travis Head nil, Ishan Kisan 1, Abhishek Sharma 8, Nitishkumar Reddy 2 and Aniket Burma were dismissed for 12, Heinrich Klaassen shared a 99-run partnership with Abhinav Manohar for the fifth wicket. Klaasen hit 9 fours and 2 sixes while scoring 71 runs off 44 balls. He was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah.
Manohar, who came as an 'impact player', scored 43 runs off 37 balls. He hit 2 fours and 3 sixes. Boult dismissed Manohar and Pat Cummins in the last over. Boult took 4 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Chahar took 2 wickets by spending only 2 runs in 4 overs. Bumrah and captain Hardik Pandye took 1 wicket each.
