Opting to bat, Sunrisers lethal bowling attack led by pacer Khaleel Ahmed (3-42) made it look that Rohit Sharma’s decision to bat first was wrong. Hyderabad bowlers bowled brilliantly to restrict Mumbai Indians to 162 for five in the allotted 20 overs, and then, saw SRH end their innings at the same score. Needing nine runs to win in the Super Over, MI knocked them off in three balls. MI speedster Jasprit Bumrah was awarded the Man of the Match for his phenomenal bowling.
For SRH, Manish Pandey, who scored his third half-century in four innings, ensured that the match goes into the super over by hitting a six off Pandya’s final delivery of the 20th over.
Hyderabad needed 17 runs off the last over and the equation was brought down to seven by the time Hardik braced up to bowl the final delivery. But Manish Pandey (71 not out off 47 balls) carted the all-rounder over long-on for a six to bring the scores level and force a Super Over.
Needing nine to win in the Super Over, Hardik Pandya hammered Rashid Khan for a six over long off in the first ball and then Kieron Pollard took the side home with three balls to spare.
Earlier, Quinton De Kock (69* off 58 balls) hammered 6 fours and 2 sixes in his 58 ball-knock but didn’t get the required support from the other end. In the end overs, Krunal Pandya (9 not out off 3 balls) played an important cameo to ensured Mumbai at least put a fighting total on board.