The match at Wankhede Stadium was expected to be high-scoring, but it ended up being a low-key affair. In front of their home crowd, the Mumbai Indians (MI) easily defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), recording back-to-back victories to maintain their hopes of winning the Indian Premier League 2025.
In the 20 overs they were given, SRH scored 162 runs. They tried to speed up the scoring, but they were unable to reach a competitive total. Although middle-order batsman Heinrich Klaasen and opener Abhishek Sharma had flashes of form and momentarily stabilised the innings, their performances were insufficient to put the Mumbai Indians team in danger.
Talking Points
1. The tight periods of MI bowlers
The SRH hitters were unable to score easily because the Mumbai Indians bowlers kept their lines and lengths tight. Will Jacks made an impression for MI with the ball, bowling three frugal overs and taking two important wickets at a cost of just 14 runs. Using his experience, Jasprit Bumrah finished with a tight economy rate of 5.2 and an economical spell of 1 for 21 in his four overs.
2. The SRH batters were unable to ignite
With 40 off 28 deliveries, top-order batsman Abhishek Sharma gave SRH a strong start, and wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen added some late fireworks with a scorching 37 off 28 balls. But against a disciplined MI bowling attack, the rest of the SRH batting lineup was unable to establish any rhythm and failed to contribute any noteworthy runs to the scoreboard.
3. The combined efforts of Mumbai Indians batters
The team crossed the finish line with ease thanks to the combined efforts of the Mumbai Indians hitters. Ryan Rickelton added momentum with a fast 26 off just 16 deliveries, while opener Rohit Sharma set the tone with a fluid 31 off 23 balls. Suryakumar Yadav contributed an aggressive 26 off 15 balls, while Will Jacks played a calm hand with 36 from 26 balls in the middle order. Mumbai Indians easily chased down the mark in the closing stages thanks to Tilak Varma’s 21 off 17 and a strong cameo from captain Hardik Pandya, who hammered 21 off just 9 balls.
Who said what?
Pat Cummins, SRH (Losing Captain)
It wasn’t the easiest wicket. Few runs short, we would have liked a couple more with the bat. Tricky wicket, when you come here you expect it to be really fluent and fast, just wasn’t that. They bowled really well, shut down a lot of our hitting areas. I thought we had all our bases covered, with 160 you feel like you are a little bit short. We gave it a good crack with the ball.
We thought we needed wickets, we had plenty of death bowling, we knew the impact player would bowl 1-2 overs that’s why we went with Rahul. You have got to play well away from home to make the final, unfortunately it hasn’t clicked so far this season, we have a short break and we go again. Every game we talk about assessing, the boys did well to get through the powerplay and there wasn’t reckless hitting, next game is at home and we know that venue pretty well.
Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians (Winning Captain)
I think the way we bowled today was very smart and spot on. We stuck to simple basic plans. Certain balls were not easy to hit. Credit to the bowlers that we made them hit some good shots. We were kind of squeezing them. If u look at it, had a nice green grass look to it. The first couple of overs that Deepak bowled, couple of balls got stuck in. We decided to use change of pace balls.
As soon as we figured out, we trying to mixing it up. We executed the yorkers very smartly. That is the beauty of Jacks. He can be a gun fielder. Bowl those gun overs. Today it came off for him. When we needed 42 off 42, it was tricky. We wanted to take our time. It is going to be a great game. It is going to be a packed house.
Will Jacks, Player of the Match
The tournament we had a little bit of a slow start as a team and personally. We dropped a catch off the first ball. It dipped and I was late on it. I should have caught it. Just taken me little bit of time to s3ttle into the new franchise. Now we are gelling together. We have a great set up. Taking advantage of everyone near me. I would want to do whatever the team requires of me. It is about communication. Till the team is winning, I don’t care. If you are bowling slower balls, bowl it into the wicket. Have been working on being attacking against spin. I will keep working on it.
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