A sensational unbeaten 102 off 51 balls from Suryakumar Yadav, with Piyush Chawla and Hardik Pandya taking three wickets apiece, helped Mumbai Indians (MI) to their fourth win of the season as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets in Mumbai. The win also lifted MI from the bottom of the table to ninth.
A run-fest was promised at the Wankhede Stadium when SRH visited. Who would have doubted it, given that the last time SRH and MI met, the record books were rewritten. Instead, the MI bowlers came to the fore as SRH were restricted to 173 for 8. In reply, the SRH bowlers also got the new ball moving and took three powerplay wickets.
But Suryakumar decided to do Suryakumar things as he launched an attack on the SRH bowlers, especially Marco Jansen, to get things back on track. Tilak Varma's 37 not out off 32 was the perfect foil as he and Suryakumar added 143 off 79 balls to help MI seal victory in 17.2 overs.