SunRisers Hyderabad held their nerve to seal a thrilling three-run victory against Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2022 clash at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.
SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) fans breathed a sigh of relief after their team kept themselves alive in the hunt to reach the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 with a nervy three-run win over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday.
Inspired by Rahul Tripathi and Umran Malik, the Kane Williamson-led side ended their five-match losing streak with one game left in the league stage.
The win by 3 runs! 🧡🧡
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)MI skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl first. While the Mumbai franchise gave Mayank Markande and Sanjay Yadav their first game of the season, Hyderabad replaced Shashank Singh with Priyam Garg, who was named Abhishek Sharma's opening partner.
After Sharma's early dismissal, Garg made the most of his opportunity with a stellar knock of 42 in just 26 balls. However, in-form Rahul Tripathi stole the limelight as he slammed his third half-century of the season.
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The right-handed batter's 76 off 44 deliveries put Mumbai on the back foot. Tripathi was well supported by Nicolas Pooran, who put up a brilliant cameo of 38 from 22 balls. SRH posted a massive total of 193 for 6 in their 20 overs.
For Mumbai, uncapped all-rounder Ramandeep Sing was the pick of the bowlers, and he took three scalps. Meanwhile, Daniel Sams, Riley Meredith and Jasprit Bumrah chipped in with one wicket.
In response, Mumbai's opening pair of skipper Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan returned to form in style with a spectacular 95-run opening stand. However, both the players failed to register a half-century as Washington Sundar dismissed Rohit for 48, while pacer Umran Malik dismissed Kisan for 43.
The 'Jammu Express' continued to wreak havoc as he rattled Mumbai's middle order to dismiss Daniel Sams and Tilak Verma.
However, Tim David's explosive hitting ensured MI stayed on the hunt for the match. T Natarajan faced the brunt of the Singapore batter as he conceded 26 runs in the 18th over of the game. However, David's run-out on the last ball turned things in Hyderabad's favour.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave a reminder of his class by bowling a wicket-maiden in the 19th over of the game, while Fazalhaq Farooqi held his nerve to complete a three-run win for SRH to keep their playoff hopes alive.
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Now, joint-sixth with 12 points from 13 matches, SunRisers are left needing a win in their last game and several other results to go their way. Mumbai, meanwhile, is now the favourites to finish bottom of the table, two points behind Chennai Super Kings with a match each to go.
Hyderabad fans took to Twitter to cheer for their team following this narrow win, particularly batter Rahul Tripathi and pacer Umran Malik for their stellar show and demanded the duo be picked to play for Team India at the international level. Here's a look at some of the reactions:
Our highest individual score this season. Man of the Match for tonight. Take a bow, . 💪🏾🔥 pic.twitter.com/2hyZn803YE
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)THREE FOR UMRAN. The and combine again to get rid of Daniel Sams. 💪🏾 pic.twitter.com/SuxCgBTajd
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)Umran Malik has to be in the next international squad. He has to be around Bumrah, Shami and Bhuvi to learn from them. What a 19th over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar tonight as well. A Wicket maiden in the 19th over👍👍👍.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)Umran Malik wins his 13th consecutive fastest delivery award, he clocked 154.8kmph tonight. pic.twitter.com/xtJR7pmAKL
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)Umran Malik is 4th in the list of most wickets in IPL 2022 - 21 wickets.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)Umran Malik is turning it around! Back him. Will be ordinary some days. But some days he will be your biggest match winner
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)IPL gyaan: just saw one of the best 19th overs bowled in a long time. A maiden in 19th over is special. has looked really superb in this IPL.. seems to have got his rhythm back. And Umran Malik has the X factor: raw pace. Too good between them for Mumbai
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep)Ishan Kishan couldn’t handle the pace he was literally bullied by UMRAN MALIK 🔥🇮🇳👏
Isko lo team mein JALDI!
Rahul Tripathi for International cricket,,,,,,it’s time!,,,,
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)Rahul Tripathi said "I am happy to bat anywhere, whatever team ask, I will do".
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)Should Rahul Tripathi be selected in the Indian team for SA series? pic.twitter.com/O85gjM5YVO
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)I just Loooove watching Rahul Tripathi bat.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)Players with 140+ strike-rate against pace AND spin in IPL since 2021
Jos Buttler
Rahul Tripathi
Prithvi Shaw
Sanju Samson
One is a superstar in T20 cricket. The three Indians are nowhere close to getting consistent chances in the Indian team.
*100 balls faced
Rahul Tripathi is a team man and a hardworking player. Really feels good to see him scoring runs every now & then for his teams. Would love to see him winning it for India in T20 world cup in Australia. pic.twitter.com/ehCTEtM3CW
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)Top quality T20 knock. Clean, Calculated, Classy. Glad SRH didn’t tinker with Rahul Tripathi’s batting position. Best number three this season so far.
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru)Rahul Tripathi should be in the T20 side for the upcoming series vs South Africa 🇮🇳🔥
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta)Great innings 🔥 Superb effort to take to a huge total.
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)