INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The variety in Sunrisers Hyderabad's bowling attack will pose a few tricky questions for Mumbai Indians, when the two teams square off in an
Indian Premier League encounter on Thursday
The two teams met with contrasting fortunes in their opening games
While Sunrisers hardly broke sweat during their emphatic nine-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians lost a humdinger to CSK
Sunrisers is believed to have the most diverse bowling attack in the competition
They have Bhuvneshwar Kumar with his superb skill sets of seam and swing, Billy Stanlake for raw pace and Siddarth Kaul to hit the deck
(SRH vs MI Live Scorecard)Add to it Rashid Khan's fast leg-breaks and googlies are still a mystery for most batsmen while Shakib Al Hasan
with his orthodox left-arm spin is miserly on most days
Mumbai Indians on the other hand is filled with a galaxy of stars and are often known to be slow starters in a marathon tournament
Lewis, who has two T20 hundreds against India, skipper himself and the explosive Kieron Pollard would like to show their big-hitting
prowess.IPL 2018 Live updates of Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians match, straight from Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium21:42 IST:
Kaul goes full and outside and Markande shuffles across the scoops the ball past the man at short fine-leg for a much-needed boundary
goes for the slog hit but misses it
The knuckle ball raps Sangwan on the pads as Sandeep appeals loudly
However, the umpire turns down the appeal
Sandeep convinces his captain that the batsman in plumb and they go upstairs
Ball tracker shows that the ball crashes into th middle stumps
The umpire has to overturn the decision
from Sandeep and Suryakumar Yadav fails to read it as he tries the slam the length ball for a boundary
conceded a boundary early in the over, bowls a googly as Ben Cutting fails to read and the stumps are all over the place
A little too predictable from Kaul and Suryakaumar is smart enough to anticipate the short ball.21:14 IST: 10 runs off the over
Mumbai Indians are 121/5 after 16 overs.21:12 IST: SIX! Suryakumar Yadav heaves it over long-off for a huge six
and craves the ball behind point for the second boundary of the over
Stanlake goes full, Pollard takes a step back and guides the ball over the umpire's head for a towering six
Pollard did not try to over-hit ball, this shows the sheer power that the man holds
The pressure was building on Mumbai Indians and the West Indians released the pressure with a maximum
past at short third-man with ease
straight down the ground for a boundary
Rashid bowls full and right in Pollard's slot who frees his arm and swings with all his power to send the ball over the umpires head for a
However, the ball held its line and did not turn
Krunal, who was hoped to work the ball away with an open-faced bat, edges the ball straight down the throat of Williamson at cover
It seems, Krunal is shifting gears now
Shakib bowls full and wide, Krunal gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it for a boundary
Poor delivery from Shakib, who had bowled a brilliant first over
Shakib tosses up the delivery outside off, Krunal reverse sweeps the ball fine
The ball beats the short third-man as it rolls away towards the rope
concedes just one run in his first over
Hyderabad, at the moment, are all over Mumbai
Lewis, who was looking to dispatch the ball over mid-wicket, misses and the ball crashes into the stumps
Hyderabad are off to a solid start
across the left-hander as Kishan was eyeing the mid-wicket region
Kishan goes across the line and flicks the ball but only manages to get a thick edge
The ball flies towards Yusuf Pathan at third-man boundary
Pathan, who was blinded the floodlights, did well to hold on to the catch
Lewis has taken the attack to the opposition as he is sending the bowlers on a leather hunt
Stanlake angles the ball into Rohit's pads and takes a leading edge to Shakib in front of short square leg
The Bangladeshi all-rounder dived forward and managed to get his hands underneath the ball to send the MI captain back in the hut.20:08
The timing on the shot was immaculate
Rohit, who has missed the pull in the previous over, does not miss the pull this time as he clobbers the ball high and over square leg
Rohit, looking to pull, miscues and sends the ball high up in the air as the ball takes a top-edge and flies over mid-wicket
Hooda ran backwards for the catch but failed to collect the catch
Rohit has been dropped on a duck
moving ball in the last game and Sandeep creates problem first up
He first angles it into the batsman and then gets it to leave him after pitching
Rohit plays inside the line but is beaten by the away swing
It goes agonizingly close and past the outside edge and the off pole
Indians.19:57 IST: Sandeep Sharma is opening the bowling for Sunrisers Hyderabad.19:40 IST: Playing XI for both the teams:Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma(c), Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Pradeep
Sangwan, Mustafizur Rahman, Jasprit BumrahSunrisers Hyderabad: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Deepak
Hardik due to injury, so Pradeep Sangwan playing instead of him
We've left out Mitch McCleneghan, and we've included Ben Cutting instead, who has played a lot of cricket here and knows the conditions
We need to focus on the positives and we won't look too much into that
We were outclassed by Bravo the other day, but we aren't disheartened by that
We need to look at the bigger things, that's what has helped us get success in the past
It's important to get momentum in the tournament
Good surface for bowling so we need to bowl well first up
Unfortunately Bhuvi misses out, he has a sore back, so Sandeep Sharma comes in making his debut for the franchise, so that's exciting for
I suppose momentum is a reflection
We need to keep improving as a team
We started well but beating a side of Mumbai's calibre isn't going to be easy
No number in mind about what to chase
Last time it was a good surface but we were really good with the ball, so we just want to keep improving as a team; to go out there and
perform."19:32 IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson wins toss, elects to field vs Mumbai at Rajiv Gandhi International
Hyderabad.For MI, the biggest gain from the opening game was young leg-spinner Mayank Markande's performance on IPL debut as he accounted
weapon for us," MI Captain Rohit Sharma had said recently
While googly is his stock ball, it will be interesting to figure how well Markande can bowl his leg-breaks.Mumbai's another concern will be
their death bowling as Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rahaman and Mitchell McLenaghan all missed their length with Dwayne Bravo going on a
rampage during the other night at Wankhede.Hardik Pandya played his heart out but his ankle injury could be a cause of worry for skipper
Rohit.For Sunrisers, it was a good start under new skipper Kane Williamson, who didn't look out of place after David Warner's suspension
from the league due to ball tampering charges.Shikhar Dhawan's blazing form has continued, which is the biggest shot in the arm for the
'Orange Army' apart from a bowling attack that looks potent on any surface.Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Manish
Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddharth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami,
Ricky Bhui, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan, Tanmay Agarwal, Alex Hales, Carlos Brathwaite, Rashid Khan,
Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan and Billy Stanlake.Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(C), Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kieron
Pollard, Mustafizur Rahman, Pat Cummins, Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Evin Lewis, Saurabh Tiwary, Ben
Cutting, Pradeep Sangwan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Tajinder Singh, Sharad Lumba, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Mayank Markande, Akila Dananjaya,
Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Mitchell McClenaghan.When and Where to Watch: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Mumbai Indians (MI)India:
TV: Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD (English, Hindi, Tamil)
Live Streaming: Hotstar.UK: TV: Sky Sports 2
Live Streaming: Sky Go and Watch Sky Sports.Bangladesh: TV: GTV and Star Sports.USA: TV: Willow TV
Live Streaming: Willow TV Live Online.Australia: TV: Fox Sports
Live Streaming: Foxtel.New Zealand: TV: Sky Sport 1
Live Streaming: Sky Go NZ.South Africa: TV: SuperSport 2
Live Streaming: SuperSport Live Video.Middle East: TV: OSN Sports Cricket
Live Streaming: OSN Play.Singapore: TV: Star Cricket.
