IPL6: Mumbai go top after Pollard pummels Hyderabad

Pollard was the architect in scripting Mumbai Indians' resounding seven-wicket victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday night.

Mumbai surged to the top of the standings having a better run rate than Chennai who also have 20 points.

Chasing a formidable 179, Smith and Tendulkar played a responsible innings and Smith got 21 of 17 balls, with four boundaries.

Tendulkar began well living upto to his home crowds expectations scoring 30 of 23 balls but had to retire hurt.

The new man in Rayudu failed to put up a show and was dismissed for two of 5 balls.

Karthik 30 of 23 balls with four boundaries looked hopeful for Mumbai but he too was dismissed by KV Sharma.

Rohit Sharma made 20 of 15 balls and a heroic effort by Pollard smashing 66 off 27 balls saw Mumbai through convincingly.

Pollards blistering knock of eight sixes coming towards the end of the innings put Mumbai in total control rattling the Sunrisers Hyderabad with Perera bowling the agonising last over.

Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad spurred by a half century from Shikar Dhawan (59) and a powerpacked unbeaten 43 from Cameron White made a formidable 178-3.

Patel (26) gave them a solid start cracking five boundaries before Dhawan took over.

Dhawan figured in a 73-run second wicket stand with Vihari who added 55 runs for the third wicket with White.

Dhawan smashed six boundaries and two boundaries in his 41-ball 59.

White turned it on clubbing three sixes and three boundaries in his 23-ball 34 as Hyderabad finished with a flourish.

Malinga had the best return of two for 26

MUMBAI INDIANS INNINGS

Pollard savagely attacks Perera in the last over with dominating sixes to overhaul the winning figure with a stylish six

Mumbai  184-3 after 18.3 overs.

Steyn attacks and concedes just five runs of this over.
Mumbai 172-3 after 19 overs.
 

Pollard is on a rampage and slams Mishra thrice over the fence for huge sixes.
Mumbai 167-3 after 18 overs.

Pollard is on fire and unleashes stinging shot over the fence punishing Sharma for three consecutive sixes with Sharma adding one to his name.
Mumbai 146-3 after 17 overs.

Steyn bowls his heart out to concede just four runs of this over.

Mumbai 117-3 after 16 overs.

Pollard and Sharma pick their shots to open fire against Sharma. Rohit Sharma pulls hard over the ropes and into the Sunil Gavaskar Stand for a huge six while Pollard finds the boundary off mid field.

Mumbai 113-3 after 15 overs.

A very good over by Sharma scalps Rayudu and concedes just one run of that over.

Mumbai 100-3 after 14 overs.

Sharma beats Rayudu to get him stumped while pushing through leg side misses and Parthiv makes no mistake.
T Rayudu st Patel b KV Sharma 2 (5b 0x4 0x6)

Sammy concedes 4 runs of this over bringing the run rate to a screeching halt.

Mumbai 99-2 after 13 overs.

Sachin launches attack slamming sharma of a full toss with a staright drive to the boundary and follows up with a lofted six over long-on, but he is pulled out of play due to a medical attention. Sharma gets Karthik out  impacting the game at this stage.

Mumbai 94-1 after 12 overs.

karthik gets going and slams Perera between deep midwicket for a boundary.
Mumbai 82-1 after 11 overs.

Mishra bowls a good tidy spell conceding 6 runs.
Mumbai 73-1 after 10 overs.

Tendulkar selects his shot well and smashes Sharma over extra cover for a boundary.
Mumbai 67-1 after 9 overs.

Karthik finds the gaps and fires Mishra through mid-wickets for a boundary. Nine runs come of this over.
Mumbai 59-1 after 8 overs.

Karthik slams Sammy beating third man to get a boundary. He concedes 11 runs of that over.

Mumbai 50-1 after 7 overs.

Sharma bowls a tidy over conceding just four runs.

Mumbai 38-1 after 6 overs.

Tendulkar goes for the shot slamming Perera on the middle for a boundary. Five runs come of this over.

Mumbai 35-1 after 5 overs.

Sharma gets the break dismissing Smith. The new batsman in Karthik ends his joy slammimg hard the ball past midwicket for a boundary in the last ball of the over.Seven runs comes of that over.
Mumbai 30-1 after 4 overs.

Sharma keeps the ball low and Smith attempts to smash it misses the ball knocks out his middle stump
D Smith b I Sharma 21 (17b 4x4 0x6)

Smith's on fires and goes hammer and tongs after Styen smashing him for two huge boundaries.Ten runs come of this over.

Mumbai 23-0 after 3 overs.

Smith goes for Sharma right on the first ball slamming him hard to deep square leg for a boundary.

Mumbai 13-0 after 2 overs.

Smith picks Styen in the fourth ball to pull him deep square leg for a boundary.

Mumbai 5-0 after the first over.

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD INNINGS

Kulkarni makes amend in the last over bowling a good line lenght but White thrashes him in the last ball over deep extra cover for a huge six. Nine runs come of the last over.

Hyderabad 170-3 after 20 overs.

Malinga gets the job done for Mumbai dismissing Vihari and concedes just five runs of this crucial over.
Hyderabad 168-2 after 19 overs.

Malinga brought into attack and gets the break claming the wicket of Vihari.

G Vihari c Johnson b Malinga 41 (37b 4x4 0x6)

Johnson brought into attack bowls a slower ball with White slicing it high with Rayudu below failing to latch on to the catch.

Hyderabad 164-2 after 18 overs.

Malinga attempts to apply brakes conceding just 7 runs.
Hyderabad 151-2 after 17 overs.

Vihari picks his shots and slams Ojha over mid-wicket for a boundary and White responds with a lofted six over the bowlers head. 14 runs of this over.

Hyderabad 145-2 after 16 overs.

Vihari picks Kulkarni and pulls him away mid-wicket for a boundary and White repeats the feat twice to get 15 runs of this over.
Hyderabad 116-2 after 15 overs.

Ojha attempts to rattle the new batsman White. Manages to concede just 5 runs of this over.

Hyderabad 116-2 after 14 overs.

Vihari warms up firing Johnson over point for a boundary.But gets back strongly to claim the big wicket of Dhawan with Karthik taking a clean catch behind stumps.

Hyderabad 111-2 after 13 overs.

S Dhawan c Karthik b Johnson 59 (41b 6x4 2x6)

Harbhajan attempts to plug the run rate conceding just six runs of this over.

Hyderabad 104-1 after 12 overs

Malinga brought into the attack once again to get a break at this stage.But Dhawan slams him twice to the rope for his fifty.

Hyderabad 87-1 after 10 overs

Dhawan slams Pollard to third-man for a boundary.
Hyderabad 87-1 after 10 overs

Dhawan has taken charge and fires Ojha superbly between short third and point for a boundary.
Hyderabad 77-1 after 9 overs

Dhawan is in full form and slams Kulkarni hard towards point for a boundary.

Hyderabad 70-1 after 8 overs

Dhawan is on fire and slams Ojha over the ropes into the Sunil Gavaskar Stand.

Hyderabad 63-1 after 7 overs

Dhawan slams Harbhajan to the boundary between short fine and square leg.
Hyderabad 52-1 after 6 overs

P Patel c Rayudu b Malinga 26 (14b 5x4 0x6)

Malinga brought into attack and almost got the breakthrough Mumbai much needed getting Patel to hit a slower ball to mid-off but Kulkarni fails to latch on. But dismisses him in the 5th ball of the over.

Hyderabad 39-1 after 4 overs.

Harbhajan brought into the attack concedes five runs of the third over.

Hyderabad 36-0 after 3 overs
Dhawan hits Kulkarni for a lofted six over the slips.

Hyderabad 31-0 after 2 overs

Patel on fire in the very first over smashing Johnson to the ropes four times to give Rajasthan a good start.

Rajasthan 19-0 after the first over.

Hyderabad have won the toss and chosen to bat against Mumbai.

Pollard replaces Maxwell, while Dhawal replaces Abu Nechim in the Delhi playing XI.

Sunrisers are unchanged.

PLAYING XI

MI: D Smith, S Tendulkar, D Karthik, R Sharma, K Pollard, A Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, M Johnson, D Kulkarni, S Malinga, P Ojha

SRH: P Patel, S Dhawan, H Vihari, C White, T Perera, D Sammy, B Samantray, K Sharma, A Mishra, D Steyn, I Sharma

White has been retained as captain of Sunrisers at the expense of Sangakkara.

Sunrisers Hyderabad will be aiming to grab two crucial points and stay in contention for the playoff when they take on Mumbai Indians in Match 62 of IPL6 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.

MI are undefeated at home this season and are on a high having won their last three matches.

SRH have eight wins from 13 matches and need to win at least two more matches to be sure of a berth in the play-offs.

In the only previous meeting between these two teams, SRH won by seven wickets.
 

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