Rohit gave MI their fourth consecutive victory with his second consecutive half-century. SRH vs. MI
The Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad 143 for 8 (Klaasen 71, Manohar 43, Boult 4-26, Chahar 2-12) by seven wickets with 146 for 3 (Rohit 70, Suryakumar 40*, Unadkat 1-25).
The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) hitters were straightjacketed by the Mumbai Indians (MI) last week at the Wankhede Stadium on an unusually slow surface. In the rematch on Wednesday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, they achieved the same feat, holding SRH to 143 for 8 before coasting to a seven-wicket victory.
Heinrich Klaasen’s incredible 71 off 44 balls helped SRH bring themselves back to something approaching respectability after they had fallen to 35 for 5. Even though the score was quite acceptable, it was unable to exert any pressure on MI, who swept to victory with 26 balls left, with Rohit Sharma extending his recent run of success with a second consecutive half-century.
Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar both took two new-ball wickets as SRH collapsed to their lowest powerplay total of the season, 24 for 4, making their performances the match’s defining moments. Abhinav Manohar, a Klaasen and Impact Player, put on 99 for the sixth wicket in 63 balls, preventing them from falling to a double-figure score after they lost their fifth wicket in the ninth over.
However, 144 proved to be no obstacle at all for a MI club that seemed to be gaining unsettling momentum following their season’s typical slow start. SRH vs. MI The damage had already been done. They have already won four of their last four IPL 2025 games after winning only one of their first five.
With just two victories in eight games, SRH is currently in second place. They also suffered a decline in their net run-rate, which is at -1.361, just slightly higher than that of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), who are in last place with -1.392.
Chahar and Boult set up the game. SRH vs. MI
Chahar and Boult both swung the new ball and benefited from the ball stopping on the surface in the opening exchanges, which set the tone. However, conditions were still not as difficult as SRH’s top-order slump suggested; Nitish Kumar Reddy chipped a drive to mid-on, while Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma were both caught when going hard at the ball and slicing drives early on.
However, Ishan Kishan’s dismissal, after he was leg-side strangled for the second time this season, was the turning point in SRH’s top-order collapse. Despite the fact that no MI player actually appealed, he started to walk, and Ultra Edge continued to compound SRH’s wounds without displaying any spike when the ball passed bat.
To keep SRH afloat, Klaasen SRH vs. MI
SRH was forced to use their Impact Player early and bring in an extra batsman, Manohar, after Hardik Pandya made it 35 for 5 with an offcutter-bouncer that got huge on Aniket Verma.
However, especially in the early stages of the sixth-wicket partnership, Klaasen was the one who put in the most effort. With a string of long-hops in the tenth over, left-arm wristspinner Vignesh Puthur helped him get the innings going, as Klaasen helped himself to two fours and a six. In that over, Hardik delivered 15 and in the next, he bowled 16.
Despite Klaasen’s subsequent spectacular shots, which included a reverse-scooped six off Jasprit Bumrah in the 19th over, his innings was inevitably restrained due to SRH’s situation, as indicated by his control percentage of 86. He took calculated chances based on MI’s bowlers’ little line and length mistakes. His quality was demonstrated by the fact that he ended with a strike rate of 160 or higher, with Manohar’s 43 off 37 balls and the other SRH batsmen’s scores providing context for his effort.
Mitchell Santner made the most of SRH’s self-imposed constraint by judiciously altering his pace and seam orientation while retaining the stumps in play as much as possible. In his four overs, he gave up just 19 runs, including one four.
As 35 came from overs 17 to 19, Klaasen and Manohar gave SRH the boost they needed in the closing stages. However, the ending was subdued. Boult returned to finish the innings with a double-wicket 20th after Bumrah had dismissed Klaasen with a full-toss off the final ball of the 19th.
One of these was a rare hit-wicket, another odd dismissal. Manohar was sitting deep in his crease and had already disturbed the stumps while attempting to bring his bat down to keep the ball out when he slipped a yorker past him and struck the stumps.
The chase is led by Rohit.
The left-arm quick Jaydev Unadkat marked his return with an early wicket, getting Ryan Rickelton caught-and-bowled in the second over of MI’s chase with another ball that stopped on the surface. SRH had replaced Mohammed Shami, who had had a tough season, taking just five wickets in seven games at 52.20 while giving up 10.87 runs per over.
With arms fully extended, Rohit blasted an easy six over long-off off Unadkat to set the tone for the remainder of the powerplay, which saw MI score 56 for 1.
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With each innings, Rohit’s score increased going into this match; in his first seven trips to the crease, he scored 0, 8, 13, 17, 18, 26, and 76*. On 70, he chipped a yorker from Eshan Malinga to midwicket in the 15th over, seemingly continuing the pattern, but falling against the flow of play.
However, Suryakumar Yadav was already batting on 26, finding his places and aiming them clinically, and MI only needed 14 off 32 at that stage. With a barrage of boundaries, he ended the game undefeated with 40 off just 19 balls. Zeeshan Ansari’s flat Suryakumar pull may have been caught at deep square leg, but Reddy overran the ball and allowed it to travel away to the boundary. This was the match’s climactic moment.
