Mumbai Indians (MI) registered their second victory in the ongoing tournament of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 13 runs. The match was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai , where MI eventually managed to grab the victory.
Chasing the target of 151, SRH began their innings pretty well with David Warner and Jonny Bairstow playing as their openers. The pair gave a 67 run partnership with a strong grip for a part of the game until Bairstow got hit-wicket and was dismissed for 43.
Warner’s dismissal followed a massive collapse in the team, as the 2016 winners were bundled out for 137, and they lost the contest by 13 runs.
Meanwhile, the defending champions had a good start, but Shankar removed MI skipper on 32 runs and then dismissed Suryakumar Yadav for just 10-run score. As the SRH were looking dominating, Pollard came in to rescue Mumbai Indians and sored an unbeaten 35 off 22 balls at an impressive strike rate of 159. Pollard’s performance guided MI to 150/5 in their 20 overs.
Take a look at how Twitter reacted to MI’s win:
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Man of the match ! Hardik pandya!! Game changer in the field ! Jassi jaisa koi nahi !!king at death bowling @Jaspritbumrah93 @trent_boult @mipaltan surely know how to win pressure games !! No 1 team for a reason #SRHvMI @ImRo45 hitmannn!! you can !!captain 👨✈️
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 17, 2021
Bairstow – Warner Batting 🧡🔥💯#Bairstow #Warner #SunRisersHyderabad #MumbaiIndians #SRHvsMI #IPL2021 #BehindwoodsMemes pic.twitter.com/9s2b7IUzPM
— Behindwoods (@behindwoods) April 17, 2021
Outstanding from #mi bowlers. Bumrah.Boult.Chahar. This was a better batting pitch compare to first two games in Chennai. Srh had the game in their hands.Kedar Jadhav ? #SRHvMI
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 17, 2021
Mumbai Indians knows how to win matches. What a team, it may be batting, bowling or fielding they are like a power house. Superb victory✌️Unbelievable death bowling by @Jaspritbumrah93 & #TrentBoult @IPL @mipaltan #MIvSRH #IPL2021
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) April 17, 2021
Sorry to say, but anyone that picks Abhishek Sharma, Virat Singh and Abdul Samad all together in one playing XI does not deserve to win.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) April 17, 2021
Champion teams always find a way. Whether it was @KieronPollard55 hitting 2 sixes at the end, or @hardikpandya7 hitting the stumps direct or @rdchahar1 picking key wickets or @Jaspritbumrah93 just being himself. @mipaltan have started flexing their muscles
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 17, 2021
After India, probably New Zealand is the favorite team for most Indians. And that's what @mipaltan have got today , a bowling line up of India and New Zealand with a third likely bowling option from another country we like- West Indies. #MIvsSRH
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) April 17, 2021
Mumbai have been fantastic in defending modest totals. Dread of other teams is what happens if batting starts firing on all cylinders
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 17, 2021
