IPL 2018, MI vs SRH: 5 unnoticed things from the match between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad
It was a clash between two champion teams in Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede.
While SRH were sitting pretty at fourth, their counterpart Mumbai were languishing at the seventh spot in the points table.
Rohit Sharma and Mumbai won their first toss of the season and opted to chase. The Mumbai bowlers began well and picked up wickets at regular intervals to keep the run scoring under check.
Hyderabad never really recovered from the early jitters and despite Yusuf Pathan's 33-ball 29 runs, SRH folded for a paltry 118 in 20 overs.
Chasing 119, Mumbai got off to a horrendous start and lost three early wickets for just 21 runs to bring the game back in the balance.
Suryakumar Yadav and Krunal Pandya stitched together a valuable partnership but once Krunal was sent packing, Mumbai stumbled and wickets kept tumbling and eventually they fell short by 31 runs.
Let's take a look at the five unnoticed things from the game.
#1 Mumbai Indians win first toss this season.
Barring a comprehensive win over RCB, nothing had been going right for the defending champions, Mumbai Indians, be it winning the game or winning the toss.
Finally, captain Sharma had luck on his side and won his first toss of the season. On the contrary, Hyderabad got to bat first for the very first time.
The Mumbai captain opted to bowl first against a well rounded SRH outfit, who earlier in the tournament eked out a narrow one-wicket win off the last ball in the reverse fixture.