Mishra's third IPL hat-trick gives Hyderabad thrilling win
Pune - Amit Mishra picked up four wickets in one over to take Sunrisers Hyderabad to a sensational win over Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League here Wednesday.
Mishra took all his scalps, including the hat-trick, in the 19th over of the Pune innings which ended at 108 — 11 runs short of Hyderabad’s 119 for eight. The leg-spinner also made 30 crucial runs after his side was tottering at 44 for six.
The hosts needed 25 runs off 24 balls with six wickets in hand before Mitchell Marsh’s dismissal triggered a dramatic batting collapse.
Mishra removed opposition skipper Angelo Matthews (20), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma and Ashok Dinda to propel the Hyderabad team to a memorable win. His first hat-trick in IPL came in 2008 and he repeated the feat in the 2011 edition.
Hyderabad now have four wins out of their six matches, pushing them to second spot in the standings. Pune, who shocked Chennai Super Kings Monday night, are placed second from bottom with four losses in six games.
It seemed the match would get over before time when Pune raced to 38 for no loss in four overs.
Medium pacer Thisara Perera provided Hyderabad the breakthrough, removing the dangerous Aaron Finch (16) and Robin Uthappa (22) in successive balls.
Mathews and Steven Smith (17) hung around for a while and the target looked very much within reach. The match witnessed a massive turnaround following the fall of Marsh’s wicket which made it 101 for five.
It was all Mishra thereafter.
Earlier, Bhuvneshwar Kumar rattled the Hyderabad top order with high quality swing bowling with Ashok Dinda giving him good support.
Kumar bowled Parthiv Patel (12) through one that swung enough to hit the off-stump and then foxed Cameron White with an inswinger castling his stumps.
His third wicket was of Hanuma Vihari, who eded another moving ball to first slip.
Another couple of dismissals spelt huge trouble for the visitors, leaving them at 44 for six in the 11th over.
A gritty knock from Biplab Samantray (37) and a 40-run partnership between Mishra and Ashish Reddy (19 not out) took Hyderabad to a fighting total.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Parthiv Patel b Kumar 12
Quinton de Kock c Marsh b Dinda 2
Hanuma Vihari c Finch b Kumar 1
Cameron White b Kumar 0
Biplab Samantray c Pandey b Sharma 37
Karan Sharma lbw b Sharma 7
Thisara Perera c Uthappa b Marsh 2
Amit Mishra run out (Pandey/Uthappa) 30
Ashish Reddy not out 19
Dale Steyn not out 4
Extras (w 5) 5
Total (Eight wickets in 20 overs) 119
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (de Kock, 1.6 overs), 2-15 (Patel, 2.5), 3-15 (White, 2.6), 4-17 (Vihari, 4.6), 5-41 (Karan Sharma, 9.2), 6-44 (Perera, 10.4), 7-75 (Samantray, 14.6), 8-115 (Mishra, 19.5)
Bowling
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-18-3
Ashok Dinda 4-0-25-1
Angelo Mathews 4-0-29-0
Rahul Sharma 4-0-21-2
Mitchell Marsh 4-0-26-1
Pune Warriors
Robin Uthappa c Samantray b Perera 22
Aaron Finch c de Kock b Perera 16
Tirumalasetti Suman lbw b Karan Sharma 12
Steven Smith c Ashish Reddy b Ishant Sharma 17
Angelo Mathews c Steyn b Mishra 20
Mitchell Marsh c Ashish Reddy b Steyn 14
Abhishek Nayar c Samantray b Perera 0
Manish Pandey not out 7
Bhuvneshwar Kumar lbw b Mishra 0
Rahul Sharma b Mishra 0
Ashok Dinda b Mishra 0
Extras 0
Total (All out in 19 overs) 108
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Uthappa, 4.2 overs), 2-38 (Finch, 4.3), 3-57 (Suman, 8.3), 4-76 (Smith, 12.3), 5-101 (Marsh, 16.6), 6-101 (Nayar, 17.2), 7-107 (Mathews, 18.2), 8-108 (Kumar, 18.4), 9-108 (Sharma, 18.5)
Bowling
Ishant Sharma 4-0-22-1
Dale Steyn 4-0-34-1
Thisara Perera 4-0-20-3
Amit Mishra 4-0-19-4
Karan Sharma 3-0-13-1
Match details:
Toss: Pune Warriors, chose to field
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and A.K. Chaudhary
TV umpire: S. Asnani
Match referee: Javagal Srinath
Reserve umpire: P.G. Pathak