IPL 2017: Shikhar Dhawan, bowlers inspire Hyderabad to win over Mumbai

Sunrisers Hyderabad Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot during the 2017 Indian Premier League IPL Twenty20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium PicAFPDefending champions Sunrisers Hyderabadput on an allround show to overcome Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in their IPL encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on MondayFor the Hyderabad outfit Shikhar Dhawan was the star Chasing 139 to win the opener anchored the innings reamining unbeaten on 62 off 46 balls in a knock that saw him hit just four boundaries and two sixesAllrounder Moises Henriques gave him good support with 44 of 35 balls as Hyderabad overcame the target in the 19th over with 10 balls to spareThe win for Sunrisers means that the Delhi Daredevils are out of the playoffs raceEarlier Hyderabad put up a disciplined bowling effort to restrict Mumbai to 1387 in their 20 oversWinning the toss and electing to bat Mumbai initially struggled on a slower pitch and needed Rohit Sharmas sublime 67 off 45 deliveries to get to 1387 in a crucial match for Hyderabad as far as playoffs chances are concerned Mumbais secondhighest scorer was Parthiv Patel with 23The classy strokemaker that he is Rohit was the only batsman who could take on against Siddharth Kaul 324 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 229 Mohammad Nabi 113 and Rashid Khan 122Hyderabad captain David Warner exploited the slowish nature of the wicket as he introduced Afghan offspinner Nabi in the second over and the latter gave no rooms for the Mumbai batsmen to go for shotsNabi struck in his fourth delivery running through the defence of Lendl Simmons 1 Nabis efective bowling resulted in another wicket as a desperate Nitish Rana 9 pulled medium pacer Siddharth Kaul to Bhuvneshwar Kumar at midoff as Mumbai were reduced to 222 in 41 oversThe next delivery could have been Mumbai three wickets down but Parthiv at the personal score of 10 was dropped by Vijay Shankar at point off Siddharth KaulHowever the lefthanded batsman couldnt make most of it as exactly 12 deliveries later he hit straight a Kaul delivery to David Warner at longon as Mumbai reeled at 363Then captain Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya 15 forged a 60run stand for the fourth wicket to bail the team out of the troubleRohit started slowly with ones and twos but got into groove once set his eyes in He hoicked a legspinner Rashid Khan delivery over longon to launch his attack He targeted medium pacer Moises Enrique in the 14th over and collected three fours in the Australians overIn the next over Pandya lost his wicket topedging Rashid to Enriques at cover in the second ball as Hyderabad lost their fourth wicket for 96Rohit then completed his fifty and further threatened the hosts with a four and a six against Mohammed Siraj and Bhuvneshwar respectivelyHis innings ended when he played a Kaul delivery on to his stumps in the first delivery of the 19th overThe editions leading wickettaker Bhuvneshwar then did the job for Hyderabad by removing Kieran Pollard 5 and Karn Sharma 5 as Mumbai were restricted to 1387