The 65th match of the Indian T20 League 2022 saw Hyderabad beat Mumbai by three runs. With this victory, the Kane Williamson-led side continues to remain in the race to the playoffs. This was their sixth win in 13 games. It was a superb performance from the Hyderabad-based franchise, to say the least.
After winning the toss and electing to bowl first, Mumbai kept Hyderabad's openers silent for the first few overs. The in-form Abhishek Sharma was dismissed in the third over of the first innings. However, Priyam Garg and Rahul Tripathi then took the aggressive route.
They ensured that the orange army scored 57 runs in the powerplay overs. Tripathi was superb in particular. He once again showed why the pundits and experts rate him so highly. The 31-year-old went on to score 76 runs from just 44 balls.
His knock consisted of nine boundaries and three sixes. As a matter of fact, even after the departure of Garg (42 off 26 balls), Tripathi continued to play his audacious shots alongside Nicholas Pooran. The keeper-batter scored a quickfire 38 from just 22 balls. While his knock came at a strike rate of 172.83, it included two fours and three sixes. However, he was dismissed by Riley Meredith in the 17th over.
Tripathi was quick to follow him as he perished three balls later. Nevertheless, the Hyderabad-based franchise still managed to score 193-6 in their stipulated 20 overs. As for Mumbai, Ramandeep Singh was superb as he picked three wickets in his three overs. After which, Mumbai's openers started the second innings on a positive note.
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan scored 51 runs in the first six overs. The Mumbai skipper was unlucky to miss out on his half-century as he was dismissed for a 36-ball 48. Ishan Kishan had to then depart five balls later. The in-form Tilak Varma failed to make a mark during the game, as he was dismissed after scoring a nine-ball eight.
Umran Malik was superb as he picked three wickets, while giving 23 runs in his three overs. Despite a sensational 18-ball 46 by Tim David, the five-time champions fell short of their target by three runs. Thus, this is Mumbai's 10th loss in 13 games. Several users took to Twitter to give their views on today's game.
Here are some of the Tweets from today's game:
Rahul Tripathi delivers again.. This man does it again & again... You can't ignore this young talent... He's superb to watch... #IPL2022 #SRHvMI
— Aviral Rai (@cric_fan23) May 17, 2022
I sleep peacefully knowing Rohit sharma still hasn’t got a 50 this year
— * (@deepcuv) May 17, 2022
Umran Malik is turning it around! Back him. Will be ordinary some days. But some days he will be your biggest match winner #UmranMalik #SRHvsMI
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) May 17, 2022
Shame on SRH batters couldn’t Score 220+ against this line up.
— Shrutika // Unreliable Car Season (@Shrustappen33) May 17, 2022
WOW just WOW 🤩
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) May 17, 2022
RAHUL TRIPATHI 🔥👏
Great innings @tripathirahul52 🔥 Superb effort to take #SRH to a huge total. #SRHvsMI #IPL2022
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 17, 2022
He’s had bad games no doubt, been expensive as well. But so many times Umran has been the only thing keeping SRH in the game with his wickets. 4th leading wicket taker of the tournament now
— Dave (@CricketDave27) May 17, 2022
Tim's runout
— Vaibhav (@vbhv45) May 17, 2022
Maiden in 19th
What's more disappointing 🤧😔
Perfectly summed up MI's whole season. 'So near yet so far' perfect title for them. #MIvSRH #IPL2022
— Jay (@bhavsarJ2_0) May 17, 2022
This bottling of chase has summed up MI's campaign this year though.
— Udit (@udit_buch) May 17, 2022
So close, yet so far for MI.
— Bhawana (@bhawnakohli5) May 17, 2022
Kane finally decided to use his brain & demote himself to the middle order but only after srh are almost done for the season
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) May 17, 2022
Bhuvi🔥😮 what a freaking over!
— Anirudh (@OffDrive_) May 17, 2022