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HYDERABAD CONQUERED! Rohit, Boult extend our 𝐖ictory march – As it happened

By Mumbai Indians

That's that from tonight's coverage. Milte hain Wankhede pe on Sunday, which will also be our first afternoon game of the season! Till then, goodbye! 👋

Furthermore, we have now entered a familiar territory, pole-vaulting to third position in the points table. But, but, there's a long way to go and the Hardik Pandya-led side is only gonna take one game at a time... <Read one W at a time 🤓>

The Chahar-Boulty duo began the proceedings in pure 🗿 fashion and there was no looking back thereafter. Klaasen's fifty and Manohar's cameo did delay the inevitable, but we were always on the frontfoot throughout the contest.

We have now registered fourth victory on the spin and saying "confidence is SKY high" would be an understatement!

10:47 PM IST: There is UTTER DOMINATION, and then there's this! 

Okay, the Hitman's just toying around now, finding gaps for fun and messing around with the bowlers! Oh, #JustRohitThings..  

10:31 PM IST: The equation is down to 38 runs in 42 balls. Jaldi finish karte hain boys... 

Surya dada in his zone it is! Two consecutive fours off Zeeshan Ansari in the 12th over fuels our quest to reach the target ASAP.

10:18 PM IST: 🔙 to 🔙 back fifties for Rohit Sharma and he is well and truly back in form. Anchoring the run chase in CLASSIC HITMAN STYLE! 👏

10:13 PM IST: Areee re! A little stumble and Will Jacks departs after a 19-ball 22 knock.

Paltan, RO-Jacks' comfort in the run chase helps them complete the 50-run partnership! We aren't far away from sealing yet another dominant victory!

9:56 PM IST: Why should Rohit have all the fun? 🙂 Will Jacks, too, is getting in the groove with some good hits and the W pendulum is firmly in our favour at the moment! Our scoreboard reads 56/1 at the end of powerplay.

One more achievement = UNLOCKED by ROHIT GURUNATH SHARMA!

9:45 PM IST: We asked for free-flowing boundaries and RO has heard us for sure!!!

We can never get enough of those HITMAN PULL SHOTS. As mesmerising as it gets!

9:34 PM IST: Umm... Rickelton walks back for 11 after showing early promise. Issaa okay, we shall have free-flowing boundaries soon...

RO-Ricks are in the middle! Chase mode 🔛

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We shall be back shortly for the chase!

#ICYMI: BOOM completed a milestone with Klaasen's wicket in the 19th over ⬇️

9:11 PM IST: A splendid bowlng show in the City of Pearls and the home team finish at 143/8. Simply made us go WOWOWOWOWOWW! With five wickets down at 35, Abhinav-Klaasen's 99-run partnership pulled things back. Nonetheless, kudos to our bowling unit rattled for absolutely rattling SRH batters! 

Oh boy... This is Boulty's death over bowling at its best! Two wickets in the 20th over, giving away just nine runs. 

8:48 PM IST: Last four overs to go! Despite Klaasen's fifty, SRH stands at 98/5. Let's keep the pressure ON guys!

8:34 PM IST: Heinrich Klaasen hits a few boundaries to keep SRH in the hunt. SRH's scorecard reads 77/5 at the end of 13 overs. Meanwhile, the momentum is still in our favour...

In our #SRHvMI graphical preview, we analysed Hardik's wickets breakdown. Add one more scalp to his slower deliveries column! :p 

...And just like that, SRH are 35/5 even before the halfway stage! 100% accuracy so far by our boys!

8:11 PM IST: Wicket no. 5 and Hardik Pandya is next in line to join today's wicket-takers list!! A slower one and Aniket Verma had no answers for it. Rickelton completes a simple catch and half of SRH is falling like a pack of cards!

Deepak Chahar concludes his spell – 4-0-12-2, including 17 dot balls! East or West, Deepak bhau is the best! Completely humbled the SRH top order, not giving them any time to settle in.

8:02 PM IST: An incredible display of pace bowling म्हणजे SRH record IPL 2025's lowest powerplay score so far (24/4). Aane do boys, full mazaa aa raha hai!!!

7:53 PM IST: Are we dreaming or ARE WE DREAMING??!! Wicket no. 4 already as Deepak Chahar dismisses Nitish Reddy! This has been an insane show so far!!

7:50 PM IST: Ek se bhale do, do se bhale teen!! Wicket no. 3 and This is an ELECTRIC START by our boys! Boulty is at it once again and Abhishek Sharma walks back to pavilion. CRACKING SHOW ALREADY! 

7:42 PM IST: WOAH WOAH WOAH!! Wicket no. 2 and this is a dream start... Ishan Kishan is next to bite the dust off Deepak Chahar and we are flying alreadyyy!!!!

7:37 PM IST: WOWW!! Shuruwat ho toh aisi! No HEAD-ache tonight as well, Boulty gets the first wicket of the game and the Australian returns without disturbing the scorers!! 

• LB1 WD • • • • – Superb first over, Deepak bhau!

7:29 PM IST: Paltan, we shall follow our lucky charm of screaming it out loud and clear! 🔊 GANPATI BAPPAAAAAA… MORYA!!!!! 🙏

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Playing XI, #AalaRe! 👇

7:02 PM IST: Hardik bhai has won the coin toss and elected to BOWL first. 🤝

6:50 PM IST: We are just 10 mins away from the coin toss! 🤘 Be at the same place wherever you were for our last three games and try not to move even an inch here or there! <#IYKYK😉>

Right then… three wins on the spin, confidence SKY high and no plan of putting our feet off the accelerator anytime soon. 💥 We’re peaking at the right time, when it matters the most as we approach the business end of the TATA IPL 2025 league phase where the margin of error is, quite literally, ZERO.

6:30 PM IST: Paltan, we are in the City of Pearls to square off against the home side Sunrisers Hyderabad in a fixture that’s anticipated to flood fours and sixes at the Uppal! Keep checking the match’s weather forecast <read, on-the-go updates 😏>, only on our MI LIVE BLOG!