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Mumbai Indians beat struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad by four wickets for a crucial win as they look to revive their IPL campaign at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, reports BBC.com.
The five-time champions stay seventh in the table after an inconsistent start with three wins and four losses so far, but are now within two points of the play-off places.
On a sluggish surface at the Wankhede Stadium, Sunrisers’ powerful batting line-up - who chased 246 in their previous outing - stuttered to 162-5.
Opener Abhishek Sharma made 40 after being dropped at slip from the first ball of the match, Heinrich Klaasen made 37 and Aniket Verma’s 18 from eight balls provided some late impetus.
Sunrisers scored 57 from the final five overs but left themselves too much to do after Mumbai’s bowlers showed excellent control including a powerplay of just 46-0, with the usually destructive Travis Head making 28 from 29.
Mumbai lost six wickets in their chase, including two falling with just one run required, but had plenty of partnerships throughout to reach their target with 11 balls to spare.
England all-rounder Will Jacks top-scored with 36, having also taken 2-14 in Sunrisers’ innings, while Ryan Rickelton made 31 and Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav both scored 26.
Sunrisers’ one-dimensional batting approach failed once again as they now have lost five of their seven matches and sit ninth in the table.
Scores: Mumbai Indians 166 for 6 (Jacks 36, Rickelton 31, Cummins 3-26, Malinga 2-36) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 162 for 5 (Abhishek 40, Klaasen 37, Jacks 2-14) by four wickets.
