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HYDERABAD: Captain David Warner led from the front with a scintillating unbeaten 90 as Sunrisers Hyderabad thrashed Mumbai Indians by seven wickets to notch up their first win of the IPl-9 season here today.
Chasing a target of 143, Warner anchored the Sunrisers innings with a masterclass effort after his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan (2) was out in the first over itself as the home side romped home with 15 balls to spare at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Warner hit seven fours and four sixes in his 59-ball unbeaten knock as he carried his bat through the innings to help the Sunrisers bounce back after losing their earlier two matches. The swashbuckling Australian curbed his aggressive intent initially before hitting a flurry of lusty blows towards the end.
Fittingly, Warner hit the winning runs as he sent a Mitchell McClenaghan delivery for a six as the Sunrisers reached 145 for 3 in 17.3 overs to the wild cheer of the home crowd.
For Mumbai, it was their third loss in four matches.
The Sunrisers, who have been hit hard by the injury of the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra, made a stuttering start in their run chase as Dhawan continued his horrible run of form as he was out in the fifth ball of the innings, bowled by Tim Southee. Warner then dropped anchor and curbed his natural aggressive instinct a bit and chose his shots to find the boundaries.(PTI)
Score Board
Mumbai Indians innings
MJ Guptill c †Ojha b Kumar 02
PA Patel† b Sran 10
AT Rayudu c Henriques b Sran 54
RG Sharma* run out (Henriques/†Ojha) 05
JC Buttler c †Ojha b Sran 11
KH Pandya not out 49
HH Pandya b Mustafizur Rahman 02
Harbhajan Singh not out 01
Extras 08 Total 142/6
Sunrisers Hyderabad innings
DA Warner* not out 90 S Dhawan b Southee 02
MC Henriques c †Patel b Southee 20
EJG Morgan c HH Pandya b Southee 11
DJ Hooda not out 17
Extras 05 Total 145/3
