SRH vs MI | Player Ratings - David Warner and Jonny Bairstow fail as Sunrisers Hyderabad choke against fiery Mumbai Indians

David Warner (4/10): It was the second innings in a row that David Warner failed to go beyond 20 and his dismissal instantly after Bairstow’s made it a very tough job for the fragile middle-order. Things that make Warner’s dismissal more interesting was that he was dismissed on a full-ball, a kind of delivery which gets the best and worst of the Aussie. Well thought out plan by Alzzari Joseph? Probably.

Jonny Bairstow (4/10): For the first time in the IPL, Jonny Bairstow tasted failure and the slow walk back to the pavilion proved that he was seriously disappointed by his mode of dismissal. On the other hand, his slow innings had more substance than many of Mumbai batsmen, particularly the application against the pacers. Now, don’t make me eat my words after seeing the stat that he has been dismissed by leg-spinners five out of five times this tournament. 

Vijay Shankar (1/10): The all-rounder has the knack of going gaga from the very first delivery, but his innings was different tonight. Tried to get his eye in and after being beaten a few times, he was dismissed while trying to pull one through mid-wicket. Crumbled under pressure, which took his point further down.

Manish Pandey (2/10): Sometimes, it feels like Sunrisers Hyderabad are playing Manish Pandey just to make him feel better about being Manish Pandey. What he actually feels should be left for the discussion for another day as there was no intent to play out, or attack, and at times, no attempt to be there. A superb catch brought an end to his frustrating stay in the middle.

Deepak Hooda (1/10): SRH don’t make him bowl because they have one batsman too many on the side, and now, Hooda is making them question about his worth as a batsman too. Probably because of the scratchiness of spending so much time on the bench. Will be very hard for him to keep his place in the side with such performance. 

Yusuf Pathan (1/10): Although SRH don’t expect him to score in every match, they at least expect him to use his brain and consolidate an innings or two when top-order fails to get going. However, Yusuf’s performance proved anything but that and the duck exposed the lower-order faster.  

Mohammad Nabi (8/10): Just talk about only leg-spinners dominating the IPL now a days and Mohammed Nabi would come and show his stats from this IPL. After 4/11 and 2/21 in the two matches he played, he bettered his economy even further and ended his four-over spell with 1/11. This was as incredible as it can ever be. 

Rashid Khan (7/10): Isn’t it always true that sports fans crave for the unlikely thing to happen more often than not and love to take a break from the familiar narrative. It is the case with Rashid Khan right now. Batsmen are still finding it difficult to score runs against him, but for a change, Rashid is not the prime enforcer now. That Sunrisers can afford because others are doing well simultaneously. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5/10):  A comparatively better performance than the last one, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar still left a lot to be desired as far as death-over bowling is concerned. With Mumbai’s top-order struggling to get going, the pacer was instrumental in taking things forward slowly and steadily in the middle-overs with his wonderful bowling changes, and if he can better at the death, he will do his team a huge favour.

Sandeep Sharma (7/10): It was brilliant to watch Sandeep Sharma and Siddarth Kaul bowl from two ends. Sharma contained the runs, but Kaul picked wickets. In the process though, one thing might miss the mind that Sandeep effectively troubled the batsmen to no end with his cutters and the ability to move the ball away from the right-handers.

Siddarth Kaul (7/10): Kaul picked up a couple of wickets to keep the run-flow in check for the most part of his innings and even though he seemed like dropping the tempo for a bit in the middle-overs, he was still ahead of the eight ball. However, the thing that went against him was the pure force of Kieron Pollard, who played one gem of an innings and collected 20 runs off just one over.