IPL 2016: Hyderabad decimate Mumbai to go top of table

Both the teams were tied at 10 points at the start of this game, as Mumbai hosted Hyderabad in the first match at their new home ground in Visakhapatnam. The same stadium had hosted three of Hyderabad's home matches last season, so it was not an unfamiliar setting for David Warner and his men.

Rohit Sharma won the toss and had no hesitation to bowl first, on a wicket which looked good for batting with humidity being the only worrying factor for the players. Both the teams fielded unchanged teams for this game, which was not a surprise considering Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians came into this match on the back of a good run of form.

The southpaw got his team off to a fantastic start once again with a 33-ball 48 run innings. The Mumbai fast bowlers kept bowling short on a wicket which already had a lot of bounce, and the Australian felt right at home. He hit Tim Southee's opening ball of the innings to the boundary through the cover, and did not look back since.

With his fast bowlers being unable to provide him with breakthroughs, Rohit Sharma brought on his most experienced bowler Harbhajan Singh in the fourth over the innings. However, the off-spinner was taken to the cleaners by Warner, who hit him for a massive six over long-on and then sliced one through the point boundary one ball later.

Despite being one of the top-scorers his IPL, Shikhar Dhawan has not been at his flowing best this season. He has mostly played second fiddle to Warner at the other end, however, the southpaw took charge of the situation once the Aussie was dismissed today. Dhawan, who had scored 228 runs at a strike rate below 110 before this game, scored 82 runs in just 57 deliveries today. In fact, his last 37 runs came in just 17 balls.

When the Mumbai pacers bowled short and got hammered by the batsmen, Sunrisers found the right length for this wicket. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashish Nehra pitched the ball up to the batsman and extracted a lot of swing in the air. By the fifth over, Mumbai had lost five wickets for just 30 runs, and Nehra picked up three of those. The left-arm pacer was in explosive form tonight, and having picked up the first wicket with a full delivery, he removed Ambati Rayudu with a quick bouncer. For Jos Buttler, he was again back to his full length, which induced an outside edge to the wicketkeeper.