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IPL 2017, SRH vs MI, Match 48 Highlights: Dhawan validates Champion Trophy selection by scoring 62* in winning cause

Indian Premier League 2017, SRH v MI: SunRisers Hyderabad wins it by 7 wickets with Dhawan paving the chase

23:23 IST: Bumrah starts with a yorker, no run. Shankar hits the winning runs. SRH win by 7 wickets.

23:18 IST: Dhawan picks two. Then he picks a single. Single again, that seems to be the order of the day. Dhawan moves to 62. Shankar picks a single. SRH 136/3

23:11 IST: Malinga brought in for his last over. This seems to be the last roll of the dice. Shankar plays a quality straight drive, 2 runs. WIDE. Single for Shankar. They need 14 of 21 balls. Dhawan picks 2 runs, it was in the air, Pollard tried his best but missed it. He picks a single. Now, Shankar does the same, single. SRH 129/3

23:06 IST: Dhawan picks a single. Shankar picks a single. Shankar zips through for a single. Dhawan just clears the in-field will pick two runs. Then he picks a single. SRH 120/3

23:00 IST: 50 up for Dhawan. Yuvraj Singh picks a single. Dhawan picks a single. Yuvraj Singh falls against the run of play. Not much known about Vijay Shankar, on debut. SRH 112/3

22:52 IST: Yuvraj’s finger is giving him trouble. Dhawan picks a single, nears 50. Yuvraj Singh despite injury still shows who is the boss. Yuvraj belts that for 2 runs. SRH 109/2

22:46 IST: Henriques OUT. But it seems too little, too late. Yuvraj Singh comes in. No run, is pressure building? Do not think so. Bumrah looks to bounce Yuvi, that really spat off. SRH 99/1

22:43 IST: Dhawan picks a single. Bhajji spills a difficult chance. SRH 98/1

22:38 IST: Henriques pulls it for two runs. Just falls short of Harbhajan Singh, Henriques has another life. Henriques puts away a full toss for FOUR. What a shot by Henriques, pulled for FOUR.

22:33 IST: Cheeky by Dhawan he is in full throttle. FOUR Dhawan picks a single, gives it to Henriques. Dhawan picks a single. SRH 81/1

22:29 IST: Boundaries galore, FOUR for Shikhar, he plays the sweep. Dhawan looking for a big one. SIX, no stopping him tonight. He picks a single. SRH 76/1

22:25 IST: Pandya in the attack, Dhawan picks a single. Moises spanks it for FOUR, well controlled. 50 partnership up in 39 balls. Henriques smashes a FOUR.

22:21 IST: Dhawan hits a SIX, it was tossed up. Henriques picks a single. SRH 52/1

22:14 IST: This time Henriques is ruthfull to a short wide ball, he cuts it for FOUR. Dhawan looks to find the gap but misses, dot ball. Dhawan picks a quick single. Henriques drills it straight to the fielder. SRH 43/1

22:11 IST: Bumrah into the attack, lots of bowling changes by Rohit. Not allowing the batsman to settle down. Henriques picks two as Bumrah strays on his legs. Through the cover FOUR. He cuts again, Pandya stops it at point. Dhawan spanks it leg side FOUR. SRH 35/1

22:07 IST: Change of ends for Bhajji. On the legs, Henriques picks him for a single. Dhawan gets a single. Dot ball as Henriques looks to cut the ball straight to the fielder. Dot ball. SRH 25/1

22:03 IST: Malinga finally gets the ball. Malinga clipped of the legs by Henriques, 2 runs. Henriques picks a single on the leg side. Is Malinga as dangerous as he used to be? Dhawan classically puts it away for FOUR. Dhawan punches on the off side gets two more. SRH 21/1

22:00 IST: McClenaghan from the other end, no Malinga. Warner OUT. Early jitters. Henriques comes in. Henriques picks a single on the leg side, he wanted the second but Dhawan denied. SRH 9/1

21:54 IST: SRH get of to a rather steady start, Warner cuts for FOUR. Seven of the first over. SRH 7/0

21:31 IST: Pollard finds the fielder to perfection in the deep, OUT. WIDE, as Harbhajan comes to the middle. What a yorker, Harbhajan fails to get a run. Good bowling, average keeping, two extras. Bhajji slaps it for a single. Another wicket for Bhuvi, his run is continuing.  McClenaghan gets a single.

21:25 IST: Rohit Sharma gets BOWLED, play down. Karn gets off the mark with a single. Pollard misses out a fulltoss only a single. FOUR for Sharma.

21:20 IST: SIX for Rohit Sharma, he has got his highest score of the edition 65. Pollard picks a single. Extras for MI. Pollard has just not got going. MI 123/4

21:16 IST: Mumbai Indians are not getting a move on. Dot ball. Khan again beats Pollard. MI 112/4

21:10 IST: Rohit picks a couple. Single after the double. Pollard picks a single on the leg side. Good fielding by Yuvraj, no run for Rohit. Yuvraj heads of the field with an injury. MI 106/4

21:04 IST: Rashid has been worked leg side for single. Pandya OUT, Khan strikes. Rohit picks a single down the ground. Pollard is off the mark with a single.

21:00 IST: Pandya hits a FOUR and so does Rohit. Pandya cuts for a single. Sharma creams that past cover for FOUR. Rohit picks two runs. Then a single for Rohit. MI 95/3

20:55 IST: Rohit picks one of the first ball. They are not getting a move on. One more single. MI 73/3

20:51 IST: Kaul is bowling good lines and they are happy with singles. Rohit Sharma picks a single. Pandya picks a single. Pandya picks a single down the ground to end the over. MI 69/3

20:47 IST: Rashid Khan is foxing Pandya, he is having problem picking him. Khan is also getting extra bounce. Pandya picks a single. Sharma says enough is enough, SIX down the ground. MI 67/3

20:43 IST: Siraj in the attack, Rohit hits it to cover it is well stopped no runs. Sharma scampers for a single dropping the ball on the off side. Pandya picks up 3 runs. He then picks a single. MI 57/3

20:39 IST: Rashid Khan is in and Sharma hits him for a FOUR. Pandya is not picking up Rashid Khan. He bowls a googly. MI 53/3

20:37 IST: Nabi is keeping it tight, two dot balls, then a run. Pandya is finally off the mark. 1 run, worked to square leg for a single. Hardik wants two, the captain says nah. Hardik scurries back. A lovely spell of disciplined bowling from Nabi. MI 46/3

20:34 IST: Mumbai Indians have not got of to a start they were expecting to. They are now reassessing the scores and then they will look to take it from there on.

20:26 IST: Warner takes a screamer in the deep to dismiss Parthiv Patel. OUT. Pandya comes in, and Rohit goes aerial straightaway, lucky he picks up 2 runs. Rohit plays a gorgeous cover drive to pick 2 runs. There is an appeal, it hits Rohit crash on the helmet the catch is taken. Umpire feels it came of the helmet and not the bat. Lets see if there is glove involved. Rohit survives a scare. He is itching to get going. Rohit flicks it for a couple. MI 42/3

20:23 IST: Nabi continues and he is into his 3rd over. Parthiv picks two runs. This time he has smashed that leg side, one bounce FOUR. Parthiv picks a single and hands it over to Rohit. Couple of dot balls to Rohit. They have kept him quiet till now. MI 32/2

20:17 IST: Kaul picks up Rana. It was Nabi who put pressure from the other end and Kaul gets rewarded. Rohit Sharma is in but Parthiv is dropped at point. Kaul could have been on a hattrick. Patel flicks it of his wrists, picks two runs. Its all happening here. Parthiv quietly picks a single. Kaul is red hot.Rohit is off the mark, picks a single on the leg side. Parthiv scamper through for a single. MI 29/2

20:15 IST: Patel hits Nabi down the ground, not well timed but he picks 2 runs.  Nabi is varying his pace and that is proving to be effective. Nabi is extracting turn. Rana is happy to take time, plays two dot balls. Rana picks a single on the leg side. MI 23/1

20:12 IST: Nitish Rana comes in but it is Parthiv Patel who welcomes Siraj with a SIX. Patel has been in good touch. Patel shows finesse picks a FOUR to third man. Siraj is persisting with the short-pitch stuff but its a wide this time. Classical off-drive by Rana right off the middle of the bat. FOUR. Big over 16 off it, MI are on their way. MI 20/1

20:10 IST: Nabi strikes in his first over, Lendl Simmons OUT.

20:04 IST: Bhuvneshwar to bowl the first ball, Simmons on strike, he takes a single as the ball takes an inside edge, Patel on strike. WIDE! That was going down the leg side, a wide. Parthiv defends the next ball on the back foot, a dot ball. Bhunveshwar runs in again as Parthiv defends, he si playing the ball on his merit. Parthiv takes a quick single off the next ball. A dot ball to end the over, MI 4/0.

20:00 IST Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel will open the batting for MI, whereas, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be opening the side.

19:58 IST There is a surprise inclusion in the SRH side, Vijay Shankar has been included on the side. Also, Mohammad Nabi replaces Kane Williamson which means there will be two Afghanistan players featuring in the side.

19:38 IST: Will Nehra be missed? It seems MI are trying options to get all-ready before the playoffs. Hence they are batting first.

SRH XI: D Warner, S Dhawan, M Henriques, Y Singh, M Nabi, V Shankar, N Ojha, B Kumar, R Khan, S Kaul, M Siraj

MI XI: P Patel, L Simmons, N Rana, RG Sharma, K Pollard, H Pandya, K Sharma, H Singh, M McClenaghan, J Bumrah, L Malinga

#IPL – Here’s the Playing XIs for @SunRisers vs @mipaltan #SRHvMI pic.twitter.com/XTvQABK7hF

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19:33 IST: Mumbai Indians win toss, will bat first. MI to field same side. Nehra is out, Siraj comes in.

Welcome to inUth’s live digital coverage of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017’s Match 48 between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at Rajiv Gandhi Internation Stadium, Hyderabad. SRH have a tough task ahead of them as they will be going up against the table-toppers of the tournament, MI who have won 9 out of their 11 games so far. SRH are low on confidence as they lost their first game at their home ground in IPL 2017.

SRH are supposed to go all guns blazing and will have the support of their crowd behind them. Having selected in ICC Champions Trophy 2017 squad Yuvraj Singh and Shikhar Dhawan will be looking to prove their worth and cement a place in the playing XI for their clash against Pakistan on June 4. Skipper David Warner too has been in good form having scored a century, he will be a key player for the side. On the other hand, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been the holding onto the purple cap.

SRH need a win to get one step ahead of Kings XI Punjab as they have 5 wins in 11 games with three games to go. On the other hand, MI are in high spirits after recording the biggest win in the history of IPL having to bundle out Delhi Daredevils (DD) for a mere score of 66. Their batting has been top notch after Lendl Simmons’ return. Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, everyone from their side are scoring big making them as lethal as ever.

The @SunRisers all set to take on the @mipaltan #SRHvMI pic.twitter.com/BSXCYY19aX

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Mumbai Indians: Lendl Simmons, Parthiv Patel(w), Kieron Pollard, Rohit Sharma(c), Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Karn Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Ambati Rayudu, Shreyas Gopal, Vinay Kumar, Siddhesh Lad, Jagadeesha Suchith, Jos Buttler, Tim Southee, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Punia, Saurabh Tiwary, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Johnson, Asela Gunaratne, Krishnappa Gowtham, Kulwant Khejroliya

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Yuvraj Singh, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha(w), Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Ashish Nehra, Ricky Bhui, Ben Cutting, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mustafizur Rahman, Barinder Sran, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Nabi, Eklavya Dwivedi, Pravin Tambe, Ben Laughlin, Tanmay Agarwal, Mohammed Siraj