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Mumbai: Kieron Pollard hit 8 sixes off 27 balls, apart from 2 fours, and finished on an unbeaten 66 to engineer the most remarkable turnaround for Mumbai Indians.
Chasing Hyderabad's 178, Mumbai seemed to be floundering and the Sunrisers had their noses ahead till as late as the 16th over, when Pollard turned the game around.
Off one Thisara Perera over, the 17th of the innings, Mumbai hit four sixes and one four - Rohit Sharma chipping in with a six, the rest being hammered by Pollard - and Sunrisers lost the plot.
Amit Mishra's next over yielded three sixes as Pollard's swinging blade fashioned a seven-wicket win to take Mumbai to the top of the points table and virtually qualify for the playoffs. Mumbai needed 62 runs off the last four overs but Pollard made it look easy as Mumbai finished on 184/3 with 3 balls remaining.
Skipper Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten on 20 in a partnership of 85 runs in 6.1 overs. and the win also ensured that the fortress called Wankhede remained unbreached in seven games. Sachin Tendulkar retired hurt when on 38 (31 balls, 3x4, 1x6) and Dinesh Karthik scored a breezy 30(23balls, 4x4).
Earlier, in a must-win game, the Sunrisers Hyderabad came out all guns blazing, smashing the ball with gay abandon to race to 178/3. The Sunrisers' charge was led by opener Shikhar Dhawan 41-ball 59 (6x4, 2x6), whose cracking form bodes well for India going into the Champions Trophy. Parthiv Patel led the initial charge, making a stroke-filled 26 off just 14 balls (5x4). Parthiv, in fact, began the onslaught right away, stroking four boundaries off Mitchell Johnson as the first over cost MI 19 runs.
Parthiv's cameo was followed by a calm, composed effort from youngster Hanuma Vihari, who took 37 balls for his 41 (4x4), and a 23-ball, unbeaten 43 by skipper Cameron White.
White finished the Hyderabad innings in style by smashing the off colour Dhawal Kulkarni, brought back for this game at the expense of Abu Nechim, for a six over cover off the last ball of the innings. Recovering from a prolonged form slump, White finally came good when it mattered, smashing three fours and an equal number of sixes to provide the perfect finishing touches to the innings. But his knock didn't account for Pollard's heroics in the end.
Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
MI have two changes. Kieron Pollard comes back in place of Glenn Maxwell and Dhawal Kulkarni is in for Abu Nechim. SRH are playing an unchanged side.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Parthiv Patel (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Hanuma Vihari, Cameron White (captain), Biplab Samantray, Darren Sammy, Karan Sharma, Thisara Perera, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma
Mumbai Indians: Dwayne Smith, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rohit Sharma (captain), Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Dhawal Kulkarni, Lasith Malinga, Pragyan Ojha
Brief scores
Sunrisers Hyderabad 178 for 3 (Dhawan 59, White 43*)
Mumbai Indians 184 for 3 (Pollard 66*, Tendulkar 38*)
Result Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets (
Points Mumbai Indians 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad 0
MOM Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
