India begin innings with lowest powerplay total of the tournament; 24-4 after 10 overs
Dinesh Karthik departs
Manchester: In the first semi-final between India and New Zealand, India began their batting innings with the lowest powerplay total of the tournament as the men in blue managed to score only ____ runs with the loss of ___ wickets.
After being posted a target of 240 runs by New Zealand to enter the final of the tournament, India went up to a poor start as it lost its top three batsmen with only 5 runs on board.
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli all managed to score 1 run each before departing to a wonderful bowling spell by New Zealand pace duo of Trent Boult and Matt Henry.
Earlier, New Zealand in the first inning New Zealand had scored the lowest first powerplay total of the tournament as it managed only 27 runs in the first 10 overs.
Youngster Rishab Pant was joined by Hardik Pandya in the middle at the end of over number 10 as Dinesh Karthik perished on the last ball of the powerplay with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja to come next in the batting line up.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
