Tight spells from Bhuvi, Bumrah restrict New Zealand for 27-1 after 10 overs in first semi final
Manchester: New Zealand began their innings with a sublime start as Indian pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah bowled outstanding spells to restrict the blackcaps for a mere 27-1 runs in first 10 overs.
Bumrah bagged the priced wicket of swashbuckling opener Martin Guptill in the fourth over of the inning to give the team an early breakthrough. Guptill edged the ball to skipper Kohli in the slip cordon.
New Zealand however scored their first run on the 17th delivery of the inning after 16 incredible dot balls by the two pacers.
Blackcaps skipper Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls are attempting to anchor the inning for the team. Williamson is batting on 14 off 23 deliveries while opener Nicholls is batting on 10 off 23 balls.
With the ball Bhuvneshwar Kumar has bowled five overs from his quota and has conceded 13 runs with one maiden over while Bumrah bowled 4 overs conceding 10 runs with a maiden and an wicket to his tally.
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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).
