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Mumbai secure back-to-back IPL wins as Sunrisers struggle again

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Apr 17, 2025Cricket

Mumbai Indians made it back-to-back victories in the Indian Premier League on Thursday, registering a four-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede Stadium.

Will Jacks took 2-14 through three overs with the ball as the Sunrisers struggled on a difficult surface, managing 162-5.

And that figure never looked like one they could defend as Mumbai spread the runs around in their chase and won with 11 deliveries in hand, helped by Jacks' knock of 36.

SRH's batsmen never got going on a sluggish pitch. Mumbai needed more than seven overs to get a wicket, Hardik Pandya having Abhishek Sharma caught for 40, but the visitors' 59 runs by that point suggested it would be a low-scoring affair.

And when Jacks got two more big wickets, having the struggling Ishan Kishan stumped for two and Travis Head (28) caught by Mitchell Santner, SRH were in trouble.

Heinrich Klaasen's 37 staved off a total collapse, but his off stump was uprooted by Jasprit Bumrah in the 19th over and SRH could only hobble to their fourth innings of 163 or fewer in their last five attempts.

Despite Rohit Sharma (26) falling to Pat Cummins in the fourth over, the Mumbai chase never looked to be in doubt as dew set in.

They reached 69-2 and 121-3, helped by steady contributions from Ryan Rickelton (31) and Suryakumar Yadav (26).

Jacks kept MI on course before mistiming his slog off Cummins' bowling and being taken by Zeeshan Ansari, but they only needed roughly a run a ball by that point and would not be denied.

Data debrief: Toss crucial for Mumbai

The chance of dew setting in made Thursday's toss a big one, and Pandya's team took full advantage of the conditions after putting SRH in to bat.

Only a pair of 21-run overs near the tail end of the Sunrisers innings, featuring four boundaries from Klaasen, two from Aniket Verma (18*) and one from Cummins (8*), got the visitors to a respectable figure on a tough pitch.

SRH did not hit a single six through their first 17 overs with the bat.

But when Rohit hit three maximums in the space of five balls near the start of the Mumbai innings, it was clear the pitch had turned. 

In a match for the bowlers, Jacks' partnership with Yadav – comprised of 52 runs off 29 balls – proved decisive.