148 is not a highly defendable total in T20 cricket. On a track that did not possess any demons, Sunrisers Hyderabad looked all set to win their second game of the season while Mumbai Indians looked resigned to the fact of conceding their second straight defeat. Alas, there is nothing straightforward in cricket.

The twists came and came in plenty. The balance of the match was moving faster than kids playing on a see-saw. At one stage when SRH needed only 12 runs from 15 balls with five wickets in hand, the victory report fro SRH were already nearing completion. Then woke up Bumrah.

Jasprit Bumrah, India’s ace bowler in white-ball cricket woke up from the dead and suddenly jolted the Hyderabadi team to set up a panic. He took out the finisher Yusuf Pathan and the next batsman Rashid Khan in two successive balls. With two overs to go, SRH needed 12 runs, still gettable.

The over was handed to Mustafizur Rehman. The man had already redeemed himself in the final of the Nidahas Trophy when he bowled the 18th over for only 1 run against India. Tonight, he continued that spell. Trapping the tail-enders under the magic of his off-cutters, Mustafizur took down Siddarth Kaul and Sandeep Sharma while conceding only one run. The equation now read 11 from 6 balls.

On strike for the last over was the young all-rounder Deepak Hooda. The moments like these are when life gives you an opportunity to become a hero. Hooda grabbed it with his both hands and also made the umpire raise his both hands. Yes, he bowled the first ball of the last over from Ben Cutting for a huge six over extra-cover.

The six increased the pressure on Ben Cutting. He bowled the next ball wide. Cutting further conceded singles from both Stanlake and Hooda to bring it down to one needed one ball. Billy Stanlake, the tall and young Aussie, did well to connect and clear the infield to score a boundary that took Sunrisers Hyderabad past the target.