SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) opener, Jonny Bairstow and David Warner came out all guns blazing to provide a blazing start to their team against the Mumbai Indians in Chennai. Bairstow and Mumbai worked their way through a dominating partnership of 67  runs while chasing a modest total of 151 runs. But Jonny Bairstow’s sparkling knock of 43 from 22 balls ended in a tame manner as Krunal Pandya took his wicket.

Krunal Pandya, who came for his second over, had to strike as SunRisers Hyderabad was quickly running away with the game. The left-arm spinner produced something out of nowhere by dismissing Bairstow, who wanted to ramp it fine; however, he stretched his back leg to the extent that he hit the stumps. It gave the defending champions its first breakthrough and suddenly the run-rate of SRH came down. 

WATCH – Jonny Bairstow Breaks Team’s Fridge With His Huge Six

Here is the video of the dismissal:

M09: MI vs SRH – Jonny Bairstow Wicket https://t.co/UqX3UihZeC

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Earlier, Mumbai Indians elected to bat first after winning the toss and they made one change in their squad by replacing paceman Adam Milne for Marco Jansen. On the other hand, SRH made as many as four changes to their line-up as they look for their first victory of IPL 2021. In their playing XI, Virat Singh, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed, and Abhishek Sharma came in for Wriddhiman Saha, Jason Holder, T Natarajan, and Shahbaz Nadeem.

WATCH – Kieron Pollard Smashes A Huge 105m Six Off Mujeeb Ur Rahman

EMI only managed to reach the score of managed 150 runs on the board. Quinton De Kock, Rohit Sharma, and Kieron Pollard made 40, 32, and 35 to lift their side on a sluggish pitch. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who replaced Jason Holder for the SunRisers, was the pick of the bowlers with 4-0-29-2. Vijay Shankar also took a couple of wickets, while Khaleel Ahmed picked one.