MI vs SRH IPL 2026 highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 6-wickets

It has been a night to forget for Bumrah; he just has not been able to get his length right today or for the most part this season, but the SRH batters are going after him. It is very unlike him. It is the international stars that have not been able to deliver for the Mumbai Indians. Over the years, Surya with the bat and Bumrah with the ball have been covering plenty of flaws this side has, but this season it is all falling apart. One of the strangest things that has happened today is that Shardul came in as an impact sub and has not even bowled one over.

Well, the Sunrisers are doing this quite calmly at the moment. Mumbai Indians have had their moments when they picked up three quick wickets, but these two, as they have been doing all season, Klaasen has slammed the ball into all parts since walking in. It is slipping away from the five-time champions yet again. They have started well this season, unlike the previous years but somewhere the bowling just did not click for them, and most importantly, the form of Bumrah is increasingly becoming a concern for them.

Travis Head has fallen, and it is Hardik Pandya who has picked up the wicket. It was a fuller delivery, which Head scooped straight to the fielder at mid-off. Two new batters in for Hyderabad at the crease, but the work the openers have done at the top gives these two a bit of time to get their eye in. This season, on a few occasions, before these two managed to build some lovely partnerships with brilliant tempos. As per Mumbai, it is about keeping chipping away. If they can break this partnership here, it will get extremely tricky for SRH.

Travis Head is nearly striking at 300. The shape is coming back, the ball is flying off his bat. This has been sublime hitting from Head; some of the hitting has been almost something the Indian side has far too often when Head was on the song, and now he is looking like he is on the song. He has been standing a bit away from his normal stance, and today it paid off in the deliveries, which are on the off-stump, supposed to be good deliveries because of the room he had. He has managed to fiercely cut through the offside.

Travis Head is getting a move on here, with both players, it is Head who has not been in form this season, but he too has got going here. All the momentum the Mumbai Indians had in the first innings after the century of Rickelton is slowly fading away, and SRH are doing their thing at the moment. Here is a very interesting call. Bumrah is bowling his second over here already. It looks like a bit of a desperate move from Hardik, and now that he is using this over, Bumrah should pick up a wicket to justify the move.

We are done with the opening over here, and Trent Boult pitched a few deliveries up, and there is a bit of swing on offer for him. One of the deliveries flew through the gully region, which Will Jacks dived to his left, but the ball went through his fingertips. Although Boult did not pick up a wicket in that over, he did look in a pretty good rhythm. Jasprit Bumrah has come into the attack here for the second over, which is a pretty good move from Hardik Pandya. It is usually the skipper himself who has been bowling the second over of the innings.

Well, that was a marvellous innings a few years back, one of the greatest T20 innings one would have seen, but as of now, it is hard to assess where that Rickelton ton stands. We might come back in the second innings, or even see SRH chase these runs down without anyone scoring a ton for them. But the way he batted with confidence and slammed deliveries for boundaries continuously was quite a hitting fest for the crowd, especially after what had happened in the previous game. But the bowling from SRH too was quite brilliant, unless the batting order combusts, these runs can be chased down with the firepower they have in the batting order.

These have been a good couple of overs from Sunrisers Hyderabad. Pat Cummins bowled his 18th over, and it was a tidy one. Malinga, although he gave a six on the first ball, continues to impress. However, the challenge lies ahead for the Sunrisers Hyderabad as Praful Hinge and Sakib have to bowl one over each to close out this innings. As we update, Malinga is done for the day. He has given away 29 runs from his four overs. In a game of 12s, going at 7s is a superb day for Malinga. It is more or less what Bumrah might emulate later in the evening. As we update Sakib picks Hardik.

Ryan Rickelton scored a sublime century here. What an innings this has been from the southpaw. He was not supposed to be playing today, but De Kock got injured in the final moment, and he came in. This is what he delivers. The strike rate too has been superb from him, and as we update, he scored another boundary. As long as he is batting in the middle, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be worried about the score Mumbai ended up getting. What this innings from Rickelton does is force one of the SRH top three to match the impact.

This is now getting ugly for Sunrisers Hyderabad; everything the bowlers are bowling is falling into the arc of Rickelton, who has moved into 80 in just 32 deliveries. He plays at quite a good strike rate usually, but this innings on comeback seems more like he has a point to prove. Harsh Dube is the one whom Cummins has turned to, and he has given away two sixes in the first two deliveries. The way Mumbai are batting here, they should get 270 here. All the SRH bowlers, apart from Eshan Malinga, have gone for plenty. This might be a good wicket, but anything over 250 will be too much to get for SRH.

Well, a lot has happened since our last update. First, it was the wicket of Will Jacks. Nitish came into the attack, bent his back, and Jacks tried to cut the ball, which got the outside edge to the keeper Ishan Kishan. Timely wicket that one, however, after that the runs started to leak again. Ryan Rickelton got hold of the Indian all-rounder and smacked his half-century from 23 deliveries. This is superb batting from Rickelton. He has been out of the side, but every time he has got the opportunity this season, he has managed to deliver superb innings. As we update, Suryakumar Yadav has fallen.

This is a cracking start for the Mumbai Indians. Will Jacks returning after the break is playing a superb hand here. He is now punishing the ball all around the ground. Mind you, he did have a superb T20 World Cup. And he is continuing his good form so far. Problems for Cummins already. Six overs in, he has already used five bowlers in this contest. Sakib has come into the attack, and Ryan Rickelton has smacked Hussain for a six to start with. Mumbai, after the loss they had in the previous game, have started superbly here today.

Pat Cummins has taken the new ball for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, which is not something he has done often. He stuck to the hard lengths, which did a work for a bit. As per the Mumbai Indians, they are opening with Will Jacks, who is a very devastating player at the top of the order. Praful Hinge has taken the new ball from the other end, and it is going to be a different challenge for him playing at this venue. After having a cracking first game, Hinge has gone off the boil for a bit in this tournament. It will be interesting to see if he can extract something from this surface.

61m and 67m square boundaries while the straight boundary is at 72m. It's not a big ground, but there's a slight difference between the square boundaries. There is a nice covering of grass on a good length area at one end of the pitch, the bowlers might not mind it, but it does let the ball slide on. As you go down the pitch, you can see the grass build-up, but as you go down to the other end, it looks much drier. Bowlers have used slower balls much more at this end. If it is a high-scoring surface, then the bowlers like Eshan Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah and Sakib Hussain will look to take pace off the ball,

We're going to bat first. Looks like a good, breezy day, as you mentioned, slightly cold compared to generally. I don't think dew will be a factor, we're gonna keep in mind and we're just gonna bat and see how much we can score. (on the preparations) I think it was important for all of us to just reset, not get too complicated, just have a couple of good boys' evenings, which we had as a group. And we've had a good couple of sessions. So just ticked all the boxes, which I felt as a group we felt that can, you know, refresh the boys now just excited for the game. Mitchell (Santner) was unfortunate, and so was Quinny today. He just did something to his wrist. We have a couple of changes for this team. Ryan (Rickelton) comes in place of Quinny. We've got Robin Minz. Rohit's gonna take a couple of more games. He's been trying, it's not up to exactly where he would want, so not available for the team. Absolutely (on his form). We just want to kind of come out and play the best cricket I know as well. That will definitely help the group and the team.

Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Robin Minz, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar

“I think he hit his head first, neck, obviously the shoulder as well. He went for a scan because once he got back he felt dizziness, so he was lying down. Yes, the ice was there for the shoulder, but he felt that he wasn't stable. So we took him for a scan in that situation. So we requested, obviously it's at the match referee's and umpire's discretion, so they allowed Shardul. Mitch will be disappointed that his batting power is matched to Shardul Thakur, but it is what it is. But hopefully it's not too bad. Once he comes back, we'll have a look at it,” he said.

“I think reality is that 4 points after 7 games, honestly, we haven't played good cricket. It's been in patches; we've had a great game in Ahmedabad, but I thought, you know, we found some rhythm, but again, we lost that rhythm. Probably this game, once you lose a match like that, it's difficult to even analyse it. But probably the two power plays where we lost both the power plays, on the ball and with the bat, we just couldn't get to the game.”

Abhishek only needs a few deliveries to impact a game, so Bumrah will know there is little room for error. But the evidence from Abhishek’s best knocks this season points to an offside-heavy method, and that gives MI a clear tactical opening and Bumrah’s slower ball could be the sharpest weapon.

Sunrisers assistant coach James Franklin, however, backed Abhishek’s preparation against such plans. Franklin said the left-hander was “very detailed” in how he studied opposition bowlers and understands what they may try against him, especially in the Powerplay.

There is already evidence from a previous game this season. Mohammed Shami dismissed Abhishek with a slower ball outside off-stump. The southpaw tried to drive hard but only managed an edge. Bumrah can be even more dangerous because he combines variation with elite control. He can bowl the slower ball on a hard length, forcing the batter to create all the pace, or go fuller and result in a shot played too early.

Most batsmen see width outside off-stump as a scoring opportunity. But against Bumrah, it can be a trap. His slower ball works not just because of the change in speed, but because it is hard to spot. The arm speed stays similar, his release is difficult to read, and he can take pace off without obvious clues.

A look at the left-hander's major innings this season shows a clear pattern. Most of his runs have come through the offside. In his 74 off 28 balls against Punjab Kings, 53 percent of his runs were scored on that side of the ground. In his 135 off 68 against Delhi Capitals, that number rose to 58 percent and in his 57 off 29 against Rajasthan Royals, it was 74 percent.

It is a clash between one of the IPL’s greatest pacers and one of its most dangerous Powerplay batters. But beyond reputations, there is a more specific tactical question. Can Bumrah’s slower ball change the scoring areas that have powered Abhishek’s best innings in IPL 2026?

"When I go out for the match, there is no pressure. When I get the chance, I go out there - there is nothing like that (pressure). He (Lasith Malinga) talks to me about the mental side - how to handle pressure. I am also working with him on my yorkers."

Quinton de Kock (wk), Ryan Rickelton, Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Krish Bharat, Will Jacks, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashwani Kumar