HYDERABAD - Lendl Simmons and Ambati Rayudu hit half-centuries to lead Mumbai Indians to an emphatic win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. The victory, Mumbai Indians' third in nine matches, kept the defending champions' campaign barely alive. Sunrisers Hyderabad were tied down after choosing to bat for all but the last two overs of their innings. David Warner helped his side take 33 off those two overs to push the total to 157, but it hardly mattered, as Simmons and Rayudu put on 130 runs for the second wicket in 14.3 overs to haul Mumbai Indians home with eight balls to spare.
Mumbai Indians lost CM Gautam second ball of the second over to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, but Simmons and Rayudu kicked on after a sedate start. The release came when Irfan Pathan was brought on following a couple of tight overs each from Dale Steyn and Bhuvneshwar. Simmons, who had tried to slog Steyn without success, found Irfan's pace to his liking, and slammed him for a couple of sixes and a four.
Rayudu welcomed Amit Mishra with a charge and a straight six, and Mumbai Indians weren't looking back, with the boundaries coming regularly. Simmons did not let the legspinners settle and swung Karn Sharma for a four and a six. Rayudu gave the same treatment to Irfan as the allrounder went for 29 in two overs.
Shikhar Dhawan went back to Steyn in the 13th over but Mumbai Indians were approaching 100 by that time. Rayudu and Simmons took the fast bowler for a four each. Sunrisers had a chance in the next over but KL Rahul put down a top-edged skier off Simmons at deep midwicket with the batsman on 59 and the team score on 110. Simmons and Rayudu fell in successive overs for 68 each eventually but the game was almost over by then.

POINT TABLE

Teams    Mat    Won    Lost    Pts    Net RR
Punjab    9    7    2    14    +1.025
Chennai    9    7    2    14    +0.608
Rajasthan    9    6    3    12    +0.250
Kolkata    9    4    5    8    +0.007
Hyderabad    9    4    5    8    -0.258
Mumbai    9    3    6    6    -0.346
Bangalor    9    3    6    6    -0.455
Delhi    9    2    7    4    -0.953

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD:
A Finch Pollard b Malinga    68
S Dhawan b Malinga    11
K Rahul run out    10
D Warner not out    55
N Ojha not out    7
EXTRAS: (lb1, w5)    6
TOTAL: (3 wkts; 20 overs)    157
FOW: 1-31, 2-70, 3-133
BOWLING: C Anderson 2-0-17-0, J Bumrah 4-0-24-0, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-27-0, S Malinga 4-0-35-2, P Ojha 4-0-32-0, K Pollard 2-0-21-0
MUMBAI:
L Simmons b Kumar    68
C Gautam c Dhawan b Kumar    1
A Rayudu c & b Henriques    68
R Sharma not out    14
K Pollard not out    6
EXTRAS: (w 3)    3
TOTAL: (3 wkts; 18.4 overs)    160
FOW: 1-2, 2-132, 3-141
BOWLING: D Steyn 4-0-29-0, B Kumar 4-0-21-2, I Pathan 2-0-29-0, A Mishra 3-0-33-0, K Sharma 2.4-0-25-0, M Henriques 3-0-23-1
TOSS: Hyderabad
UMPIRES: H Dharmasena (SL), V Kulkarni
TV UMPIRE: P Pathak
MATCH REFEREE: R Mahanama (SL)