Mumbai Indians lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The match starts at 8 pm IST. Follow this link for live scores and updates.
It's Rohit Sharma's birthday today! yesterday birthday boy James Faulkner won it for RR, can Rohit do it for Mumbai today?
Mumbai Indians have won the toss & elected to field!
Big news is that Mumbai Indians have dropped Michael Hussey and Ben Dunk replaces him!
MI XI: Dunk, Tare, R Sharma, Anderson, Rayudu, Pollard, CM Gautam, Harbhajan, Z Khan, Ojha, Malinga.
SRH XI: Finch, Dhawan, Warner, K Rahul, Sammy, N Ojha, K Sharma, I Pathan, Steyn, A Mishra, B Kumar.
The tracks looks flat but it will slow down as the game progresses and the spinners will definitely have a say.
Right then! The SRH openers, Aaron Finch and Shikhar Dhawan are striding out to the middle. Zaheer Khan will start off proceedings for Mumbai Indians.
SRH are away! Finch shuffles back and forth, looks to force through the off side but gets an inside edge onto the pads. They take a single.
FOUR! Not quite off the middle! Full on middle and swinging back in sharply. Finch looks to flick but gets an inside edge past mid-wicket for a boundary.
FOUR! Poor delivery, drifts onto Finch's pads, who nudges it past short fine leg fielder.
Good comeback from Zaheer! Length delivery outside off, nips away. Finch is squared up and misses.
Good cover drive from Finch but straight to the fielder. 10 runs off the first over!
Lasith Malinga into the attack now.
Finch guides this one wide of third man for a couple.
This time it's just a single to third man. Finch is looking confident out in the middle.
Dhawan drives a full delivery on middle and leg wide of mid on for a single. Just 5 runs so far in the over!
A dot ball to end the over. SRH 15/0 after 2 overs!
FOUR! Thumped! Width offered by Zaheer, Dhawan crashes it uppishly over cover-point!
OUT! Zaheer draws first blood! Lovely bowling! Length delivery outside off, shaping away. Dhawan pushes at it and gets an outside edge to Harbhajan at first slip. S Dhawan c Harbhajan Singh b Khan 6 (6b, 1x4, 0x6)
KL Rahul is the new batsman!
Two dots to end the over, 6 runs off that over and the wicket of Dhawan!
Pragyan Ojha into the attack now!
Finch cuts the first ball straight to point.
FOUR! Nicely done by Finch, Gives himself room and carts it inside out over extra cover.
FOUR! Superb use of the feet! This time it's Rahul. Dances down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it through covers.
10 runs off the Ojha over! SRH - 31/1 after 4 overs!
Zaheer Khan into his third over!
Short outside off, Rahul looks to pull but misses.
FOUR! Just short of the first slip fielder. Good length delivery outside off, Rahul looks to steer but gets a slight outside edge which falls in front of Harbhajan, the ball sneaks through and runs away to the fence.
OUT! Zaheer gets his second and Finch is livid with himself. Length delivery outside off, a tough wide, Finch drives it uppishly straight to cover-point. AJ Finch c Dunk b Khan 16 (15b, 3x4, 0x6)
David Warner is the new batsman.
Malinga back into the attack.
Full on the pads, Rahul flicks it behind square leg for a couple.
On the pads again, Rahul clips it through mid-wicket and scampers through for a couple.
6 runs off the Malinga over, SRH 44/2 from 6 overs.
Harbhajan Singh into the attack now.
Watson’s captaincy style very similar to Dravid’s, says Rahane -
There are six wicket-keepers playing today! B. Dunk, A. Rayudu, CM Gautam, A. Tare, N. Ojha & L. Rahul. (Via: @ESPNcricinfo ) #MIvSRH #IPLby fwildecricket via twitter 4/30/2014 2:43:00 PM