Despite some late hiccups, Mumbai Indians sealed a four-wicket victory with 11 balls to spare against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.
Chasing 163, Rohit Sharma gave MI a blazing start with 26 off 16 balls including three sixes but once again could not prolong his innings beyond a cameo, tamely driving a full toss by Cummins straight to Travis Head at cover.
Ryan Rickelton was also caught at cover off Zeeshan Ansari but was recalled after the third umpire found that wicket keeper Heinrich Klaasen had his gloves in front of the wicket when the bat hit the ball.
Rickelton, who was on 21 then, added ten more runs before falling to Harshal Patel.
Will Jacks and Suryakumar Yadav then added a breezy 52 for the third wicket before the latter fell to Cummins for 26 off 15 balls just when it seemed that Mumbai was going to win at a canter.
Cummins also removed Will Jacks for 36 off 26 balls to leave Mumbai at 128/4 with 35 still needed.
Skipper Hardik Pandya then came to the crease and was keen to finish the game in a hurry, smashing 21 off 9 balls but fell to Eshan Malinga in the 18th over with the scores level.
More drama followed as Naman Dhir was trapped leg before in the same over for a three-ball duck before Tilak Varma hit the winning runs.
Just five days after pulling off the second highest run chase in IPL history against Punjab Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad found the going much tougher against Mumbai Indians.
After a threatening opening stand of 59 by the Travishek combo, the visitors were restricted to 162/5.
It was Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya who made the breakthrough in the eighth over after opting to bowl first.
Abhishek Sharma, who had smashed the third highest score in IPL history in that game against Punjab Kings, was caught by substitute Raj Bawa for 40 off 28 balls. That would remain the highest individual score of the innings.
Coming up against his former team, Ishan Kishan only lasted three balls, being stumped by Ryan Rickelton off Will Jacks for two.
Jacks then struck again, removing an unusually cautious Travis Head who holed out to Mitchell Santner at long-off in an attempt to break the shackles after making 28 in 29 balls.
Nitish Kumar Reddy made a laboured 19 off 21 balls before being caught at long-on by Tilak Varma off Trent Boult. At the end of 17 overs, SRH were at a meagre 115/4.
They managed to reach 162 thanks to two big overs. The 18th over by Deepak Chahar was smacked by Heinrich Klaasen for 21 including a sequence of 6, 4, 4 and 6.
Jasprit Bumrah then bowled a terrific penultimate over in which he removed Klaasen and conceded just four.
But the final over by Pandya was hammered for 22, with Aniket Verma hitting two sixes and Pat Cummins doing the same off the final delivery.
"We are going to bowl first. I think it is a lot to do with the dew, last night there was dew and always at the Wankhede it is better to bat second," MI skipper Hardik Pandya said following the toss.
"It looks a pretty good wicket. We had a nice break, couple of practice sessions and here we are, five days go like that," SRH captain Pat Cummins said.
Despite a slow start to the season, both MI and SRH are coming off impressive wins in their most recent matches.
MI veteran Rohit Sharma has not been able to make his mark so far, scoring just 56 runs in five matches. Rohit Sharma is also just two sixes away from reaching the milestone of 250 sixes as an MI player.
MI are currently seventh in the table and SRH are ninth, with both teams having won two out of the six matches played.
Playing XI
Mumbai Indians: Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Karn Sharma
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Eshan Malinga