But they managed to collect 47 off the last three, with Klaasen, Aniket and Cummins finally ending their sixes drought. Two of the five sixes involved exquisite skill from Klaasen and Aniket over the covers, but three came off hittable full-tosses. There were seven full-tosses in all in the last three overs, suggesting that dew may have already started setting in.

One of those full-tosses, however, came from Bumrah, who bowls the most unhittable full-tosses in world cricket, and bowled Klaasen as he attempted to make room. His 19th only went for four runs, sandwiched between expensive overs from Deepak Chahar and Hardik.

Impact sub Rohit took his chances early on, enjoyed a bit of luck, including an edged six over deep third, and hit a couple of trademark pulled sixes off his hip to give MI early impetus. Rickelton struggled early on, got going with three successive fours off Eshan Malinga and enjoyed a strange stroke of luck when he was caught in the covers off Zeeshan Ansari only for an umpire’s review to confirm a no-ball – for keeper Klaasen’s gloves encroaching in front of the stumps before the batter had hit the ball. But Rickelton was out soon after, miscuing a Harshal Patel slower ball to backward point.

Between them, though, the openers had shaved 57 runs off MI’s target.

Then Jacks and Suryakumar combined for the decisive partnership of the match, putting on 52 for the third wicket in just 29 balls. They hit four sixes and a four in three overs from legspinners Ansari and Rahul Chahar – who came on as Impact Sub, replacing Mohammed Shami who still had an over of his quota remaining – who were still finding grip off this surface but ever so often erred in line or length.

By the time Cummins broke this stand, MI needed 42 at less than a run a ball. Hardik hurried them towards victory, hitting a six and three fours – including a glorious back-foot punch through wide long-on off Cummins – and they finally got home at the start of the 19th over, after a bizarre 18th that brought Malinga two wickets for just one run.

Brief scores:
Mumbai Indians 166 for 6 in 18.1 overs (Will Jacks 36, Ryan Rickelton 31,Rohit Sharma 26, Surykumar Yadav 26, Tilak Varma 21*, Hardik Pandya 21; Pat  Cummins 3-26, Eshan Malinga 2-36, Harshal Patel 1-31) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 162 for 5 in 20 overs (Abhishek  Sharma 40, Travis Head 28, Nitish Kumar Reddy 19, Heirich Klaasen 37, Aniket Verma 18*; Will Jacks 2-14, Trent Boult 1-29, Jasprit Bumrah 1-21, Hardik Pandya 1-42) by four wickets

[Cricinfo]