Mumbai Indians came up with an excellent team performance to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 20 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday in the IPL 2015.

In this afternoon game, the hosts rode on a solid half century from opener Lendl Simmons to post 157 for 8. The duo of Lasith Malinga and Mitchell McClenaghan then shared seven wickets to help Mumbai Indians restrict the visitors to 137 for 8.

It was a bit below par score for the Wankhede track, and Mumbai Indians needed to really bowl well to defend a total below 160. Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner gave Sunrisers a terrific start, with Dhawan being the dominant partner. Sunrisers raced to 45 in less than five overs, before Malinga got rid of Warner. McClenaghan then had Dhawan caught at midwicket off the last ball of Power-play overs, and that wicket got Mumbai Indians right back in the contest.

Sunrisers had a good run rate at this stage, but a tight bowling spell from Jagdeesha Suchith (1 for 25 from 4 overs) piled the pressure on the visitors. Mumbai Indians didn’t concede a single boundary between the 7th and the 12th over, and that took the asking rate to almost 10.

Both KL Rahul and Ravi Bopara were now going for the broke, and McClenaghan forced Rahul to miss-time one, which was comfortably caught at long off. Bopara was the key man now, and McClenaghan fooled him with a slower one, which the Englishman hit straight to the deep midwicket, which effectively ended Sunriser’s hopes.

Malinga then delivered the killer blow by taking three wickets in four balls in the penultimate over, before Vinay Kumar completed the formalities. McClenaghan finished with figures of 3-20, while Malinga took four for 23.

Simmons held the key for the hosts earlier, as he batted with a clear approach. The whole Mumbai Indians batting line up, in fact, batted with a clear plan of not losing wickets early on. Both Simmons and Parthiv Patel took minimum risks in the Power-play against the likes of Dale Steyn and Trent Boult. Patel was a bit unlucky to get out in the sixth over, as he flicked a leg-stump delivery from Steyn straight to the man at deep square-leg. Still, 46 for 1 after six overs was a perfectly acceptable start.

Next man in, Unmukt Chand didn’t last long, but skipper Rohit Sharma gave Simmons good company. The duo added 51 for the third wicket in 33 balls. They brought up Mumbai Indians’ 100 in 12.2 overs, and at this stage the hosts looked set to score in excess of 170. However, they just lost some crucial wickets, including those of Simmons, Sharma, Pollard and Rayudu, at wrong times, to be restricted to 157 for 8. Simmons was the star of the show with a 51-run knock off 42 balls (six fours, one six.) Pollard’s 24-ball 33 was equally important, as it gave the hosts a total, which they eventually ended up defending comfortably.

This win has taken Mumbai Indians to four points from seven games.