Things are looking increasingly bleak for Pat Cummins' Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL after both the Australia captain and his chief batting lieutenant Travis Head struggled again in an emphatic home defeat to the Mumbai Indians.
Up against Rohit Sharma, his old adversary as India skipper, Cummins this time lost hands down at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, having his bowling bashed by the Mumbai opener while the Indians eased to a seven-wicket win that leaves the Sunrisers, last year's runners-up, in severe peril of missing the play-offs.
Sharma was Mumbai's impact sub and lived up to the billing handsomely as he crashed his second-straight half-century (70 off 46 balls) to propel the five-time champions to their target on 3-146 with 26 balls still remaining.
