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Another Warner fifty powers Sunrisers to seven-wicket win

Martin Guptill's IPL debut did not go as planned, as Bhuvneshwar Kumar had him caught behind for 2 after Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bowl  BCCI
Parthiv Patel hung around for four overs, before he was bowled off a slower variation from Barinder Sran  BCCI
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The situation soon worsened when Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma ran himself out  BCCI
However, a 63-run fifth-wicket partnership between Ambati Rayudu and Krunal Pandya got the innings back on track  BCCI
Krunal rode his luck, though. A top edge towards mid-off landed just in front of a diving Shikhar Dhawan when he was on 5  BCCI
Rayudu struck three fours and two sixes before slicing to point for a 49-ball 54  AFP
Hardik Pandya fell soon after, bowled by Mustafizur Rahman, as Sunrisers pulled the run rate back towards the end  BCCI
But Krunal stayed unbeaten on 49 off 28 balls to lift Mumbai to 142 for 6  BCCI
Sunrisers' bowlers conceded just 31 off the last five overs. Sran stood out with figures of 3 for 28  BCCI
Shikhar Dhawan's lean patch continued with his third consecutive single-digit score. Mumbai had an early opening  BCCI
But Sunrisers were always a step ahead as David Warner held one end up  BCCI
Tim Southee, though, kept Mumbai in the hunt with three wickets  BCCI
When Eoin Morgan fell to a brilliant catch by Hardik off Southee, Sunrisers were 100 for 3 with 34 balls remaining  BCCI
Deepak Hooda scored 17* off just nine balls, and shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 45 with Warner  BCCI
Warner's unbeaten, 59-ball 90 helped Sunrisers race to the target with 15 balls to spare, for their first win of the season  BCCI
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