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Billy the hero! Stanlake wins it with the bat

Tailender the saviour, calmly hitting the winning runs from the last ball of the match

Aussie tailender Billy Stanlake has proved he is capable of keeping his cool with the bat as well as sending down some thunderbolts with the ball after he calmly iced a one-wicket thriller for Sunrisers Hyderabad over Mumbai.  

Not normally renowned for his batting exploits, the 23-year-old showed no signs of nerves as he faced up to fellow Queenslander Ben Cutting to face the final ball of the match with one wicket remaining and one run needed to win.

The left-hander calmly whipped the ball over the in-field on the on side to secure a thrilling win and endear himself to his new home fans.

Image Id: 254EBF7923204042A3860FAC72C458E8 Image Caption: Teammates mobbed the tailender after hitting the winning runs // BCCI

 

The win kept the David Warner-less Sunrisers' record perfect as they backed up a comfortable win against the Rajasthan Royals with a thriller at home. 

Earlier, Sunrisers captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to field and the decision looked sound when Stanlake removed Mumbai opener Rohit Sharma for 11 in the second over.

Wickets fell consistently for the visitors, who limped to 8-147 from their 20 overs led by 29 from West Indian batsman Evin Lewis.

Stanlake, Sandeep Sharma and Siddarth Kaul all took two wickets, while Adelaide Strikers teammate Rashid Khan proved impossible to get away with an astonishing 18 dot balls from his four-over spell.

In reply Wriddhiman Saha (22) and Shikhar Dhawan (45) put on 62 for the first wicket and Hyderabad were cruising at 5-136 before losing four wickets in a stunning nine-ball collapse.

Jasprit Bumrah and Mustafizur Rahman split the damage but it wasn't enough as Stanlake (5 not out) held his nerve to send the penultimate ball of the innings to the fence and secure the win.

"It was one of those games that comes down to the wire. At the half way stage I thought it was going to be scrappy because the wicket was slowing up. The last ball can go either way so it was nice to win," Williamson said.

For his opposite Sharma, a second straight final-ball one-wicket loss was hard to take

"It is still early days," he said. "Being on the receiving end for the second time is tough to digest. It wasn't a good enough total and our batsmen should have done better."