Salil Arora did not just take on Jasprit Bumrah on Wednesday at Wankhede Stadium. He hit the India fast bowler for a massive six with a no-look shot and helped Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians in a high-scoring IPL 2026 clash in Mumbai.
Arora, a young Sunrisers Hyderabad batter, finished with 30 off 10 balls as his side wrapped up the chase in the 19th over. The cameo was brief, but it was enough to turn one of the game’s sharpest matchups into a one-sided display of power hitting.
The numbers make the result sting for Mumbai Indians. Bumrah went wicketless and conceded 54 runs in four overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, continuing a tournament in which he has taken only two wickets in eight games. For a bowler long expected to control the toughest moments, that return has become a problem.
Mumbai Indians have now won only two of their eight matches and lost six, leaving them in ninth position in the points table after half the season. The pressure is not only on Bumrah. Rohit Sharma is out of the playing eleven because of injury, and Suryakumar Yadav is also not in good touch, leaving the batting order short of stability while the losses keep piling up.
For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Wednesday was the kind of clean, fast win that keeps a season moving. For Mumbai Indians, it was another night when the marquee names could not change the flow of the match, and the gap between expectation and output grew wider.