MUMBAI, Apr 15 (Agencies): England opening batsman Jason Roy made a stunning debut for Delhi Daredevils in their last-ball, seven-wicket victory against defending champions Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday.
Also, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3-26 and captain Kane Williamson hit 50 to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad past Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets at Eden Gardens for the first time.
Hyderabad sits on top of the table with three wins from three games, while Mumbai has suffered a third successive loss in the last over.
Replacing Colin Munro at the top of the order, Roy smashed an unbeaten 91 off 53 balls with six sixes and six four as he anchored Delhi to 195-3 off 20 overs in reply to Mumbai's 194-7.
Delhi made Mumbai bat first, and openers Suryakumar Yadav (53 off 32) and Evin Lewis (48 off 28) made a great start.
Yadav justified his elevation to opener over captain Rohit Sharma by the century stand with Lewis.
Delhi came back strongly when legspinner Rahul Tewatia (2-36) dismissed both openers in successive overs.
The 19-year-old Ishan Kishan scored a rapid 44 off 23 balls, but his dismissal in the 16th over hurt Mumbai. It lost five wickets for 21 runs - collapsing from 166-2 to 187-7 - with Daniel Christian clean bowling Kishan and Kieron Pollard off successive deliveries.
Left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult also chipped away with the wickets of Rohit (18) and Hardik Pandya (2) to curtail Mumbai's total below 200.
Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets at Eden Gardens in Kolkata to keep their winning streak alive.
This is the first time that Sunrisers Hyderabad have beaten Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens.
Sunrisers Hyderabad chased the modest total of 139 with an over to spare.
Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen struggled against Kolkata Knight Riders' wrist spinners but Kane Williamson held his nerve and scored a magnificent half-century to seal the game for Hyderabad.
Shakib chipped in well. Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine held the batsmen tight but that was not enough for Knight Riders to win.
SRH have now won their all three matches played until now and they are at top of the IPL 2018 points table.
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