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<br>MUMBAI, India (AP) - Abhishek Sharma hit his first Indian Premier League half-century as Sunrisers Hyderabad kept last-place Chennai Super Kings winless after four games with an eight-wicket victory on Saturday.<br> <br>Mumbai Indians also lost its fourth straight match with a seven-wicket defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore.<br> <br>Sharma´s brilliant 75 runs off 50 balls took Hyderabad to 155-2 with more than two overs to spare, while Rahul Tripathi smashed an unbeaten 39 off only 15 balls against a star-studded Chennai side.<br> <br>Sharma and captain Kane Williamson (32) provided Hyderabad with a solid opening stand of 89 after Chennai had struggled earlier to reach 154-7 in its 20 overs.<br> <br>"The ball held on the surface (but) we were able to build partnerships and Abhishek was terrific," Williamson said.<br><br>"The game always challenges you, everybody is trying to make contributions to the team."<br> <br>Williamson fell in the 13th over when he gave a simple catch in the covers before Tripathi upped the scoring rate in a rapid 56-run second-wicket stand.<br> <br>Chris Jordan went for 34 in his three overs and Moeen Ali was taken out of the attack after only one over which went for 10 runs.<br> <br>Sharma holed out in the deep off Dwayne Bravo with 10 required for victory and Tripathi earned Hyderabad its first points from three games with a boundary, leaving Chennai bottom of the table with zero points from four matches.<br> <br>Earlier, Moeen top-scored with 48 off 35 as Chennai´s struggles with the bat continued.<br><br>Spinner Washington Sundar produced impressive figures of 2-21.<br> <br>"It´s with the ball that we are disappointed but we were 20-25 runs short," Chennai skipper Ravindra Jadeja said. "We´ll talk about where we are lacking. We are professionals and need to work hard, stick together and come back stronger."<br> <br>At Pune, Bangalore joined the top four with a thumping victory against Mumbai.<br> <br>Anuj Rawat (66) and Virat Kohli (48) anchored Bangalore to 152-3 with nine balls to spare as Mumbai joined Chennai at the bottom of the table.<br> <br>Just like Chennai, Mumbai top-order batters have struggled in this year´s IPL with Bangalore restricting the five-time champion to 151-6 after choosing to field.<br> <br>Suryakumar Yadav (68 not out) hit a second successive half-century to lift Mumbai´s total after Bangalore had claimed four wickets in 11 balls and  [https://www.evernote.com/shard/s681/sh/6f7bc570-b276-1dbc-b2fc-ccb0730e627d/1fc233fa7c7d2ad76fc89538349e3967 www.evernote.com] Mumbai slipped to 62-5 in the 11th over.<br> <br>Captain Rohit Sharma made 26 off 15 but his dismissal soon after the batting powerplay exposed the struggling Mumbai top order.<br> <br>"We had gotten off to a 50-run (opening wicket) partnership, but I got out at the wrong time," Rohit said.<br><br>"That is hurting us a little bit ... credit to Surya, but we knew it wasn´t going to be enough."<br> <br>Ishan Kishan made an unimpressive 26 off 28 before getting caught at third man while Tilak Varma was run out off a brilliant underarm direct throw from Glenn Maxwell.<br> <br>Suryakumar then slammed six sixes in the last six overs and four boundaries to give Mumbai a glimmer of hope.<br> <br>Rawat and Faf du Plessis contributed a cautious 50-run opening stand for Bangalore and then Kohli put the game beyond Mumbai´s reach by sharing a stand of 80 runs with Rawat.<br> <br>Rawat hit six sixes and two fours before getting run out in the 17th over and South Africa´s leg-spinner Dewald Brevis had a dream start when he trapped Kohli leg before wicket off his first ball in the IPL before Maxwell sealed the match with two successive boundaries.<br> <br>___<br> <br>More AP cricket: website and website