Top-scorer Tilak Varma,who made 64 off 34 balls,and Naman Dhir (30) then rattled an 84-run partnership before Unadkat and Cummins pulled the reigns with both batters miscuing their big shots. Tim David made an unbeaten 46 off 22 balls,but Hyderabad were always in control during the death overs in a game where bowlers were punished for plenty.

Earlier,17-year-old South African fast bowler Kwena Maphaka made his IPL debut with expensive figures of 0-66. Maphaka’s countryman Gerald Coetzee (1-57) was also hit as Hyderabad batters dominated the quicks from the outset.