India, April 22 -- We have arrived at that point in T20 cricket where the game starts to feel less like a contest and more of a demonstration of brute force. Bat meets ball, ball crosses the boundary, and the relentless repetition of it dulling the entire watching experience. Most matches drift into this monotony. On Tuesday though Sunrisers Hyderabad stood up just when it started to feel that DC were setting up a familiar, monotonous pursuit of 242.

In the 11th over, Eshan Malinga found reverse swing. It wasn't exaggerated in the conventional sense, but was enough to disturb rhythm and sow some doubt in the batters. In successive deliveries, Nitish Rana and David Miller were dismissed, and with them went the impression that this was mer...