There is only one stand, on the upper tier of the western side of the Chinnaswamy Stadium here, that is open to the public for domestic matches such as the Vijay Hazare Trophy games. The crowd in that stand swelled towards the afternoon once word went out that Mumbai would chase in the semi-final as Hyderabad had chosen to bat.

The decent 246 that Hyderabad put up, thanks chiefly to a wonderfully-paced unbeaten 121 (132b, 8x4, 4x6) from the lesser-known Rohit Rayudu, only added to the crowd's allure. The 1000 or so gathered weren't disappointed as Rohit Sharma and Prithvi Shaw put on 73 in quick time before Rohit (17) fell.