Sunrisers Hyderabad took the field by storm till the last over in the match. They rained runs on the pitch. They were determined to take the win from the beginning and did not stop until the end. On the other hand, Rohit-Ishaan’s batting power play created a storm. However, Rohit (26 off 12 balls), Ishan Kishan (34 off 13 balls), Naman Dhir (30 off 14 balls) – none of them could drag their scores to big runs. Tilak Verma overcame the initial inertia to make 64 off 34 balls. In the end, Tim David’s bat went down to bat with an asking rate of more than 16 runs per over and got 42 off 22 balls. After Hardik got out, Romario Shepherd was dropped as an impact player. He also made 15 off 6 balls.
Hardik Pandya is as miserable with the bat as he is with the ball. Playing 20 balls contributed only 24. His batting made the difference in this run chase.
Match Report
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s performance:
Despite capitalizing on huge runs, Hyderabad could not rest till the last over. Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Tilak Verma, and Naman Dhir’s small tsunami innings countered the fire of Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaassen, and Aiden Markram. However, it did not save the end. The way Hyderabad choked in the very last minute against KKR in the first match was still in the memory. However, that incident did not happen this time. Mumbai stopped at 246/5 in the record run chase. Hyderabad got their first win in the current league by 31 runs.
Coming to bat first, Sunrisers created a storm with the batting of Travis Head. Even though Mayank Agarwal was out, the hero of the World Cup final made his fifty off just 18 balls with a flurry of sixes. He overtook Warner to become the fastest half-century in the IPL for Hyderabad. Head made 62 off 24 balls before being dismissed by Gerald Coetzee.
Abhishek Sharma, who was with him at the other end of the crease, could not have thought that this record of the head would be crushed in just 24 minutes. After heading back, Abhishek Sharma hit a cyclone of sixes with the bat to bring up his half-century in just 16 balls. Piyush Chawla got out after making 63 off 23 balls. Head and Abhishek Sharma’s strike rates are 258.33 and 273.91 respectively. Head-Abhishek hit 10 sixes together. The combined boundary is noon.
Hyderabad’s momentum was maintained by the Claassen-Markram duo after the duo went back. Head-Abhishek left. The two Proteas stars continued their superhuman batting from there. Klaasen remained unbeaten in the end with 80 off 34 balls hitting 7 sixes. Markram made 42 off 28 balls.
Mumbai Indians’ performance:
Mafaka, who performed brilliantly in the Youth World Cup for South Africa, was given a chance in the first XI by replacing Luke Wood. However, he understood the difference between youth cricket and senior cricket very well.
The 18-year-old spent 66 runs in 4 overs in front of Abhishek-Travis Head. Mafaka’s native Gerald Koetzerok also stayed for some time on the field. He gave away 56 runs before fulfilling his quota. Captain Pandya unleashed a fountain of runs with his balling. He bowled 4 overs and gave 46 runs for 1 wicket. Piyush Chawla was playing as the only specialist spinner. After spending 34 in 2 overs, Hardik did not dare to bring him into this attack. Shams Mulani also went for 33 in 2 overs.
Jasprit Bumrah stands out in this carnival of sixes. He gave only 36 runs in 4 overs. Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins took 2 wickets with 35 in 4 overs.
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