It was the last match of IPL league games for the defending champions Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Well, Mumbai Indians were in the situation to make possible The Impossible. As the team was required to win the match by 171 runs to enter into the playoff of the IPL 14th edition, as Kolkata Knight Riders had a massive net run rate and that is mainly because of their huge victory over Rajasthan Royals a couple of days back.
Having said that, it was believed that the defending champions are set to make the impossible into possible. As the batting lineup of Mumbai Indians blasted in the middle and scored the highest total of the season and that is 235 runs on the board after 20 overs. But that was not enough for the boys of Rohit Sharma as they were knocked out of IPL even after getting 42 runs victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Match summary of Mumbai Indians versus Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rohit Sharma won the toss for Mumbai Indians and elected to bat first. The defending champions were in the attacking mode from the very first ball of the game and Rohit Sharma played a sensational shot to the boundary and it was believed that the captain will dominate the game but he was dismissed for 18 but his partner Ishan Kishan blasted in the middle with his bat. As he scored the fastest half-century of the IPL 14th edition by scoring 50 from just 16 deliveries and he was dismissed for 84 runs in his account and he took just 32 deliveries to do so.
Hardik Pandya was promoted to the number 3 position in the game but he disappointed the fans once again, he scored just 10 runs in his account. That said, Kieron Pollard was also dismissed for just 13 runs. But Suryakumar Yadav fired up in the match as he scored 82 runs from just 40 deliveries and that helped Mumbai Indians to reach 235 runs on the board after 20 overs.
Even after having massive runs in the bank, Mumbai Indians needed to restrict the Sunrisers Hyderabad under 70 runs to qualify for the playoffs but that did not happen as the Sunrisers Hyderabad who played yesterday under the leadership of Manish Pandey showcased a good batting performance.
The opening pair of the Sunrisers Hyderabad provided a good start, Jason Roy scored 34 and Abhishek Sharma and 33 runs in his account from just 16 deliveries.
After that, Manish Pandey showcased his character by scoring 69 runs from 41 deliveries but that was not enough for Sunrisers Hyderabad to register a victory over Mumbai Indians as the men in blue won the game by 42 runs but they were failed to enter into the playoff because of the net run rate.
Well, the fans and the boys of Mumbai Indians can feel proud as be showcased a champion performance in the last match even though they are not qualified.
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