Was it real? the host team’s captain Cummins lost the toss asked to bat first. The SRH team lost their opener Mayank Agarwal early, who scored just 11 runs. Travis Head was in different mode today. He faced 24 balls and smashed three 6s and nine 4s. Abhishek Sharma was even better today, he has hit seven 6s and three 4s in just 23 balls. Aiden Markram performed also well, he scored 42 runs off 28 balls. It was Heinrich Klaasen †, scored 80 runs off just 34 balls. He completed his team’s innings with the help of seven maximums and three boundaries.
When SRH batsmen started smashing boundaries, MI bowlers gone out of their minds. Kwena Maphaka gave 66 runs off 24 balls, Hardik Pandya 46, Jasprit Bumrah 36. Gerald Coetzee 57, Piyush Chawla gave 34 runs in two overs. Shams Mulani bowled two overs and leaked 33 runs. Mi gave 19 extras today. In reply, MI captain started his innings with a good intent, he scored 26 runs off just 12 balls. Ishan Kishan † faced 13 balls and scored 34 runs. Naman Dhir also batted good, he scored 30 runs off just 14 deliveries.
Tilak Varma tried his best with his 62 runs knock off just 34 balls he faced. MI had a score of 150, when they lost their third wicket in 11.4 overs. That indicates the MI team was well ahead of the required run-rate at half of the stage. Their captain Hardik Pandya could have batted as well as he is capable of. But he scored just 24 runs off 20 balls. He was the only batsmen who batted scored runs very slowly. After the captain Tim David came to the pitch and scored 42 runs off 22 balls. Romario Shepherd 15 runs knock was also good with just six balls he used for that.
Toss: Mumbai Indians, elected to field first.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the most expensive bowler today from the SRH team. He gave 53 runs in his four overs. Mayank Markande bowling was not impressive also, he gave 52 runs. Umran Malik gave 15 runs in his one over. Pat Cummins was the most economical bowler today, he bowled 4 overs, gave 35 runs and took two wickets. Shahbaz Ahmed leaked 39 runs in his three overs. Jaydev Unadkat dismissed two MI batsmen. But he also failed to restrict the flow of runs, he gave 47.
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians Highlights today. Wednesday 27-3-2024. Indian Premier League 2024 Highlights, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad team: 1 Travis Head, 2 Mayank Agarwal, 3 Abhishek Sharma, 4 Aiden Markram, 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Pat Cummins (capt), 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Mayank Markande, 11 Jaydev Unadkat
Mumbai Indians team: 1 Ishan Kishan (Wk), 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Naman Dhir, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Hardik Pandya (capt), 6 Tim David, 7. Shams Mulani, 8 Gerald Coetzee, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Kwena Maphaka
Head to Head In T20’s: 22
Sunrisers Hyderabad Won: 10
Mumbai Indians Won: 12
Form guide
(last five completed T20’s, most recent first)
Sunrisers Hyderabad LLLLL
Mumbai Indians LLWWL
Match Timings: 02:00 PM GMT | 07:30 PM Local
Umpires – KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Ulhas Gandhe
TV Umpire – Kumar Dharmasena
Match Referee – Prakash Bhatt
Reserve Umpire – Vaibhav Dhokre
Match number – IPL 2024 Match 8
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