IPL 2024 | Mumbai Indians | Sunrisers Hyderabad:
17th IPL (Indian Premier League – 2024) The T20 cricket festival has been going on in India since March 22. In this series, Mumbai Indians – Sunrisers Hyderabad teams clashed on Monday in Mumbai.
Batting first, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 173 runs for the loss of 8 wickets at the end of 20 overs. Travis Head was the highest scorer in the team with 48 runs. Hardik Pandya and Piyush Chawla took maximum 3 wickets each for Mumbai team.
After this, Mumbai Indians did not get off to a good start chasing the target of 174 runs. Openers Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma were dismissed for 9 and 4 runs respectively. Naman Dhir ducked out and got out. However, the pair of Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma, who joined the field next, showed an excellent performance and accumulated runs for the team. Suryakumar, who swung the bat aggressively, destroyed the bowling of the Hyderabad team and scored a century.
Suryakumar scored 102 runs in 51 balls with 12 fours and 6 sixes and Tilak Verma scored 37 runs in 32 balls with 6 fours and ensured the victory of the team from the field without losing a game till the end. Reaching the target in 17.2 overs, the Mumbai team beat Hyderabad by 7 wickets and won the match.
With this victory, the Mumbai team, which was at the bottom of the points table, moved up to the 9th position with 8 points. Hyderabad remains at the same 4th position.
Can Mumbai Indians qualify for play-offs?
In the current series, Mumbai team is at the 9th position with 8 points after playing 4 wins and 8 losses in 12 matches. Now with a huge win against Hyderabad, can Mumbai still qualify for the next round of play-offs? The question has arisen in the minds of the fans. We have tried to give the answer here.
Qualifying for the play-offs will be a tough one for Mumbai in the current environment. But they still have a small chance. The team has 2 matches left in the league round. Mumbai will play against Kolkata Knight Riders (May 11) and Lucknow Supergiants (May 17). They need to make sure they win these 2 matches first. Also, they have to rely on the results of other teams.
Also, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, who are currently in the top two positions in the points table, will be crucial for both teams to finish in the top two at the end of the league round.
Similarly, the Mumbai team will be keeping a close eye on the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Supergiants match. The losing team in these 2 matches will have to lose the remaining 2 matches. Then the team will finish with 12 points.
Mumbai will end the series with 12 points if they taste victory in the remaining 2 matches. They are currently in 3rd place with 12 points to keep their play off hopes alive Chennai Super Kings have to lose their remaining 3 matches.
Similarly, teams currently with 12 points should not take more points than that team in order to overtake Mubai. Net run rate plays a vital role when that happens. Hence, Mumbai will need to win the remaining 2 matches with a good net run rate.
