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The eighth match of this year’s IPL was held between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Mumbai Indians have won the toss and choose to field.
Many records were made in today’s game such as Highest team totals in the IPL (277/3), Most sixes in a Men’s T20 match, Most sixes in an IPL game (38), Highest aggregates in a Men’s T20 match, Highest aggregates in an IPL match (523), Highest second-innings totals in the IPL (246/5). But these will appeal to those interested in statistics, and the general audience of the game will certainly be pleased to see so many 4’s and 6’s today.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings:
Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first and scored the highest team total in the history of the IPL.
Mayank Agarwal and Travis Head opened for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mayank Agarwal scored 11 runs and was dismissed by Hardik Pandya in the fifth over. But Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma continued to score at an unstoppable pace. They made a partnership of 68 runs off 22 balls.
Travis Head was dismissed in the eighth over off Gerald Coetzee. He scored 62 off 24 balls and hit nine 4s and three 6s. Then Aiden Markram came down to bat on 2nd down. Although the new player came to bat, the pace of scoring runs did not decrease. Aiden Markram and Abhishek Sharma made a partnership of 48 runs off 19 balls. Abhishek Sharma was out for 63 off 23 balls. He hit three 4s and seven 6s.
Then Heinrich Klaasen came to bat in the third down. Heinrich Klaasen and Aiden Markram made a partnership of 116 runs in 54 balls. Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten 42 off 28 balls and he hit two fours and a 6 while Heinrich Klaasen scored 80 off 34 balls and he hit four 4s and seven 6s.
There were 19 fours and 18 sixes in Sunrisers Hyderabad innings. At the end of 20 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad were 277/3.
For Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya, Gerald Coetzee and Piyush Chawla took one wicket each but gave away plenty of runs. Jasprit Bumrah did not take a wicket but had a better economy rate than other bowlers.
Mumbai Indians Innings:
With a target of 278 runs, Mumbai Indians also played well and by the end they scored 246 runs in 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians got off to a great start. Both Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan started in a very aggressive manner and after the first 3 overs Mumbai Indians reached 50 for no loss. The fast bowling was not working and so Pat Cummins brought Shahbaz Ahmed into the attack in the fourth over and the plan worked as he dismissed Ishan Kishan. Ishan Kishan played very well but he got out for 34 off 13 balls and was caught by Aiden Markram. Rohit Sharma gave a chance in the last ball of this over of Shahbaz Ahmed but Samad missed the catch at mid-on.
But Rohit Sharma could not capitalize on this opportunity as in the next over he was dismissed by Pat Cummins and caught by Abhishek Sharma. Rohit Sharma scored 26 runs in 12 balls. The target was 278 runs and when the two attacking openers got out it looked like Mumbai Indians would not be able to score much more.
After that, Naman Dhir and Tilak Varma were playing brilliantly and they put on a partnership of 84 runs off 37 balls. In the eleventh over, Naman Dhir was dismissed by Jaydev Unadkat and was caught by Pat Cummins after scoring 30 runs off 14 balls. He hit 2 fours and 2 sixes.
Hardik Pandya came in after Naman Dhir got out. At the other end, Tilak Varma continued with the same aggressive batting. In the 15th over, Pat Cummins came to bowl and dismissed Tilak Varma. Tilak scored 64 runs off 34 balls and he hit 2 fours and 6 sixes.
Mumbai Indians needed a match-winning innings from their captain Hardik Pandya but he was dismissed for 24 off 20 balls by Jaydev Unadkat. Tim David tried well, he scored 42 off 22 balls but it was not enough to win the match. At the end of 20 overs, Mumbai Indians scored 246/5.
For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jaydev Unadkat and Pat Cummins took two wickets each and Shahbaz Ahmed took one wicket.
Scorecard Summary:
| Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings (277/3 in 20 overs) | Mumbai Indians Bowling |
| Heinrich Klaasen 80* (34) | Hardik Pandya 46/1 (4 overs) |
| Abhishek Sharma 63 (23 | Gerald Coetzee 57/1 (4 overs) |
| Travis Head 62 (24) | Piyush Chawla 34/1 (2 overs) |
| Aiden Markram 42* (28) | |
| Mumbai Indians Innings (246/5 in 20 overs) | Sunrisers Hyderabad Bowling |
| Tilak Varma 64 (34) | Pat Cummins 35/2 (4 overs) |
| Tim David 42 (22) | Jaydev Unadkat 47/2 (4 overs) |
| Ishan Kishan 34(13) | Shahbaz Ahmed 39/1 (3 overs) |
| Naman Dhir 30(14) |
Result:
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match by 31 runs.
Player Of The Match:
Abhishek Sharma was the player of the match.