In the 56th or last league stage match in the IPL 2020, SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) thrashed the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) by 10 wickets at Sharjah Cricket Stadium (Sharjah) and sealed their spot for the Playoffs of this tournament.
SunRisers Hyderabad captain David Warner decided to bat first after winning the toss. At the end of the first innings, Mumbai Indians scored 149/8 (20 overs). In reply, SRH chased down the target in 17.1 overs without losing any wicket.
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IPL 2020, Match 56: SunRisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians (SRH vs MI) – Highlights
SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) innings
SRH openers skipper David Warner and wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha provided a solid start and set the 100+ opening partnership.
Both the openers completed their fifties in 12th over of that innings. While Warner scored 35-ball fifty, Saha scored a 34-ball fifty. While Saha scored 58 not out off 45 balls (7 fours and only six), Warner was not out on 85 runs off 58 balls (10 fours and only six).
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Mumbai Indians (MI) innings
In his comeback match from the injury, skipper Rohit Sharma only managed to score 4 runs as Sandeep Sharma took his wicket in the third over. Though another opener Quinton de Kock provided a firing start, Sandeep got him too after conceding 4, 6 and 6. De Kock was bowled in 5th over after scoring 25 runs off 13 balls (2 fours and 2 sixes).
Then Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan handled the situation and they set up the 42 runs partnership for the third wicket. But once that partnership was broken as Yadav (36 off 29 balls; 5 fours) was stumped out in Shahbaz Nadeem’s over (12th over of that innings), Mumbai Indians lost their next wickets at regular intervals.
In the 17th over, Sandeep Sharma bowled Ishan Kishan for 33 runs off 30 balls (only four and 2 sixes).
Apart from Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan, only Kieron Pollard managed to reach the double-digit score in that innings. In the very late moment of that innings, Pollard played a very important role as his 41 off 25 balls (2 fours and 4 sixes) helped Mumbai Indians to set the 150 runs target for their opponents.
Among the SRH bowlers, while Sandeep Sharma (3/34) took three wickets, Jason Holder (2/25) and Shahbaz Nadeem (2/19) bagged two wickets each.
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IPL 2020, Match 56: SunRisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians (SRH vs MI) – Twitter Reactions
Another example of why helmets need to be made mandatory.
Thank God my friend @dhawal_kulkarni was wearing one.@BoriaMajumdar https://t.co/3ZRv8fGLKe— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 3, 2020
Supreme knocks from @davidwarner31 & @Wriddhipops. That too literally in the pre-quarter final match!! Chasing the target without losing any wicket unbelievable!!?? @IPL @SunRisers #MIvSRH
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) November 3, 2020
David is the Goliath of #IPL
6th consecutive season with 500+ runs. ? #Warner #IPL— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 3, 2020
Impressed with @Wriddhipops batting tonight!
An innings comprising of clever shots and intent #SRHvMI
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) November 3, 2020
Brilliant work on the field by @SunRisers ! All the bowlers bowled exceptionally well, 150 to move to 3rd place , looks like it will be #SRH !#SRHvMI #IPL2020
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) November 3, 2020
#sandeepsharma #shahbaznadeem Two less hyped cricketers!Two top quality cricketers.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 3, 2020