Following his team’s win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Australia opener Travis Head said he is proud of himself Satisfied with getting good results on both the offside and attacking side of the ground on the leg side. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 31 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
After the game, Travis said in his post-match speech: “It feels good. The batting team has performed well in the past two games and feels good to be able to contribute. It was very enjoyable tonight. We were in the first game Be aggressive in the game and um that’s one thing we wanted to do on the field. I’m glad that I can target the offside and the leg side at the same time. Earlier, I would just target the leg side. That’s what we Great blueprint moving forward. I’m happy with how the power play is going. They (MI) are getting so much power and experience as well. With 280-plus, I feel like we’ve got enough.”
In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad was first tested by Mumbai Indians. MI got Mayank Agarwal (11) early on. But Travis Head (62 off 24 balls, including 9 fours and 3 sixes) and Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23 balls, including 3 A furious knock of fours and seven sixes helped SRH post a score of 148/2 in 10 overs. Abhishek-Head played a 68-run partnership for the second wicket.
After a brief 48-run stand between Abhishek and Aiden Markram (42* off 28 balls, including two fours and a six), Heinrich Klassen (Heinrich Klaasen) (80* in 34 balls with 4 boundaries and 7 sixes) took SRH to 277/3 in 20 overs in 54 balls, the highest total in IPL history.
Gerald Coetzee (1/57), captain Hardik Pandya (1/46) and Piyush Chawla (1/34) Taking a wicket for MI. South Africa U19 star Kwena Maphanka scored 66 runs in four overs on his IPL debut.
Openers Rohit Sharma (26 off 12 balls, including four and three sixes) and Ishan Kishan (34 off 13 balls, including Chasing 278 runs, 2 fours and 3 sixes got MI off to a good start, scoring 56 runs in 3.2 overs.
After both openers were dismissed, Naman Dhir (30 off 14 balls, including two fours and two sixes) and Tilak Varma (64 off 34 balls, including two fours and six sixes) formed Standing for 84 runs, taking MI to 150 in 10.4 overs, he launched an incredible fightback when Deere was dismissed.
Tilak continued to struggle for MI with captain Hardik Pandya (24 off 20 balls, including 4 and 6), taking MI to 182 in 14.1 overs when Tilak was dismissed /4.
In the death overs, Tim David (42* off 22 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes) was paired with Pandya and Romario Shepherd (15* in 6 balls with 2 fours and 1 six goals) started a fierce competition for MI. But MI was well controlled by the SRH bowlers and managed only a commendable 246/5 in 20 overs, losing by 31 runs.
Skipper Pat Cummins (2/35) and Jaydev Unadkat (2/47) are SRH’s top bowlers. Shahbaz Ahmed also picked up a wicket.
Abhishek won the ‘Man of the Match’ award for his fifty.
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