Mumbai Indians’ remarkable surrender against SunRisers Hyderabad on Wednesday under the leadership of Hardik Pandya will long be remembered. SRH pulled out all the stops and posted 277/3 in 20 overs, their highest score in the 17-year history of the IPL, while the MI bowlers looked completely clueless. Although the MI batsmen tried to put up a fight, it was not enough to surpass such a mammoth total. It was the second consecutive defeat for Hardik Pandya, who took over the captaincy of MI from Rohit Sharma.
Hardik Pandya’s captaincy has been questioned by former Indian cricket team star Irfan Pathan. Even though Jasprit Bumrah was among their ranks, Pandya got the star bowler late. The decision angered Pathan.
Hardik Pandya’s captaincy has been ordinary to say the least. It was beyond my comprehension to keep Bumra away from me for so long when the massacre occurred.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 27, 2024
“Hardik Pandya’s captaincy has been ordinary to say the least. Keeping Bumrah away from me for so long when the carnage happened is beyond my comprehension,” Pathan ( Pathan) wrote on X.
“Who would have thought a record score in IPL would come against MI. Crazy batting by SRH. #SRHvMI,” he wrote in another post.
Who would have thought that the record score in the IPL would be against MI. Crazy hit by SRH. #SRHvMI
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 27, 2024
Pathan also mocked Pandya’s batting. In the chase, MI managed to score 246/5 in 20 overs. Pandya scored 24 goals from 20 balls. “The captain cannot bat at 120 if the whole team is batting at 200,” he wrote.
If the whole team is batting at a batting average of 200, the captain cannot bat at a batting average of 120.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 27, 2024
Records tumbled from left to right when it came to the match as Sunrisers Hyderabad shocked Mumbai Indians on Wednesday by smashing the highest score in IPL history with a score of 277 for three. Travis Head (62 off 24) and Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) put on a sensational power-hitting performance, the latter of which The team record for fastest 50 mph was snatched away from the Australians within minutes.
Heinrich Klaasen (80 not out off 34 balls) finally provided a spark for SRH, helping them break their 11-year-old record. The previous highest total in IPL was 263 runs scored in five games by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013.
Head and Sharma were in the thick of the action throughout the innings, trying to stop the Mumbai Indians attack.
Hyde was surprisingly left out of the opening eleven but cemented his status as one of the most dangerous batsmen in the game with his whirlwind strike.
He surpassed David Warner’s record of fastest fifty by an SRH batsman with 18 balls later, while Sharma surpassed Head 16 balls later record of 20 goals.
Head was bowled early in the innings by compatriot Tim David, who opened his front leg to hit a boundary at will, scoring nine fours and three sixes in total.
The left-hander completed his fifty with an inside-out four over mid-off before sending out Gerald Coetzee’s bouncer for six deep into mid-off to prompt the opposition Captain Hardik Pandya admitted the Australians’ brutal attack.
After Head’s departure, Sharma went all out and hit seven sixes and three boundaries, mainly targeting the horns.
It has been a nightmare start to the IPL for 17-year-old South African pacer Kwena Maphaka, who was named in the Mumbai Indians squad after a stellar performance in the U-19 World Cup.
He missed as many as 66 runs in four overs. The left-arm pacer failed to recover from Head’s onslaught in the second game, conceding 22 runs.
With most of the Mumbai bowlers being sent to the washout, it was surprising that Mumbai Indians skipper Pandya waited until the 13th over to give Jasprit Bumrah his second try .
After Sharma was dismissed, an in-form Klassen ensured that SRH’s six-wicket spree did not stop. Klassen ended up hitting seven sixes, with a Bumrah bouncer coming to the fore.
Klaasen’s stunning strike against KKR at the Eden Gardens almost saw SRH cross the finish line.
Former captain Aiden Markram scored 42 off 28 balls.
With PTI input
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