Sunrisers Hyderabad posted the highest-ever total in the Indian Premier League with 277-3 and defeated Mumbai Indians by 31 runs in the six-match series on Wednesday. After Hyderabad batted first, Australia’s Travis Head led the attack with a 24-ball 62 and surpassed the previous IPL best of 263 set by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2013. -5. Mumbai responded strongly in the match, which witnessed 38 sixes, setting another IPL record. Knocked out 33 hits, surpassing the previous three seasons by three.
Left-hander Tilak Varma scored 64 off 34 balls for Mumbai, but veteran batsman Rohit Sharma, playing his 200th IPL game, On a ball-friendly court, his efforts were not enough.
Rohit’s 12-ball knock of 26 and fellow opener Ishan Kishan’s 34 got Mumbai off to a good start, but due to increasing demands, the After 10 overs, the innings ran out of steam.
Tim David’s unbeaten 42 in the dying moments saw the chase eluded him as Mumbai ended the match on 246 for 5, the team’s highest total in the IPL .
After winning this game, SRH moved up to third place in the standings, while MI slipped to ninth place in the standings.
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The match set a record for the highest total of 523 runs in the 17-year history of IPL.
Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins was the best among the bowlers as he registered figures of 2-35 from four overs to lead his team to their first win of the season.
Earlier, the left-hander had scored five wickets to reach his fifty in 18 balls under David Hardik Pandya and after his departure, Abhishek Sharma reached his half-century off just 16 balls.
The team reached 100 runs in just seven overs, while Hyderabad posted the highest total in the history of the tournament with a score of 148-2 in the first 10 overs.
Abhishek made 63 off 23 balls but there was no respite for the bowlers as they were dealt some punishing knocks.
In the Hyderabad match, South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen (80 not out off 34 balls) and Aiden Markram (42 balls) He scored an unbeaten 116, hitting 18 sixes and 19 fours.
Mumbai’s South African off-spinner Kwena Maphaka endured a bitter experience heading into the IPL, with the 17-year-old left-arm fast player scoring 66 runs in four overs.
Five-time champions Mumbai had a change of captain when Pandya replaced the experienced Rohit, while Hyderabad started the tournament with a loss.
(With AFP input)
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