IPL 2021: Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians were eliminated from the play-offs despite scoring 235 on Friday, their highest-ever total. Sunrisers Hyderabad got out to a blistering start, depriving the defending champions the chance to pull off the seemingly impossible.
Mumbai Indians put it their all in an attempt to achieve the impossible, but their championship defense came to an end in. IPL 2021 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final league game. They were eliminated from the play-offs despite scoring their highest-ever total of 235 in 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians headed into the contest on the final league-stage matchday of IPL 2021, knowing they needed a mountain to climb as they had to win by. 171 runs against SRH to leapfrog Kolkata Knight Riders and seal a place in the final. 4 for the 3rd successive season.
IPL 2021: Sunrisers Hyderabad, On a fantastic batting pitch at the. Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, they were unable to limit the run flow. In the powerplay, SRH openers Jason Roy and Abhishek Sharma went hammer and tongs, putting on a 64-run opening partnership in only 5.2 over
For an unlikely play-off berth, Mumbai Indians needed to keep Sunrisers Hyderabad to less than 65 runs, but the 2016 winners did so in just under 6 overs.
Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav give it their all
Earlier in the day, Mumbai Indians shown that they would not go down without a fight by putting on a powerful batting display, scoring 235, the best total in IPL history outside India.
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