MI seal playoff spot by defeating SRH in super over
The 51st match of the 12th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was played between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Wankhede Stadium. In the match, Mumbai Indians won the toss and batted first, with Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 69, the Mumbai team scored 162 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. For Hyderabad, Khalil Ahmad got 3 while Bhuvneshwar and Mohammad Nabi got 1-1 wickets. In reply, Manish Pandey’s unbeaten 71 helped the Sunrisers Hyderabad to score 162 for 6 in 20 overs and the match was tied. Sunrisers Hyderabad had to score 17 runs in the last over to win the match. Hardik Pandya bowled the last over from Mumbai.
Manish Pandey’s ties the match with a Six
On the first ball of Hardik Pandya’s final over, Mohammed Nabi gave a single to Manish Pandey. Manish Pandey took a single on the second ball. Now Hyderabad needed 15 runs in 4 balls to win. On the third ball of Hardik, Mohammad Nabi hit a six. Mohammed Nabi was caught by Surya Kumar Yadav in an effort to hit six on the fourth ball. Hyderabad needed 9 runs in 2 balls to win. When the ball was in the air, the batsmen crossed and Manish Pandey was on strike. On the fifth ball, Manish scored two runs. Now, Sunrisers need 7 runs to win the last ball. Manish Pandey hit a six off Hardik’s last ball and the match was tied with this. Whose decision came out in Super Over
Hyderabad team played 4 balls in super over
Since Sunrisers Hyderabad had bowed first after losing the team toss in the match. That’s why they got the opportunity of batting first in the super over. On behalf of Hyderabad, Mohammad Nabi and Manish Pandey came for batting. Jaspreet Bumrah took over the responsibility of Super Over from Mumbai Indians. Manish Pandey was run out on the first ball while going for a second run. After that, Martin Guptill joined Nabi. Nabi hit a six on the fourth ball but was clean bowled on the next ball ending the Super Over of Hyderabad. In Hyderabad Super Over, only 4 balls were played and 8 runs scored.
Now Mumbai Indians were to score 9 runs in 6 balls. The big hitters of MI Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard took strike. Rashid Khan took charge of Super Over for Sunrise Hyderabad On the first ball of his over, Hardik hit a six off mid-on. Now Mumbai had to make 3 runs in 5 balls to win. Hardik took a single on the next ball. On the third ball, Kieron Pollard scored two runs and in this way Sunrisers Hyderabad had to face defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians in super over. With this victory, Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs with 16 points, with 8 wins and 5 losses in 13 matches. Now the team of Mumbai has reached number two in the points table. Delhi and Chennai teams have already confirmed their position in the playoffs.
