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SunRisers Hyderabad guaranteed their entry into the IPL 2020 Playoffs in style as they brushed aside Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday (November 3) in the final league video game of this season.
SunRisers, hence, protected the staying berth in this year’s Playoffs which suggested that Kolkata Knight Riders were knocked out of the competition. SRH proceeded since of their better net run-rate– finishing the league phase at 3rd position on the points table, even leap-frogging RCB.
Chasing after Mumbai Indians sub-par total of 149, SRH’s opening duo of Wriddhiman Saha and skipper David Warner ferreted out the target in just 17.1 overs, engaging in a massive 151- run unbeaten opening stand.
The duo searched in imperious touch and left no margins for mistake. They took the match by the scruff of the neck– both completing their half-centuries. It appeared like a race between Warner and Saha at first regarding who betters the other however Saha showcased his maturity, giving more of the strike to his skipper – who was timing the ball simply a little bit better.
Warner simply took off after finishing his 48 th IPL half-century and ended up at 85 (off 58 balls; 4×10, 6×1). His three successive fours against fellow Aussie James Pattinson were possibly, the highlight of the day.
Saha acted as his able deputy, ending up at 58 (off 45 ball; 4×7, 6×1). It must be kept in mind that this was the keeper-batsman’s second fifty after just having played three matches in this edition. In his three games of IPL 2020, Saha has scored 87, 39 and 58 respectively– a huge factor for SRH’s phenomenal turn-around this year.
No Mumbai Indians’ bowler had any answer on the day and it was clearly evident regarding how crucial the duo of Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah is to their fortunes. Bumrah, Boult and Hardik Pandya had actually all been rested for this video game and it all displayed in their depressing performance on the day.
Earlier, Warner had won the toss and put Mumbai Into bat. Mumbai were enhanced by the return of their routine skipper Rohit Sharma, who captured everyone by surprise by leaving for the toss.
Sandeep Sharma supplied the opening breakthro
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