Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) shattered information with the bat after Mumbai Indians opted to bowl first in Hyderabad on Wednesday (March 27). The boys in orange witnessed carnage led by ever aggressive Travis Head and the quantity three batter Abhishek Sharma who broke information at will serving to SRH submit 148 runs of their first 10 overs.
Whereas Head scored 62 runs off simply 24 balls at a strike-rate of 258.33, Abhishek smacked 63 off 23 deliveries placing at 273.91. The previous was the one who took cost first smashing an 18-ball fifty, quickest ever for SRH of their historical past. Nevertheless, inside 4 overs, Abhishek Sharma broke the recod registering a 16-ball half-century leaving the followers surprised along with his strokeplay.
Each of them reached their half-century in lower than 20 balls to change into the primary pair of batters to succeed in the 50-run mark in lower than the mentioned variety of deliveries for a similar crew in an IPL match. No batters had achieved this distinctive feat earlier than even because the Sunrisers additionally posted the best crew complete on the finish of 10 overs of their innings – 148. Mumbai Indians held the document beforehand having amassed 141 runs of their 10 overs.
MI should have hoped for some respite after each Head and Sharma have been dismissed however Heinrich Klaasen got here out and piled on the agony on them smashing an unbeaten 80 off 34 balls. He hit seven gigantic sixes throughout his keep within the center serving to SRH submit the best ever complete in IPL – 277/2. In response, even Mumbai Indians chased down the goal brilliantly getting ever so shut and dropping by 31 runs. They scored 246 runs of their 20 overs and at one stage, the goal even appeared achievable. However SRH bowlers executed their plans nicely on the dying to maintain the MI batters on the backfoot.
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