SRH vs MI IPL 2024: Key Moments of Match 8 at Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad batters Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal, in Hyderabad, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI03_27_2024_000252B)

Sunrisers Hyderabad emerged winner in today’s high-scoring match with the Mumbai Indians. SRH won by 31 runs.

Mumbai Indians fell short of 31 runs chasing a mammoth target of 278 runs against SRH.

Earlier in the first innings, Sunrisers Hyderabad with the help of Travis Head (62), Abhishek Sharma (63), Klaasen (80*) and Markram (42) hard hitting, SRH posed the highest total of IPL history at 277/3 in 20 overs. Mumbai Indians needed some effort to chase 278 runs and set a record to win this game.

Mumbai Indians tried their best to chase the score but in vain as the high-scoring match was always going to be tough for the team chasing. After some start by Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan, wickets fell at regular intervals for MI and as a result they lost the match by 31 runs.

Here are the key moments of the match that decided the course of high-scoring T20 game at Hyderabad:

1st Innings

Travis Head and Mayank Agarwal open the innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Travis Head dropped off the first ball of the second over

Travis Head opens his hands as he hit two back-to-back sixes

Abhishek pulls a short ball from Coetzee for a six off the free-hit, score 66/1 in 5.2 overs

Travis Head is out caught Bumrah bowled Coetzee on 62 of 24 balls

Abhishek Sharma brings up his 50 in just 16 balls, SRH 144/2 in 9.3 overs

Abhishek Sharma departs for 63 off 23 balls as SRH is 161/2 after 11 overs

Klaasen flicks a full toss from Hardik Pandya down the leg side for a six. SRH 191/3 in 14 overs

SRH reach a huge total of 202/3 after 15 overs

Klaasen completes his fifty in just 23 balls, SRH 243/3 in 18 overs

Ball change after hard hitting in 18.5 overs

SRH pose highest IPL total, make 277/3 in 20 overs

2nd innings

Mumbai Indians start chasing 278

Rohit starts off with a four, hits back-to-back sixes in next over

Ishan Kishan now with back-to-back sixes

Kishan departs for 34 in 13 balls, SRH 56/1 in 3.2 overs

Naman Dhir and Tilak Varma taking the score forward with boundaries

Naman Dhir falls for 30, MI 150/3 in 10.4 overs

Tilak Varma departs for 64, MI at 182/4 in 14.1 overs

Hardik Pandya is out for 24 off 20 balls, MI 224/5 in 18 overs

SRH win by 31 runs against Mumbai Indians