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IPL-19: Rickelton’s stormy century also did not work for MI, SRH finished third after crossing the target of 244 runs.

By Samira Vishwas

Mumbai, 29 April. While in the heat of North India, there was a strong storm on Wednesday, there was heavy rain of runs in the Wankhede Stadium of Mayanagari. But even South African batsman Ryan Rickelton’s stormy century (123 not out, 55 balls, eight sixes, 10 fours) could not avert the plight of former five-time champion Mumbai Indians (MI).

The reason for this was that the opposition batsmen proved to be more explosive and Sunrisers Hyderabad (MI) easily crossed the target of 244 runs. In this sequence, Pat Cummins and Company forced the hosts to taste their sixth defeat with an easy victory of six wickets with eight balls remaining and also moved themselves to third place in the points table of Tata Indian Premier League (IPL-19). With this, SRH joined the club of teams that have achieved 100 wins in this league.

Rickelton’s name in IPL history Best innings from MI

For the first time in its last 22 matches played at the Wankhede Stadium, MI decided to bat first out of the box and 29-year-old wicketkeeper batsman Rickelton from Johannesburg also did not disappoint captain Hardik Pandya as he returned to the pavilion unbeaten after writing his name on the best innings for MI in the history of the tournament.

Mumbai’s highest score while batting first in IPL

Apart from Rickelton, with the aggressive innings of his fellow openers Will Jacques (46 runs, 22 balls, three sixes, five fours) and Hardik Pandya (31 runs, 15 balls, two sixes, two fours), Mumbai Indians scored 243 runs at the loss of five wickets, which was their highest score so far while batting first in the IPL.

With the help of Travis Head, Abhishek and Klassen srh Fourth largest successful chase of

But SRH did not feel the slightest difficulty while chasing this target and with the devastating blows of Travis Head (76 runs, 30 balls, eight fours, four fours), Abhishek Sharma (45 runs, 24 balls, three sixes, four fours) and ‘Player of the Match’ Heinrich Klaasen (65 runs not out, 30 balls, four sixes, seven fours) scored 249 for four wickets in 18.4 overs. Scored runs. This was the fourth highest successful chase (win while chasing) in IPL history.

Openers Abhishek and Head scored 129 runs in just 52 balls.

In fact, two left-handed openers – Abhishek and Adelaide resident Travis Head, together scored 129 runs in 52 balls for the first wicket, out of which 92 runs were scored only in the powerplay. However, Afghan off-spinner Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (2-51) returned Abhishek and Ishan Kishan (0) in the ninth over and Pandya (1-39) closed the innings with Head in the next over. Thus, three batsmen were out within seven balls and four runs. But it made no difference because Klaasen, who scored his fourth fifty of the current season, immediately took command.

Klaasen completed the formalities with Nitish and Salil.

In this sequence, 34-year-old veteran Transvaal Klaasen first scored 80 runs in just 40 balls in the presence of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21 runs, 17 balls, three fours) and then completed the formalities of victory by adding unbroken 36 runs in 14 balls with Salil Arora (30 not out, 10 balls, three sixes, two fours). In these, Salil gave the final touch to the victory by hitting a four and two sixes off Pandya’s balls in the 19th over.

Sunrisers registered fifth consecutive win, Mumbai’s sixth defeat.

If seen, this was the fifth consecutive win for Sunrisers and with the help of sixth win in a total of nine matches, with 12 points, they moved to third place behind Punjab Kings (13 points) and RCB (12). In this sequence, it overtook Rajasthan Royals (12 points in nine matches) to fourth place. This was Mumbai Indians’ sixth defeat in eight matches and with four points, they are still one place above the laggard Lucknow Super Giants (four points).

Rickelton and Will Jacques added 93 runs on 43 balls.

Before this, if we look at the innings of Mumbai Indians, when Quinton de Kock was out due to wrist injury, Mumbai gave Jacques and Rickelton a chance to open the innings. This was Mumbai’s fourth opening pair in the current season. Well, both of them started well and added 78 runs in the powerplay. Ultimately, the partnership of 93 runs on 43 balls for the first wicket was broken by Ishan Malinga (1-29) by returning Jacques.

score card

On the other hand, Rickelton completed the team’s century in the eighth over with a four on Nitish and then completed his half-century in 23 balls with a six on the next ball. However, Suryakumar Yadav (five runs, five balls, one four) could not run and became the victim of Ishan Malinga.

Ryan also had half-century partnerships with Naman and Pandya.

But Ryan Rickelton added 55 runs in 31 balls for the third wicket with Naman Dhir (22 runs, 17 balls, three fours) and then added 56 runs in 27 balls with Hardik Pandya (31) for the fourth wicket, taking the team beyond 240. However later this score proved insufficient.

Rickelton scored the fastest century for Mumbai in IPL history.

The specialty of Rickelton’s innings was that he scored his first century in IPL in 44 balls and the fastest century for the team in the history of the league. In this sequence, he broke the records of Sanath Jayasuriya (45 balls) and Tilak Verma (45 balls). Prafulla Hinge (2-54) was the most successful bowler for Sunrisers.

Thursday’s match: Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Ahmedabad, 7.30 PM).

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