Hyderabad reached 3-277,the highest total in IPL history,after an electrifying unbeaten 80 off 34 balls by Heinrich Klassen. Travis Head (62 off 24) and Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) set the tone with blistering half-centuries.
Hyderabad’s beefy total is the third highest in the history of men’s T20 and broke Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL record of 5-263 scored against Pune Warriors in 2013.
The teams combined to hit a T20-world record 38 sixes.
Mumbai’s top-order batters were ruthless in the run chase,reaching 3-150 by the midpoint of their innings before Hyderabad came back strongly through skipper Pat Cummins (2-35) and Jaydev Unadkat (2-47) in the second half and restricted the five-time champions to 5-246.
Rohit Sharma (26) and Ishan Kishan (34) took Mumbai to 50 in the first three overs before both fell in successive overs while looking for big shots.
Travis Head looks to the skies during his quickfire 62 for Hyderabad.AP
Top-scorer Tilak Varma,who made 64 off 34 balls,and Naman Dhir (30) then rattled an 84-run partnership before Unadkat and Cummins pulled the reigns with both batters miscuing their big shots. Tim David made an unbeaten 46 off 22 balls,but Hyderabad were always in control during the death overs in a game where bowlers were punished for plenty.
Earlier,17-year-old South African fast bowler Kwena Maphaka made his IPL debut with expensive figures of 0-66. Maphaka’s countryman Gerald Coetzee (1-57) was also hit as Hyderabad batters dominated the quicks from the outset.
Mumbai’s ploy to hold back their ace fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah (0-36) didn’t work out well as Head smashed an 18-ball half-century and then Sharma raised the bar when he compiled his 50 off just 16 balls on a perfect batting wicket.
The South African pair of Klassen and Aiden Markram (42 not out) then continued the acceleration with an unbeaten stand of 116 off 55 balls as Klassen cashed in at will,smashing seven sixes and four boundaries in his powerful knock to set the stage for Hyderabad’s first win of the season.
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