In another thrilling encounter on the last day of the league stage in the ongoing IPL, the fans were stunned after MI posted a rambunctious showdown with the bat against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. After Kolkata Knight Riders rocked and rolled in the preceding encounter against Rajasthan Royals, things became excessively challenging for the reigning champions.
The equation was simple. They had to bat first and win the match with at least a sumptuous margin of 170 runs. Coming out to bat, Mumbai Indians was relentless and they were in hot pursuit of the astronomical total that could have at least given them a scope to stage a fight.
The story of the game
With 235 on the cards, all that was needed to eliminate Mumbai Indians was 66 runs on the card from SRH. It didn’t take long for the Orange Army to respond strongly as their two openers were off to a flying start.
Jason Roy and Abhishek Sharma were relentless in the opening stand and meant business as they went hard in the powerplay. The young Sharma was absolutely phenomenal as he hammered four fours and one six while Roy pumped six fours.
Jason Roy and Abhishek Sharma were enough to knock MI out
Just at the edge of elimination Trent Boult rocked Jason Roy but it was too late. A few minutes from that delivery and the reigning champions were out as Kolkata Knight Riders sailed to the playoffs to fix an eliminator clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Ishan Kishan was absolutely top-notch as he belted out a smoking 84 from just 32 deliveries. Suryakumar Yadav whipped another cracking knock with a 40-ball-82. Jason Holder was hammered for 52 runs but he also stood out amongst the bowlers with four crucial wickets.
Twitter reacted in a mixed way as they were stunned to see the defending champions crashing out of the tournament.
IPL 2021 Play off games:
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— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 8, 2021
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SRH go past the 65-run mark 💔
We have given it our all and will continue to do so till the last ball 💙#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPL2021 #SRHvMI
Advertisement— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 8, 2021
SRH go past the 65-run mark Broken heart #mi have given all and will continue to do so till the last ball Blue heart#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPL2021 #SRHvMI #MIPaltan
Advertisement— Abhishek Kandel (@abhishekkandel3) October 8, 2021
This was just vintage Mumbai Indians
Though we're not gonna qualify but this is what we expected from our Iconic team for one last time. G.O.A.T Effort @mipaltan 🐐 pic.twitter.com/eDnDHzX5s1Advertisement— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) October 8, 2021
We may qualify or not to playoffs, but the fear created by @mipaltan among opponents is just insane!🥵
AdvertisementGOAT IPL team for a reason.
— Rohit Sharma Trends™ (@TrendsRohit) October 8, 2021
Mumbai Indians are now officially out of the IPL playoffs. Thank you for the memories in #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/4yX5L6IISD
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) October 8, 2021
Glad to see Die hard fan of RCB and Virat Kohli is watching Mumbai Indians match!
Standard🔥 https://t.co/jVYw59IwTd— Asha (@ashaa_45) October 8, 2021
That’s it officially out now! This team will be dismantled at the next auction.
Let the tributes flow to the greatest ever T20 team. @mipaltan 🙇♂️ #IPL2021 Thanks for the memories lads! 🙏🙏
— Cricketologist (@AMP86793444) October 8, 2021
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We fought HARDER..
very HARDER !!!
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Thank you haters for the kadharals from the beginning of the match..
Especially during Ishan innings 😁We Enjoyed the Fear of yours 😁🙌 pic.twitter.com/IQhCcS0iRP
Advertisement— Guna Adhithyan (@TheriGunaa) October 8, 2021
MI – 235/9
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– Highest Score in 2021 IPL#MIvSRH— S H E B A S (@Shebas_10) October 8, 2021
