Mumbai Indians Knocked Out Of IPL 2021 Despite Win Over SunRisers Hyderabad

Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 42 runs in their final league fixture on Friday but still failed to qualify for the IPL play-offs.

Defending champions Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 42 runs in a high-scoring game here on Friday but their spirited effort was not enough to take them to the IPL play-offs. After amassing 235 for nine, MI needed to limit SRH to 65 or less to qualify for the play-offs ahead of KKR but expectedly that did not happen. SRH ended with 193 for eight with stand in captain Manish Pandey making an unbeaten 69 off 41 balls. It is for the first time in three seasons that five-time champions MI have not entered the last four after lifting the trophy in the past two editions.

MI needed a miracle and the script unfolded in their favour, at least in the first innings, when they opted to bat and posted a mammoth score.

Ishan Kishan (84 off 32) and Suryakumar Yadav (82 off 40) struck whirlwind fifties as MI meant business from the onset. But it was not to be for MI as they failed to restrict SRH to their desired target, even though they won the match comfortably.

Even though MI and KKR ended their round-robin engagements on 14 points from as many games, the Kolkata outfit leapfrogged Rohit Sharma's side on net run rate.

Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings will face each other in the Qualifier 1 on Sunday, while KKR will be up against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eliminator on October 11.