Mumbai Indians are still alive in the race for the IPL 2024 playoffs. The Hardik Pandya-led side registered a seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 55th match of the tournament. This was their fourth win in 12 matches which sees them to have a total of eight points now.
MI have moved a place up on the points table from the 10th to the 9th spot after this win. They were at the rock-bottom but have leapfrogged Gujarat Titans after snapping their four-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, SRH’s loss is good news for the other teams who are still hoping to qualify for the playoffs. SRH stayed in the 4th place in the standings and have six wins in 11 matches.
Here’s the updated IPL 2024 points table:
Suryakumar Yadav smashed his second IPL hundred as he led Mumbai Indians to a brilliant win over SRH. He has become the fourth MI player in the history of the tournament to hit a century in a successful run-chase in IPL.
Highest scores by MI batters in IPL run-chases:
1 – Sanath Jayasuriya: 114* vs CSK in IPL 2008
2 – Suryakumar Yadav: 102* vs SRH in IPL 2024
3 – Lendl Simmons: 100* vs KXI in IPL 2014
4 – Cameron Green: 100* vs SRH in IPL 2023
5 – Corey Anderson: 95* vs RR in IPL 2014
More to follow…
