David Warner-led Sunrisers Hyderabad faced their third consecutive defeat in IPL 2021 in the 9th match of IPL 14, played at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.
Batting first, Mumbai Indians had scored 150 runs for five wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Hyderabad were 65 runs in seven overs without losing any wicket at one point in the game. They needed 86 runs off 78 balls to win with all 10 wickets in hand. But in the end, Hyderabad suffered a sudden collapse and got all out for 137 runs.
This is Sunrisers Hyderabad's third consecutive defeat in this year's IPL and after this the Orange Army have slipped to the bottom in the IPL 2021 Points Table. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner is very disappointed after losing the match against Mumbai Indians. After the match, he explained why his team is facing defeat continuously.
"I don’t know how to take that. Obviously disappointing. Two of us were set but it proves that if you don’t bat deep, you can’t win. If you get a partnership and if there is one person at the end, you can chase it down,” said SRH captain David Warner after the match.
“These scores are very chase-able, it’s just poor batting. The guys need to play smart cricket in the middle. The bowlers have been fantastic,” he added.
For SRH, captain David Warner scored 36, Johnny Bairstow 43, Virat Singh 11 and Vijay Shankar contributed with 28 runs. Mumbai's speedster Trent Boult and Rahul Chahar took 3 wickets eaxh, while Krunal Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah took 1-1 wickets.