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PL 2026 Match No. 41 was played between MI and SRH at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. MI won the toss and chose to bat first. In the match, Ryan Rickelton scored the highest for the team with 123 runs. With this performance, MI set a target of 244 runs for SRH. However, SRH successfully chased the target and won the match by 6 wickets.
With this defeat, MI are second last in the points table so far. The team has played a total of 8 matches, winning only 2 (against KKR and GT) and losing 6 matches against DC, RR, RCB, Punjab Kings, CSK, and SRH.
Meanwhile, after losing a few matches at the start of the season, SRH have now won 5 consecutive matches. So far in this season, SRH have played 9 matches, losing 3 (against RCB, LSG, and Punjab Kings) and winning 6 (against KKR, RR, CSK, DC, RR, and MI).
The team posted a strong total in this match, with Ryan Rickelton scoring 123 runs off 55 balls, including 10 fours and 8 sixes. Will Jacks also contributed 46 runs off 22 balls. However, Suryakumar Yadav had a poor outing today and was dismissed for just 5 runs.
Meanwhile, Naman Dhir scored 22 runs off 17 balls. In today’s match, Hardik Pandya (c) made 31 runs off 15 balls, including 2 fours and 2 sixes. Tilak Varma scored 7 runs, while Robin Minz remained not out on 1 run.
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SRH won the match with a high-scoring performance, and several players contributed significantly. Travis Head was the top scorer for the team, making 76 runs off 30 balls, including 4 fours and 8 sixes.
After that, Heinrich Klaasen scored the second-highest for the team with 65 runs off 30 balls, including 7 fours and 4 sixes.
Abhishek Sharma scored 45 runs off 24 balls in today’s match. However, Ishan Kishan failed to make an impact and was dismissed for a duck (0 runs).
In the end, Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 21 runs for the team, while Salil Arora remained not out with 30 runs off 10 balls, including 2 fours and 3 sixes.
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Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Robin Minz, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga
