Mumbai’s IPL reign ends this season as they fail to make it to playoffs

This season in the Indian Premier League we would have a new king on the floor after the two-time reign of Mumbai Indians ends here after they have been eliminated from the league stage itself due to a poor net run rate. With the attitude of go big or go home, MI put on a big score of 235-9 for Sunrisers Hyderabad to chase. Defending champions needed a victory of 170 runs to steal Kolkata Knight Riders’ fourth place on the table. But they outscored Hyderabad by 42 runs on Friday, not enough to see them through to the knockout stage.

The five-time champions restricted Hyderabad to 193 in the 20 overs to finish level on points with Kolkata with seven wins. In the next stage now Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings would fight for a chance at the title, the winner would be through to the finals while the loser would take on the winner of the Kolkata-Bangalore match.