In Pictures: IPL 2021 in UAE - Mumbai Indians hit 235 runs and beat Sunrisers Hyderabad but miss out on play-offs
Reigning champions needed to win by 171 runs to finish inside the top four
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Rohit Sharma, captain of Mumbai Indians and Manish Pandey captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad before the Vivo Indian Premier League match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Mumbai were looking for a miracle to make the playoffs. They needed to win by 171 to qualify.
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Sharma plays a shot. He scored 18 runs from 13 balls before Rashid Khan took his wicket.
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Ishan Kishan had evidently been given a licence to swing the bat and he delivered. He raced to his half-century from just 16 balls - the fastest of this year's IPL. Here he's seen reacting after his dismissal for 84 runs.
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Abhishek Sharma of Hyderabad celebrates the wicket of Kieron Pollard of Mumbai.
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Surya Kumar Yadav of Mumbai plays a shot. Needing to win by 171 runs to qualify, Mumbai racked up 235-9 thanks to Kishan's 84 and Yadav's 82.
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Trent Boult of Mumbai celebrates the wicket of Jason Roy of Hyderabad. They needed to bowl out their opponents for less than 65...
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Manish Pandey of Hyderabad plays a shot. Sunrisers cruised past that target as they added 64 for the first wicket, with England's Jason Roy making 34. Stand-in captain Pandey hit 68 not out.
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Piyush Chawla of Mumbai celebrates the wicket of Mohammad Nabi of Hyderabad. In spite of a brilliant effort with the bat, reigning Indian Premier League champions Mumbai failed to reach the play-offs despite a 42-run win over Hyderabad. The result means that Kolkata Knight Riders go through in fourth place thanks to a superior net run-rate.
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