3 Reasons SRH Lost To MI IPL 2025: The Mumbai Indians defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets, with 26 balls to spare, while chasing 144, in Match 41 of the Indian Premier League 2025. The match was played on Wednesday, April 23, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad have been a team of incredible highs and lows in IPL 2025, with more lows than highs. On some days, they score 286 runs, or chase down the second-highest score in league history, and on others, they suffer losses like tonight. So far this season, they have won only two games, against RR and PBKS. They have also lost six against LSG, DC, KKR, GT, and two against MI, including tonight’s. With the massive loss against Mumbai in their most recent game, the Sunrisers have two wins, four points, and a poor net run rate, putting them ninth in the points table.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai Indians seem to be a team on the up-and-up; they kicked their season off with two losses in a row, against CSK and GT, before winning their first against KKR. Then came two more losses, this time against LSG and RCB. However, since that point, the five-time champions have won four in a row, against DC, SRH, a return game against CSK, and now the return game against the Sunrisers. With five wins, 10 points, and a solid net run rate in nine games, the Indians are third on the points table.
Today, we will look back at three reasons why SRH, who were playing this match at their home ground, lost this game at home.
3 Reasons SRH Lost To MI IPL 2025
3) Rohit Sharma Continues Form
After a slow start to the season, much like his team, Rohit Sharma has finally found some continued form in IPL 2025. Today, he scored 70 off 46 at a strike rate of over 152. He scored eight 4s and three 6s. While he did not bring his side to the finish line, he did play an anchoring role in what was a very small chase.
In the previous match against the Chennai Super Kings, Sharma scored a match-winning 76 off 45, helping his team win by nine wickets, and was named the Player of the Match. He has now scored two half-centuries in a row.
Before these two matches, the Indian Cricket Team captain had only 82 runs in six innings. But after two 70s scores in a row, the veteran opening batter looks to be one of the more in-form batters in the league, which makes him one of the most dangerous batters in the league.
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2) The Boult-Chahar Duo Has A Great Evening
Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult are two great IPL bowlers with many wickets and titles under their belts. The two are among the most lethal powerplay pacers in world cricket. While they have not been in the greatest form across IPL 2025, tonight, they showed why they are so highly rated.
Chahar took two wickets on the night, bowling an incredible four-over spell of 2/12 at an economy of three. He dismissed the young duo of Ishan Kishan and Nitish Kumar Reddy in his second and third overs in the powerplay and played a massive role in crippling the SRH top order.
However, the night belonged to Trent Boult, who took four wickets today and bowled an excellent four-over spell of 2/26 at an economy of 6.5. He got rid of the dangerous Sunrisers’ opening duo of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. Then, in the final over of the innings, he dismissed Abhinav Manohar and Pat Cummins and likely avoided 10 more runs from being added to the already low target set by the home side in this Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians match.
Surprisingly, Jasprit Bumrah was the most expensive pacer for MI today, bowling with the figures of 1/39. Meanwhile, team captain Hardik Pandya bowled a three-over spell of 1/31.
1) Sunrisers Top Order Failure
The Sunrisers Hyderabad top order was the most crucial piece of the puzzle in the side’s run to the final in IPL 2024. This season, they seemingly only strengthened this top order with the addition of Ishan Kishan. But so far, barring a couple of exceptions, SRH have massively struggled with their batting at the start of the innings.
Today, the dangerous Travis Head got out for a duck. Meanwhile, his compatriot Abhishek Sharma did hit a fine-looking six but got out for eight off eight.
Kishan, who was supposed to be an important addition to the team and even scored a century on his Sunrisers debut, scored only a single run today before getting out in a controversial manner. Then, Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was a revelation for this team last season and was named the Young Player of the Year, scored only a couple of runs.
It was Heinrich Klaasen’s solid 71 off 44 and some decent contribution from Abhinav Manohar that took Hyderabad to a low-yet-respectable total. However, their top order not firing played a massive role in the mega-loss that Pat Cummins’ team suffered in this Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians match.
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