SRH vs MI Man of the Match today: Who was awarded Man of the Match in IPL 2020 Match 56?

SRH vs MI Man of the Match: The spinner of Sunrisers Hyderabad was awarded ‘Man of the Match’ award for registering economical figures.

During the 56th match of the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians in Sharjah, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets. In what was their third win in a row, Sunrisers have now qualified to the playoffs on the back of their seventh victory this season.

Needing 150 runs to qualify for the playoffs, Hyderabad didn’t take anything for granted as opening batsmen in Warner and wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha scored individual half-centuries to seal the chase in the 18th over.

In what was his 48th IPL half-century, Warner ended up scoring an awe-inspiring 85* (58) with the help of 10 fours and a six to also become the second-highest run-scorer this season.

Saha, on the other hand, registered his eighth IPL half-century with his 58* (45) comprising of seven fours and a six.

SRH vs MI Man of the Match

After Sunrisers captain David Warner won the toss and chose to field, his bowlers justified his decision by reducing Mumbai to a below par 149/8 in 20 overs. Had it not been for vice-captain Kieron Pollard scoring 41 (25) with the help of two fours and four sixes, Indians’ first-innings score could have been much less.

With bowling figures of 4-0-34-3, Sandeep Sharma was the pick of the bowlers for Sunrisers. However, it was spinner Shahbaz Nadeem who was awarded the ‘Man of the Match’ award for registering bowling figures of 4-0-19-2. Other than dismissing the likes of Suryakumar Yadav (36) and Krunal Pandya (0), Nadeem was instrumental in not letting the MI batsmen find the boundaries at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

#sandeepsharma #shahbaznadeem Two less hyped cricketers!Two top quality cricketers.

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 3, 2020

“I don’t get a lot of games. I am used to not getting so many games. When you get your chance, you give your 100%. I have been working hard on the carrom ball for the last two years. I thought it was the right time to use it. The round-arm ball too.

“Sometimes, it doesn’t bounce if it lands on the leather. If it lands on the seam, it turns a lot. When you are contributing to the team, it boosts you up. If you see our bowing unit, everybody is doing his job for the last few games. It is a small ground but as you pitches are turning slower so if you pitch in the right areas, it is difficult to hit,” Nadeem told Star Sports during the post-match presentation ceremony.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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