Abu Dhabi: Mumbai Indians gave it their all in the final league match, and beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 42 runs. But it wasn't enough for the Rohit Sharma-led side to reach the playoffs as they fell short of Kolkata Knight Riders' superior net run rate.
MI had to beat SRH by 171 runs or more to leapfrog Kolkata Knight Riders on the points table and qualify for the play-offs. But the defending champions could only finish fifth.
Chasing a massive total of 235/9 set by Mumbai, Sunrisers batted aggressively and managed 193/8.
Stand-in skipper Manish Pandey led from front and remained unbeaten on 69 off 41. Openers Jason Roy and Abhishek Sharma had scored 34 and 33 respectively.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Mumbai Indians had made 235 for nine in their must-win match. Ishan Kishan smashed 84 off 32 balls and Suryakumar Yadav 82 off 40 balls.
MI had made two changes from their last match, bringing in Krunal Pandya and Piyush Chawla in place of Jayant Yadav and Saurabh Tiwary.
SRH were led by Manish Pandey in place of Kane Williamson, who was sitting out due to an elbow niggle. Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was also rested.
Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 235/9 in 20 overs (Ishan Kishan 84, Suryakumar Yadav 82, Holder 4/52, Abhishek Sharma 2/4, Rashid Khan 2/40) beat Sunrisers 193/8 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 69 not out, Jason Roy 34, Abhishek Sharma 33, Priyam Garg 29, James Neesham 2/28, Bumrah 2/39, Nathan Coulter-Nile 2/40)
