Hyderabad overcome Rickelton's maiden IPL century to beat Mumbai

[p]South Africa's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rickelton-ryan/xOotum0C/"]Rickelton[/a] hit an unbeaten 123 off 55 balls to power five-time champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mumbai-indians/2eZPzJH2/"]Mumbai[/a] to 243-5 after the hosts elected to bat first [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/mumbai-indians-2eZPzJH2/sunrisers-hyderabad-ltywUfPr/?mid=vmpHsUFG"]at Wankhede Stadium[/a].[/p][p]The left-handed Rickelton, a wicketkeeper-batter chosen in place of fellow South African [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-kock-quinton/x49jXCwB/"]Quinton de Kock[/a], struck the fastest ton by a Mumbai batter, reaching three figures in 44 balls.[/p][p]But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunrisers-hyderabad/ltywUfPr/"]Hyderabad[/a] relied on their South African star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/klaasen-heinrich/2eSomXze/"]Heinrich Klaasen[/a], who hit an unbeaten 65 to steer the team home with eight balls to spare.[/p][embed guid="c2a99248-b664-4926-8ddd-0cc6a4db3057" url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXubMysDOkL/" social-type="instagram" /][p]It was the fourth highest successful run chase in the IPL as Hyderabad registered their fifth successive win to move to third in the table.[/p][p]Klaasen 30-ball blitz came after openers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/head-travis/EiBJThAd/"]Travis Head[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sharma-abhishek/xxgJnSUg/"]Abhishek Sharma[/a] put on 129 to get Mumbai off to a flying start in response. Head blasted 76 off 30 deliveries, while Abhishek added 45 off 24 balls.[/p][p]Hyderabad stuttered after they lost two wickets in two balls to Afghanistan spinner A.M. Ghazanfar, with Head departing the next over.[/p][embed guid="c5a97b92-da3e-4170-9cf9-c1c491cc8727" url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXuc5SsEcTD/" social-type="instagram" /][p]But Klaasen's masterful knock ensured Hyderabad stayed on track as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kumar-reddy-nitish/t0X4fwjH/"]Nitish Kumar Reddy[/a] chipped in with 21, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arora-vaibhav/QqLoPeFk/"]Salil Arora[/a] struck the winning six to finish on 30 not out.[/p][p]Mumbai slumped to their sixth defeat in eight matches with their chances of making the playoffs taking another hit.[/p][p]Rickelton registered the highest individual score for a Mumbai player in the IPL, surpassing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jayasuriya-sanath/v9Fw5W73/"]Sanath Jayasuriya[/a]'s unbeaten 114 in the inaugural edition in 2008.[/p][p]Rickelton put on 93 runs for the opening wicket with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jacks-will/2o8aoySA/"]Will Jacks[/a] (46) and struck 10 fours and eight sixes in his explosive innings.[/p]