IPL 2026: Travis Head reflects on his explosive 76-run knock against MI

In the IPL 2026 match against Mumbai Indians MI Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH emerged victorious by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in MumbaiDuring the match SRHs explosive opening batsman Travis Head delivered an instrumental knock of 76 runs Facing just 30 deliveries the lefthanded batsman smashed four boundaries and eight smoking maximumsReflecting on his knock he said that it is a good space to be in and also feels that if a batsman manages to secure victories in two or three matches all by himself he can then help his team win more matchesItrsquos nice to contribute Two wins on the road are obviously really important as well Itrsquos not often you win five games in a row in the IPL So wersquore in a good space Itrsquos a hard competition to be in When itrsquos your night itrsquos your night Yoursquore not expected to score runs every game and win games every time If you can win two or three games in this competition by yourself you go a long way towards getting seven to eight wins and playing in the Playoffs he said on JioHotstarHe also reserved special praise for his teammates after the win over the PaltanAbhi Abhishek Sharma has done that a couple of times Ishan and Klaasen have been incredible and our bowlers have been good added HeadIPL 2026 Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Match SummaryHaving opted to bat first the hosts posted a gigantic total of 243 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 oversOpening the innings Will Jacks smashed 46 runs in 22 balls with the help of five boundaries and three maximums Fellow opening batsman Ryan Rickelton delivered a knock of an unbeaten 123 runs off just 55 deliveries laced with 10 boundaries and eight maximumsLater Naman Dhir and skipper Hardik Pandya scored 22 and 31 runs respectivelySRHs Praful Hinge returned with the figures of two wickets for 54 runs in four overs Eshan Malinga Sakib Hussain and Nitish Kumar Reddy claimed one wicket eachIn the second essay of the game the Sunrisers scored 249 runs for the loss of four wickets in 184 overs Abhishek Sharma garnered 45 runs in 24 balls including four boundaries and three maximums Heinrich Klaasen accumulated an unbeaten 65 runs in 30 balls including seven boundaries and four maximumsNitish Kumar Reddy also scored 21 runs in 17 balls with the help of three maximums Shouldering Klaasen was Salil Arora who smashed an unbeaten 30 runs off just 10 balls including two boundaries and three maximumsMIs Allah Ghazanfar claimed two wickets Trent Boult and skipper Pandya also managed to bag one wicket each