Mumbai Indians’ Arjun Tendulkar being greeted by Rohit Sharma and teammates after taking the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar (not pictured) in the course of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians on the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on April 18, 2023.
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Cameron Green flaunted his brute energy on the best way to a maiden IPL fifty earlier than Arjun Tendulkar bowled an excellent twentieth over in excessive stress as Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs for his or her third straight win right here on Tuesday.
Green (64 not out off 40) and Tilak Varma (37 off 17) fired Mumbai Indians to a difficult 192 for 5 after being put in to bat.
With the odd ball not approaching to the bat, it was robust to get the boundaries from the get go however Sunrisers recovered from an atypical powerplay to take the sport deep with the assistance of opener Mayank Agarwal (48 off 41) and Heinrich Klaasen (36 off 16).
Mumbai Indians’ Jason Behrendorff celebrates a wicket with teammates in a match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad in the course of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians on the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal in Hyderabad on April 18, 2023.
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In the top, they fell brief and have been all out for 178 in 19.5 overs for his or her third defeat in 5 video games.
While Agarwal acquired some much-needed runs, it was Klaasen’s knock that put Mumbai underneath stress. The South African took the assault to veteran leggie Piyush Chawla, reverse sweeping him for a 4 and 6 in a 21-run over.
Sunrisers wanted 60 off the final 30 balls and Marco Jansen (13 off 6) and Washington Sundar (10 off 6) made the sport fascinating with a string of boundaries earlier than the latter paid the worth for informal working between the wickets.
Playing his second IPL recreation, Tendulkar once more bowled two overs with the brand new ball earlier than returning to bowl the excessive stress ultimate over with Sunrisers needing 20 runs.
Tendulkar selected to bowl full and vast and was in a position to do the job for his workforce. He acquired his maiden IPL wicket in the method.
Earlier, fast-rising Varma and Green took Mumbai to a aggressive complete. The different contributions got here from skipper Rohit Sharma (28 off 18) and Ishan Kishan (38 off 31).
The 20-year-old Varma has been the stand out batter in the star studded Mumbai line-up and his uncommon expertise and ability was on show once more in his essential cameo.
Mumbai have been discovering it robust to get going in the center overs however Varma’s top quality knock gave the innings the much-needed momentum.
The lanky Marco Jansen was punished for 21 runs in the fifteenth over when Varma dispatched him for successive sixes, one in the cow nook and the opposite over the bowler’s head.
In the next over, the southpaw used his wrists fantastically for a 4 over additional cowl off leggie Mayank Markande earlier than sweeping him for a most for a 14-run over.
Green, who struggled to get his timing proper initially, acquired right down to enterprise after Varma’s dismissal. The tall right-hander hammered three straight fours off T Natarajan to convey up his half-century earlier than accumulating a straight six in a 20-run over.
Natarajan leaked runs in the twentieth over and ended up conceding 50 runs in his 4 overs. Mumbai managed to smash 62 runs in the final 5 overs.
Brief scores:
Mumbai Indians: 192 for five in 20 overs (Cameron Green 64 not out; Marco Jansen 2/43)
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 178 all out in 19.5 overs (Mayank Agarwal 48; Riley Meredith 2/33)
Playing XIs:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (c), Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (w), Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande and T Natarajan.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Cameron Green, Arjun Tendulkar, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla and Jason Behrendorff.
