Cameron Green’s magnificent maiden century (100 not out) and Rohit Sharma’s half century powered Mumbai Indians to a complete eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final league match of the IPL in Mumbai on May 21.
Mumbai knocked off the goal of 201 with 12 balls and eight wickets to spare to build up 16 factors from 14 matches. But their destiny will probably be determined after the match in Bengaluru — which is experiencing rain — between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans later in the day.
If the competition between RCB and GT is washed out, Mumbai will make it to the ultimate 4, but when the hosts win, they may qualify on the premise of higher Net Run Rate. MI at the moment have NRR of -0.044 as towards +0.180 of RCB.
With an inferior NRR, MI had the inconceivable process of scoring 201 in 11.4 overs or 70 balls in the event that they needed to get previous RCB on the desk.
Green smacked eight fours and eight sixes throughout his unbeaten 100 which got here off simply 47 balls. He added 53 runs with Suryakumar Yadav (25 not out) for the unbroken third wicket to take MI over the road.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar drew the primary blood when he dismissed Ishan Kishan (14) in the third over. Rohit obtained a lifeline in the fifth over when Sanvir Singh dropped a troublesome catch at midwicket off Nitish Kumar Reddy.
But Green offered the impetus, as his 4 boundaries and a couple of sixes took MI to 60/1 after the powerplay.
While Green introduced up his fifty off solely 20 balls, in the ninth over, Rohit was off to a modest begin, hitting his first six solely on the twenty second ball that he confronted.
Mumbai Indians Cameron Green in motion throughout the Indian Premier League 2023 match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai on May 21, 2023.
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The MI skipper accomplished his second fifty of this IPL, off 31 balls, and his second-wicket stand with Green took the full previous the 100-run mark. Soon after this, Rohit obtained one other reprieve when Sanvir spilled a regulation catch at cowl off Kartik Tyagi.
However, a sensational catch from Reddy had Mayank Dagar celebrating Rohit’s wicket wildly in the 14th over. Rohit’s 56 got here off 37 balls (8x4s, 1x6s), having added 128 off 65 balls with Green.
Earlier, Unheralded Uttarakhand pacer Akash Madhwal nailed his yorkers persistently on the loss of life as Mumbai Indians restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to 200 for 5 in their closing IPL encounter, right here on Sunday.
With one eye on Bengaluru climate the place RCB is taking up Gujarat Titans, Madhwal’s four-wicket haul ensured that SRH ended with a minimum of 15 in need of what may very well be thought of a par-score on a flat Wankhede observe.
This was after a century opening stand between seasoned opener Mayank Agarwal (83 off 45 balls) and rookie Vivrant Sharma (69 off 47 balls) threatened to take the sport away, in the IPL right here on Sunday.
The pair of Agarwal and Vivrant placed on the very best opening stand for SRH this season, reaching 53/0 after the powerplay with out taking any undue dangers, and ultimately placing on 140 for the seventh century stand of this IPL.
Courtesy Madhwal’s 4 for 37, which included two deadly block-hole deliveries to wash up in-form Heinrich Klaasen (18) and Harry Brook (0), SRH managed solely 26 in final three overs.
For a bowling unit that has allowed contests to float away, right here on the Wankhede Stadium on a number of events, MI made common inroads to keep SRH inside attain.
However, the duty is an inconceivable one for MI as they must rating 201 in simply 11.4 overs, or in 70 balls, to overhaul Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Net Run Rate.
Playing in his third sport this season and for the primary time as an opener, the left-handed Vivrant gave a high-quality instance of himself with strokes on each the perimeters of the wickets.
Vivrant struck seven fours and a six to deliver up his maiden IPL half-century in the tenth over, as SRH cruised in the primary half of the competition unscathed and unperturbed by MI’s bowlers.
Agarwal too ended his drought, hitting a six and a 4 off Jason Behrendorff in the thirteenth over to deliver up his first fifty of this season, and celebrated with a gesture that batters normally do upon reaching the three-figure mark – taking off the helmet and arms stretched broad.
On a benign pitch with excessive scorching and humid circumstances, there was additionally not a lot that the Mumbai bowlers might do, on what additionally has been batting-friendly floor right here.
With no motion or flip off the floor, the MI bowlers needed to take care of bowling disciplined line and lengths, and to their credit score, they by no means actually allowed the SRH openers to get away.
The first breakthrough got here in the 14th over when Madhwal had Vivrat caught at deep mid-wicket, along with his 69 off 47 balls (9 fours, 2 sixes) being the best rating because the first IPL for any Indian participant in a debut innings.
Madhwal continued to make use of the quick ball nicely and in the seventeenth over, he had Agarwal caught behind for 83, which got here off 46 balls together with eight fours and 4 sixes.
Scoreboard
Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings: Vivrant Sharma c sub (Ramandeep Singh) b Madhwal 69 Mayank Agarwal c Kishan b Madhwal 83 Heinrich Klaasen b Madhwal 18 Glenn Phillips c Kartikeya b Jordan 1 Aiden Markram not out 13 Harry Brook b Madhwal 0 Sanvir Singh not out 4 Extras (LB-5, NB-1, W-6) 12
Total (For Five Wickets In 20 Overs) 200
Fall of Wickets: 1-140, 2-174, 3-177, 4-186, 5-186.
Mumbai Indians bowling: Jason Behrendorff 3-0-36-0, Cameron Green 1-0-2-0, Chris Jordan 4-0-42-1, Akash Madhwal 4-0-37-4, Piyush Chawla 4-0-39-0, Kumar Kartikeya 4-0-39-0.
Mumbai Indians Innings: Ishan Kishan c Brook b Kumar 14 Rohit Sharma c Reddy b Dagar 56 Cameron Green not out 100 Suryakumar Yadav not out 25 Extras (LB-1, NB-4, W-1) 6
Total (For Two Wickets in 18 Overs) 201
Fall of Wickets: 1-20, 2-148.
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-26-1, Nitish Reddy 3-0-35-0, Mayank Dagar 4-0-37-1, Kartik Tyagi 2.5-0-41-0, Umran Malik 3-0-41-0, Vivrant Sharma 1-0-19-0, Aiden Markram 0.1-0-1-0.
