IPL 2023, MI vs SRH: Green 100* keeps Mumbai alive with vital victory; MI await RCB-GT result
IPL 2023, Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Cameron Green-Rohit Sharma's 128-run stand, Mayank Agarwal-Vivrant Sharma's 140-run stand and Akash Madhwal's 4-37 are top performances. Mumbai Indians beat SRH and move to 4th place in points table.
Brief Scores: MI 201/2 (Green 100*, Rohit 56, Bhuvneshwar 1/26) beat SRH 200/5 (Agarwal 83, Vivrant 69, Madhwal 4/37) by eight wickets
Player of the Match: Cameron Green (100* in 47 balls)
Sixth-ranked Mumbai Indians (MI) locked horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the penultimate league game of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. MI held a slight edge having won 11 games, while SRH have won on rest of nine occasions.
Green century puts Mumbai Indians ahead with a vital win
MI captain Rohit Sharma on winning the toss decided to bowl first on a good batting surface. Umran Malik came into side for SRH while Kumar Kartikeya replaced Hrithik Shokeen for MI.
SRH’s new opening pair of Mayank Agarwal and Vivrant Sharma went off to flier with 53/0 in the powerplay before stretching it to 93/0 at the halfway mark. Some powerful batting from Agarwal steered them to 157/1 in 15 overs before Mumbai bowlers slowed down Hyderabad to 200/5 in their allotted 20 overs.
Mumbai began strongly with 60/1 in the powerplay before Cameron Green fired them down to 114/1 in 10 overs. The Mumbai batters continued the fireworks to carry them to 160/2 in 15 overs before they chased 201 in 18 overs thanks to Cameron Green’s 100*.
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Talking point: MI showed great dominance in home conditions
Five of Mumbai’s eight victories have come at their home ground where they have showed dominant performances throughout the whole season. Even if the bowlers have gone for runs, the batters have performed extraordinarily to take them home.
They have been excellent in the past in familiar conditions and they continue to do so in this season to make an outstanding comeback in the backend of the season.
Let’s scan the top three performances from the game between MI and SRH
