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IPL PIX: Green, bowlers lead MI to third win on trot

Last updated on: April 18, 2023 23:55 IST

IMAGES from the IPL match played between SunRisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Rohit Sharma and Arjun Tendulkar celebrate the wicket of Bhuvneshwar Kumar

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma and Arjun Tendulkar celebrate the wicket of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Photograph: BCCI

Cameron Green flaunted his brute power on the way to a maiden IPL fifty before Arjun Tendulkar bowled a brilliant 20th over under extreme pressure as Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs for their third straight win in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Green (64 not out off 40) and Tilak Varma (37 off 17) fired Mumbai Indians to a challenging 192 for five after being put in to bat.

 

With the odd ball not coming on to the bat, it was tough to get the boundaries from the get go but SunRisers recovered from an ordinary powerplay to take the game deep with the help of opener Mayank Agarwal (48 off 41) and Heinrich Klaasen (36 off 16).

Mayank Agarwal bats en route his 41-ball 48

IMAGE: Mayank Agarwal bats en route his 41-ball 48. Photograph: BCCI

In the end, they fell short and were all out for 178 in 19.5 overs for their third defeat in five games.

While Agarwal got some much-needed runs, it was Klaasen's knock that put Mumbai under pressure. The South African took the attack to veteran leggie Piyush Chawla, reverse sweeping him for a four and six in a 21-run over.

SunRisers needed 60 off the last 30 balls and Marco Jansen (13 off 6) and Washington Sundar (10 off 6) made the game interesting with a string of boundaries before the latter paid the price for casual running between the wickets.

Jason Behrendorff  celebrates the wicket of Rahul Tripathi  

IMAGE: Jason Behrendorff celebrates the wicket of Rahul Tripathi. Photograph: BCCI

Playing his second IPL game, Tendulkar again bowled two overs with the new ball before returning to bowl the high-pressure final over with Sunrisers needing 20 runs.

Tendulkar chose to bowl full and wide and was able to do the job for his team.  He got his maiden IPL wicket, that of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, in the process.

Cameroon Green hits a flat six during his innings of 68 not out

IMAGE: Cameroon Green hits a flat six during his innings of 68 not out. Photograph: BCCI

Earlier, Cameron Green's maiden IPL fifty and Tilak Varma's impactful cameo fired Mumbai Indians to a challenging 192 for five against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Besides the fast-rising Varma and Green (64 not out off 40 balls), the other contributions came from skipper Rohit Sharma (28 off 18) and Ishan Kishan (38 off 31) after the home team opted to bowl.

The 20-year-old Varma (37 off 17) has been the stand out batter in the star studded Mumbai line-up and his rare talent and skill was on display again in his crucial cameo.

Tilak Verma played a crucial cameo 

IMAGE: Tilak Varma played a crucial cameo. Photograph: BCCI

Mumbai found it tough to get going in the middle overs but Varma's high quality knock gave the innings the much-needed momentum.

The lanky Marco Jansen was punished for 21 runs in the 15th over when Varma dispatched him for successive sixes, one in the cow corner and the other over the bowler's head.

Marco Jansen struck twice in an over with the wickets of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav

IMAGE: Marco Jansen struck twice in an over with the wickets of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav. Photograph: BCCI

In the following over, the southpaw used his wrists beautifully for a four over extra cover off leggie Mayank Markande before sweeping him for a maximum for a 14-run over.

Green, who struggled to get his timing right initially, got down to business after Varma's dismissal. The tall right-hander hammered three straight fours off T Natarajan to bring up his half-century before collecting a straight six in a 20-run over.

T Natarajan finished with figures of 1 for 50 in his four overs

IMAGE: T Natarajan finished with figures of 1 for 50 in his four overs. Photograph: BCCI

Natarajan leaked runs in the 20th over and ended up conceding 50 runs in his four overs. Mumbai managed to smash 62 runs in the last five overs.

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