HYDERABAD: Cameron Green's unbeaten 68 off 40 along with Tilak Verma's 37-run cameo off 17 balls guided Mumbai Indians to register third win in the Indian Premier League 2023 as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Tuesday night.
Losing the toss, Mumbai Indians managed 192 runs in 20 overs losing 5 wickets. Chasing a huge total, Sunrisers Hyderabad could score 178 runs in 19.5 overs.
Sunrisers lost wickets in regular intervals. Opener Mayank Agarwal scored 48 runs off 41 balls while Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen added 22 and 36 respectively. Jason Behrendorff and Riley Meredith and Piyush Chawla took two wickets each.
Put in to bat first, Mumbai Indians had a modest start as they scored 53/1 in the Power-play. After two tight overs, Rohit Sharma hit a hat-trick of fours to Washington Sundar to accelerate the innings. In the process, the MI skipper completed 6000 runs in the IPL before falling in the fifth over off the bowling of Marco Jansen.
Ishan Kishan then smashed a brilliant six off the penultimate ball of the sixth over. On the next delivery, he went for another six to deep mid-wicket. He got enough height but not the desired distance on it. The fielder dived in to get his hand to it but the ball didn't stick and Ishan survived.
The SRH bowlers were keeping a tight leash on MI's run rate after the Power-play as 17 runs came in next over with just one big hit as Cameron Green danced down the pitch and smokes it over the bowler's head for a maximum on the last ball of the ninth over.
Then, Ishan hit the paddle on the next and went for back-to-back boundaries against Mayank Markande to release the pressure. Halfway through MI were 80/1.
Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 192/5 in 20 overs (Cameron Green 64 not out, Tilak Verma 37; Marco Jansen 2-43) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 178 in 19.5 overs (Mayank Agarwal 48, Klaasen 36, Riley Meredith 2/33). Agencies
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