Mumbai Indians produced another clinical display with the bat thanks to a dominating century from Cameron Green and a fine half-century from Rohit Sharma to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in a high-scoring IPL 2023 match.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final league match of IPL 2023, played at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Sunrisers Hyderabad opened with Vivrant Sharma and Mayank Agarwal and the pair got off them to an excellent start with an 140-run partnership. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Vivrant Sharma, batting for the first time in an IPL match, got to a quick half-century and made 69 before departing. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Mayank Agarwal progressively became more aggressive and struck his first half-century of the season and the celebration proved how much he wanted it. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Mayank Agarwal continued to hit boundaries and looked set for a century but ended up caught behind on 83 off 46. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Sunrisers Hyderabad were racing towards a big total when Mumbai Indians began hitting back in the slog overs to dent their progress. Akash Madhwal produced a superb show with four wickets in the match. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Aiden Markram struck a six off the last ball of Sunrisers Hyderabad innings to help them finish with 200/5 in 20 overs. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Ishan Kishan started positively but Bhuvneshwar Kumar got rid of him cheaply on 14 in the third over of Mumbai Indians' chase of 201. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
However, Mumbai Indians made a rapid recovery with the pair of Cameron Green and captain Rohit Sharma stitching 128-run partnership for the second wicket which put the hosts on top. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Cameron Green was at his aggressive best, hitting a quickfire half-century off just 20 deliveries. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Rohit Sharma was given a life early on 12 and capitalised to score a fine half-century. He was dropped again later on 51 but ran out of luck soon to be dismissed on 55. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Cameron Green completed his maiden century, taking just 47 deliveries to reach the milestone and also sealed Mumbai Indians eight-wicket win in just 18 overs. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)