IPL 2023 Match 68: Green ton keeps Mumbai afloat in IPL play-off race

Australia's Cameron Green hit his first-ever T20 century to lead the Mumbai Indians to a crushing eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad and keep their IPL play-off hopes alive on Sunday.

Match Summary

Mumbai Indians 201/2 (18 ov)

Sunrisers Hyderabad 200/5 (20 ov)

Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets

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Green made an unbeaten 100 off 47 balls and put on a key stand of 128 with skipper Rohit Sharma (56) as Mumbai achieved their victory target of 201 with two overs to spare at the Wankhede Stadium, their home ground.

Mumbai, five-time winners of the Indian Premier League, now await the result of the second match of the day between Royal Challengers Bangalore and holders Gujarat Titans to see if they can clinch the last remaining play-off spot. 

The result eliminated the Rajasthan Royals from the play-off race while Bangalore, led by Faf du Plessis, remain in contention.

Bangalore need a win to make the next round, but a loss would allow Mumbai to go through.

Table-toppers Gujarat and second-placed Chennai Super Kings will clash in the first qualifier next week. Lucknow, who became the third team to book their play-off berth, await their opponent in the eliminator.

The winner of Qualifier 1 will head straight to the final in Ahmedabad on May 28 and the loser will play the winner of the eliminator.

Green, a big buy for Mumbai for $2.11 million in the auction, stood out on Sunday with eight fours and eight sixes.

After Rohit's departure, Green kept up the charge and put on an unbeaten partnership with Suryakumar Yadav, who hit 25, to register their eighth win in 14 group matches. 

Medium-pace bowler Akash Madhwal set up victory with figures of 4-37 to check Hyderabad to 200-5, a total that looked to go bigger but for some disciplined bowling.

Openers Mayank Agarwal (83) and Vivrant Sharma (69) put on 140 runs to lay the foundations for the total, which proved insufficient.

The departure of Sharma and then Agarwal made Hyderabad slide with the rest of the batting falling apart.

Hyderabad took the wooden spoon in the 10-team table.

 

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Match Stats

Sunrisers Hyderabad Fall of wickets: 1-140 (Vivrant Sharma - 13.5 ov), 2-174 (Mayank Agarwal - 16.4 ov), 3-177 (Glenn Phillips - 17.4 ov), 4-186 (Heinrich Klaasen - 18.5 ov), 5-186 (Harry Brook - 18.6 ov)

Mumbai Indians Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Ishan Kishan - 2.5 ov), 2-148 (Rohit Sharma - 13.1 ov)

 

Playing XI

Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan(WK), Rohit Sharma(C), Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Aiden Markram(C), Heinrich Klaasen(WK), Glenn Phillips, Vivrant Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Dagar, Sanvir Singh, Umran Malik

 

Match Details:

Date: Sunday, May 21, 2023 11:00

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Toss: Mumbai Indians elected to bowl