Cameron Green century keeps MI playoffs hope alive

Cameron Green’s maiden IPL century helped Mumbai Indians (MI) to clinch a thumping 8-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match here at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
With the win over SRH, Mumbai Indians moved to the fourth spot and kept their playoffs hope alive. Green became the sixth Mumbai Indians batter to hit an IPL century and the third overseas player to do so for the 5-time champions. Green scored the highest for MI with 100 off 47 while captain Rohit Sharma played a stunning knock of 56 off 37 deliveries. For SRH, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mayank Dagar bagged one wicket each. Chasing a target of 201, Mumbai Indians lost their star opener, Ishan Kishan in the third over of the game. However, the swashbuckling duo of Cameron Green and Rohit Sharma slammed SRH bowlers all around the ground and their team’s scoreboard ticking.
The batting pair was decisive in their approach and made the SRH bowlers toil hard making merry of the excellent batting conditions on offer.
Hyderabad bowlers failed to get any purchase from the wicket and lose runs at regular intervals.
Green slammed a 20-ball fifty in the 9th over of the game. The duo of Green and Rohit smoked Vivrant Sharma for 19 runs.
Brief scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 200/5 (Mayank Agarwal 83, Vivrant Sharma 69, Akash Madhwal 4-37) Vs Mumbai Indians 201/2 (Cameron Green 100*, Rohit Sharma 56; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1-26).