On Tuesday, the Mumbai Indians of the Indian Premier League won a game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad of the same league by a score of 14 runs.
Cameron Green displayed his imposing strength by scoring his first fifty in the IPL, and the Mumbai Indians went on to beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs on Tuesday in Hyderabad thanks to Arjun Tendulkar’s outstanding 20th over under intense pressure. After being put into bat, Green (64 not out off 40) and Tilak Varma (37 off 17) propelled Mumbai Indians to a formidable 192 for five. The oddball not coming on to the bat made it difficult to hit the boundaries right away, but opener Mayank Agarwal (48 runs off 41 balls) and Heinrich Klaasen (36 runs off 16 balls) helped Sunrisers recover from a lackluster powerplay and advance to the latter stages of the game.
Their final score of 178 after 19.5 overs was not enough to prevent a third loss in as many games.
While Agarwal contributed with few runs, it was Klaasen’s knock that put the pressure on Mumbai. In a 21-run over, the South African batsman reverse swept the veteran leggie Piyush Chawla for four and six.
Marco Jansen (13 off 6) and Washington Sundar (10 off 10) kept the game intriguing for the Sunrisers with a series of boundaries, but Sundar eventually paid the price for careless dashing between the wickets and the team fell short of their target of 60 runs in the final 30 balls.
With the Sunrisers needing 20 runs in the final over, Tendulkar, playing in his second IPL game, once again bowled two overs with the new ball.
Tendulkar made the right call by opting to bowl full and wide, helping his team win. In doing so, he took his first wicket in the IPL.
Earlier, Mumbai’s total was competitive thanks to the efforts of the budding stars Varma and Green. Rohit Sharma, the captain, added 28 runs off 18 balls, and Ishan Kishan, another batsman, scored 38 runs off 31 balls.
Varma, only 20 years old, has been the most impressive hitter in Mumbai’s lineup full of superstars, and he showed off his extraordinary talent and technique once again in a key cameo.
Mumbai’s batting was struggling in the middle overs until Varma’s brilliant performance provided a spark.
In the 15th over, Varma punished the lanky Marco Jansen for 21 runs by hitting him for two consecutive sixes—one in the cow corner and another over the bowler’s head.
The southpaw then swung the leggie Mayank Markande for a maximum and a four over extra cover in the next over, resulting in 14 runs.
Although Green had some trouble getting his timing down at first, once Varma was fired, he got to work. In a 20-run over, the towering right-hander hit T Natarajan for three consecutive fours, bringing up his fifty, and then collected a six.
Natarajan let up 50 runs in just four overs of work in the 20th over. In the final five overs, Mumbai scored 62 runs.
