Green, Rohit unleash fury as Mumbai Indians stay in hunt for IPL playoff spot

Cameron Greens magnificent maiden century 100 not out and Rohit Sharmas halfcentury powered Mumbai Indians to a comprehensive eightwicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last league match of the IPL here on SundayMumbai knocked off the target of 201 with 12 balls and eight wickets to spare to accumulate 16 points from 14 matches But their fate will be decided after the match in Bengaluru which is experiencing rain between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans later in the dayIf the contest between RCB and GT is washed out Mumbai will make it to the final four but if the hosts win they will qualify on the basis of better Net Run Rate MI currently have NRR of 0044 as against 0180 of RCBWith an inferior NRR MI had the improbable task of scoring 201 in 114 overs or 70 balls if they had to get past RCB on the tableGreen smacked eight fours and eight sixes during his unbeaten 100 which came off just 47 balls He added 53 runs with Suryakumar Yadav 25 not out for the unbroken third wicket to take MI over the lineBhuvneshwar Kumar drew the first blood when he dismissed Ishan Kishan 14 in the third over Rohit got a lifeline in the fifth over when Sanvir Singh dropped a difficult catch at midwicket off Nitish Kumar ReddyBut Green provided the impetus as his four boundaries and a couple of sixes took MI to 601 after the powerplayAlso ReadIPL 2023 Points Table Mumbai climb to fourth place Rajasthan gets eliminatedWhile Green brought up his fifty off only 20 balls in the ninth over Rohit was off to a modest start hitting his first six only on the 22nd ball that he facedThe MI skipper completed his second fifty of this IPL off 31 balls and his secondwicket stand with Green took the total past the 100run mark Soon after this Rohit got another reprieve when Sanvir spilled a regulation catch at cover off Kartik TyagiHowever a sensational catch from Reddy had Mayank Dagar celebrating Rohits wicket wildly in the 14th over Rohits 56 came off 37 balls 8x4s 1x6s having added 128 off 65 balls with GreenEarlier Unheralded Uttarakhand pacer Akash Madhwal nailed his yorkers consistently at the death as Mumbai Indians restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to 200 for 5 in their final IPL encounter here on SundayWith one eye on Bengaluru weather where RCB is taking on Gujarat Titans Madhwals fourwicket haul ensured that SRH ended with at least 15 short of what could be considered a parscore on a flat Wankhede trackThis was after a century opening stand between seasoned opener Mayank Agarwal 83 off 45 balls and rookie Vivrant Sharma 69 off 47 balls threatened to take the game away in the IPL here on SundayThe pair of Agarwal and Vivrant put on the best opening stand for SRH this season reaching 530 after the powerplay without taking any undue risks and eventually putting on 140 for the seventh century stand of this IPLCourtesy Madhwals 4 for 37 which included two lethal blockhole deliveries to clean up inform Heinrich Klaasen 18 and Harry Brook 0 SRH managed only 26 in last three oversFor a bowling unit that has allowed contests to drift away here at the Wankhede Stadium on several occasions MI made regular inroads to keep SRH within reachHowever the task is an improbable one for MI as they will have to score 201 in just 114 overs or in 70 balls to overtake Royal Challengers Bangalores Net Run RatePlaying in his third game this season and for the first time as an opener the lefthanded Vivrant gave a fine example of himself with strokes on both the sides of the wicketsVivrant struck seven fours and a six to bring up his maiden IPL halfcentury in the 10th over as SRH cruised in the first half of the contest unscathed and unperturbed by MIs bowlersAgarwal too ended his drought hitting a six and a four off Jason Behrendorff in the 13th over to bring up his first fifty of this season and celebrated with a gesture that batters usually do upon reaching the threefigure mark taking off the helmet and arms stretched wideOn a benign pitch with extreme hot and humid conditions there was also not much that the Mumbai bowlers could do on what also has been battingfriendly surface hereWith no movement or turn off the surface the MI bowlers had to contend with bowling disciplined line and lengths and to their credit they never really allowed the SRH openers to get awayThe first breakthrough came in the 14th over when Madhwal had Vivrat caught at deep midwicket with his 69 off 47 balls 9 fours 2 sixes being the highest score since the first IPL for any Indian player in a debut inningsMadhwal continued to use the short ball well and in the 17th over he had Agarwal caught behind for 83 which came off 46 balls including eight fours and four sixesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its 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