On Sunday, Australia’s Cameron Green notched his first-ever T20 century, which helped the Mumbai Indians demolish the Sunrisers Hyderabad by an eight-wicket margin and maintain their chances of participating in the Indian Premier League play-offs.
Green produced an unbeaten 100 off of 47 balls, and he put on a vital stand of 128 with Rohit Sharma (56), which contributed to Mumbai achieving their win goal of 201 with two overs to spare at the Wankhede Stadium, their home venue. Green made his century off of 47 balls. Rohit Sharma is the captain of Mumbai.
The five-time champions of the Indian Premier League, Mumbai, are currently waiting to observe the outcome of the second match of the day between Royal Challengers Bangalore and the current champions, Gujarat Titans, to see whether or not they will be able to secure the final available position in the play-offs.
As a consequence of the outcome, the Rajasthan Royals were eliminated from the play-off campaign, while the Bangalore team, captained by Faf du Plessis, is still in the running.
To advance to the next round, Bangalore needs a win, however if they were to lose, Mumbai would be the team to advance.
The first qualifying match will take place the following week, and it will feature a matchup between table leaders Gujarat and second-placed Chennai Super Kings. After becoming the third team to secure a spot in the playoffs, Lucknow is currently awaiting their opponent in the elimination match.
The victor of the first qualifying round will advance directly to the championship match, which will take place in Ahmedabad on May 28, while the loser will face the winner of the elimination round.
On Sunday, Green stood out with eight fours and eight sixes, making him a significant purchase for Mumbai in the auction at a price of $2.11 million.
After Rohit’s departure, Green continued to push forward and formed an undefeated combination with Suryakumar Yadav, who scored 25, to achieve their eighth victory out of a total of 14 in the group stage.
Akash Madhwal, a medium-pace bowler, helped set the stage for victory by restricting Hyderabad to a score of 200-5 with statistics of 4-37. This total may have been higher if not for some disciplined bowling.
Mayank Agarwal (83) and Vivrant Sharma (69), who were the openers, put on 140 runs together to build the groundwork for the total, which ultimately turned out to be inadequate.
The loss of Sharma and subsequently Agarwal put Hyderabad on a downward spiral, and the rest of the batting lineup struggled as a result.
In the table of 10 teams, Hyderabad finished last and received the wooden spoon.