Mumbai Indians registered a convincing win over Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on April 18 in the IPL 2023. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl. Put into bat, Mumbai Indians managed 192 runs, courtesy of Cameron Green’s quickfire 64 and a late cameo from Tilak Varma.
While chasing, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost their in-form opener, Harry Brook, very cheaply. However, Mayank Agarwal scored 48 and Heinrich Klaasen scored a quickfire 36. But those weren’t enough as they eventually lost the game.
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Here is what the captains and the player of the match said after the game:
Cameron Green, Player of the Match said as quoted by Cricbuzz: I think first couple of games were a learning curve for me and our team. Bit of a sticky situation (when I walked out to bat). But glad the plans came off. I am a work in progress with my bowling at the death. Obviously, we can continue with the winning momentum.
Rohit Sharma, MI captain said as quoted by Cricbuzz: I have got lot of memories here (in Hyderabad). I played three years here. Won a trophy as well. Love coming back here. To settle them (youngsters) in is important for us. We had a couple of guys who hadn’t played IPL before. We had to back them. They are coming into their own. I am enjoying what I am doing (with the bat). It is a different role. I am trying to set the tempo. Glad to get some scores in the powerplay. I understand one of us has to bat big. We have a long batting line-up. We want these guys to come out and bat freely. We watched Tilak last season. We all know what he can. I love his approach. He doesn’t play the bowler, he plays the ball. We will see him play for a lot of teams. Life has come a full circle. Arjun has been a part of this team for three years. He understands what he wants to do. He is quite confident as well. He is clear in his plans. He is trying to swing the new ball and bowl yorkers at the death.
Arjun Tendulkar said as quoted by Cricbuzz: Obviously it was great getting my first IPL wicket. I just had to focus on what was in hand, the plan and executing it. Our plan was just to bowl wide and get the long boundary into play, make the batsman hit it to the longer side. I love bowling, I am happy to bowl anytime the captain asks me to and just stick to the team plan and give my best. We (Sachin Tendulkar and him) talk about cricket, we discuss tactics before the game and he tells me to back what I practise every game. I just focused on my release, bowling good lengths and lines upfront. If it swings, it’s a bonus, if it doesn’t, so be it.
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Aiden Markram, SRH captain said as quoted by Cricbuzz: All in all we were not at our best tonight. Credit to the boys for taking it deep. We could have done with conceding fewer runs towards the end. It (the surface) stayed pretty much the same throughout the night, on the slower side, not bad at all. Whenever we took pace off the ball did not come on to the bat. We made a call (to bowl first) before the toss and if the dew came in then we were in the game. There was a desperation to make things right from the previous season. Not too bummed, there are areas we can improve on and we will look to do that to give us a good chance to win the next game.
