IPL 2023: Green, Arjun star in MI's third consecutive triumph of the season

Cameron Green flaunted his brute power on the way to a maiden IPL fifty before Arjun Tendulkar bowled a brilliant 20th over in extreme pressure as Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs for their third straight win here on TuesdayGreen 64 not out off 40 and Tilak Varma 37 off 17 fired Mumbai Indians to a challenging 192 for five after being put in to batWith the odd ball not coming on to the bat it was tough to get the boundaries from the get go but Sunrisers recovered from an ordinary powerplay to take the game deep with the help of opener Mayank Agarwal 48 off 41 and Heinrich Klaasen 36 off 16In the end they fell short and were all out for 178 in 195 overs for their third defeat in five gamesWhile Agarwal got some muchneeded runs it was Klaasens knock that put Mumbai under pressure The South African took the attack to veteran leggie Piyush Chawla reverse sweeping him for a four and six in a 21run overSunrisers needed 60 off the last 30 balls and Marco Jansen 13 off 6 and Washington Sundar 10 off 6 made the game interesting with a string of boundaries before the latter paid the price for casual running between the wicketsPlaying his second IPL game Tendulkar again bowled two overs with the new ball before returning to bowl the high pressure final over with Sunrisers needing 20 runsTendulkar chose to bowl full and wide and was able to do the job for his team He got his maiden IPL wicket in the processEarlier fastrising Varma and Green took Mumbai to a competitive total The other contributions came from skipper Rohit Sharma 28 off 18 and Ishan Kishan 38 off 31Also ReadSRH vs MI Tilak Varma blitzkrieg propel Mumbai Indians to 192 at UppalThe 20yearold Varma has been the stand out batter in the star studded Mumbai lineup and his rare talent and skill was on display again in his crucial cameoMumbai were finding it tough to get going in the middle overs but Varmas high quality knock gave the innings the muchneeded momentumThe lanky Marco Jansen was punished for 21 runs in the 15th over when Varma dispatched him for successive sixes one in the cow corner and the other over the bowlers headIn the following over the southpaw used his wrists beautifully for a four over extra cover off leggie Mayank Markande before sweeping him for a maximum for a 14run overAlso Read SRH vs MI highlights Mumbai register third consecutive win beat SRH by 14 runsGreen who struggled to get his timing right initially got down to business after Varmas dismissal The tall righthander hammered three straight fours off T Natarajan to bring up his halfcentury before collecting a straight six in a 20run overNatarajan leaked runs in the 20th over and ended up conceding 50 runs in his four overs Mumbai managed to smash 62 runs in the last five oversThis 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 absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever