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SRH vs MI: Nailing the Hyderabad challenge - As it happened

By Mumbai Indians

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You asked it, we did it. Three games. Three wins. But it doesn't stop here! We play Punjab Kings on Saturday, April 22. It's time to rest, re-group, re-draw strategies, spend some time with the Fa-MI-ly and make sure the momentum keeps going all the way to a possible sixth title!

Cameron Green (64, 1 wicket), Ishan Kishan (38), Tilak Varma (37), Tim David (16, 4 catches) and Riley Meredith (2/33) anchored a spectacular Blue and Gold win in Hyderabad. And not to forget, a fairytale finish by Tendulkar Jr.

Senior stars have their say on Arjun!

You aren't dreaming!

A Tendulkar winning matches 2.0

The 90s kids have grown up watching Sachin Tendulkar be the executioner for teams to win games. Today, the same generation - and new - bore witness to his son Arjun keeping the tradition alive albeit with the ball.

Defending 20 runs, the young player bowled 0, 1W (run-out), 1w, 2, 1lb before dismissing Bhuvneshwar Kumar as his maiden IPL victim.

Eye of the Tiger

M̶e̶r̶e̶d̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ Meredith

David and his 'hand of God'

While Aiden Markram was a flying without wings to take catches in the first innings, Tim David has the ball attracted to his hands without any magic spell. Let us recap his catches so far:

Abhishek Sharma (9.1 overs) 

Heincrich Klaasen (13.6 overs)

Mayank Agarwal (14.5 overs)

Marco Jansen (16.4 overs)

This performance saw him equal Sachin Tendulkar's record of four catches in an IPL innings.

PC ends a Klaasen night 

There is always light at the end of the tunnel, and while his final over was initially expensive, Piyush Chawla made sure to pay Heinrich Klaasen his dues. Bowling his famous wrong'un delivery, PC got Klaasen to sky the delivery to long-on where Tim David was waiting for him.

Cold as ice

Paltan the commentator

The signal is still green for Cam!

After his heroics with the bat, Cameron Green made a positive introduction with the ball. After Aiden Markram hit him for a boundary off the first ball, the Aussie all-rounder returned the favour by dismissing the SRH captain for 22 runs.

Guess the names!

Two is better than one!

This time, Jason Behrendorff made Rahul Tripathi his bunny. Around off and on a length ball takes the edge of Tripathi's bat swirls towards Ishan Kishan.

Masterstroke?

First blood drawn

And.... we have the first wicket!

A short ball that takes Harry Brook by a surprise. The ball takes an edge to the fielder SKY at cover point. MI are Behrend-orff to a good start after a timely brookthrough.

Intermission

At the half-way stage, Mumbai Indians have finished with a score of 192/5 in their allotted 20 overs. There were a few hiccups, but Cameron Green (64), Ishan Kishan (38) and Tilak Varma (37) steered the ship to a defendable score. Onto our magicians with the ball!

T Natarajan relives MI hammering!

SRH's T Natarajan may have got a wicket in the first innings, but the 18th over brought back some familiar ghosts for the bowler. In 2022, it was Tim David and tonight, Cameron Green.

18th over in 2022: 1w, 6, 1w, 0, 6, 6, 6, W

18th over in 2023: 1, 4, 4, 4, 6, 1

Green was the happy customer this time around, as he reached his maiden IPL fifty at the cost of Natarajan's over. Power hitting this!

Paltan ki awaaz!

Tilak is HOME

After Suryakumar Yadav's early dismissal, Hyderabad welcomed one of its own - Tilak Varma to the pitch. Knowing the venue very well, Tilak quickly got to business with two boundaries and two sixes in the first 12 balls. Playing fire with fire!

Ishan completes the 4K challenge!

Our 'Pocket Dynamo' joined the milestone party hosted by Rohit Sharma, bringing his own panache. The left-hander broke the 4000-run barrier in T20 cricket, while operating at strike rate of 126. He would depart for 38 as his shot was caught by Aiden Markram (again).

Powerplay charcha!

We hopped, skipped and jumped past the 50-run mark in the powerplay, thanks to our 'milestone man' Rohit Sharma. Now, onto the Green-Kishan partnership...

However....

Having struck two boundaries off T Natarajan in the fifth over, Hitman fancied flicking the delivery into the leg side. But the ball took a leading edge and went to the opposing skipper Aiden Markram at mid-off.

6000 reasons to smile feat Ro-hit Sharma!

A familiar ground, a familiar opponent, a familiar batting strategy and what else is familiar? Rohit, the milestone man!

In his 227th inning, Hitman became the fourth IPL batter - after Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner - to breeze past the 6000-run mark in IPL history.

A 'LOVING' reception for Ro-hit

SRH's PLAYING XI: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen (Wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan

SUBSTITUTES: Abdul Samad, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar, Umran Malik

MI's PLAYING XI: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Cameron Green, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Arjun Tendulkar, Jason Behrendoff

SUBSTITUTES: Riley Meredith, Ramandeep Singh, Kumar Kartikeya, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod

SQUAD UPDATE: Jason Behrendorff is our only change from our previous outing, replacing Duan Jansen. Sadly, we would have loved to see the Jansen brothers play against each other.

Also, our HITMAN Rohit Sharma is back to skipper the team.

TOSS UPDATE: We were on the losing end of the toss, with Aidan Markram and his SRH unit putting us to bat first!

Halo मुंबई! Welcome to the MI live blog for Mumbai Indians' fifth game in the Tata IPL 2023 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

With back-to-back victories against DC and KKR, our MI boys have touched down in the City of Biryani with a unique mission - cook the best victory on offer.

Public ऐका, we will bring you the best moments, your #MIPaltan posts and everything Mumbai Indians. With four hours of cricket ahead, ARE YOU READY? HOW IS THE JOSH!