Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians locked horns in the 25th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The SRH skipper had an upper hand at the time of the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, MI managed to post a decent total of 192 runs for the loss of five wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Later on, they successfully defended the target and registered the third consecutive win in the current season of the tournament. Subsequently, the ardent Mumbai Indians fans were also elated and ecstatic after the team kept their winning momentum going in the tournament.
Fans took to Twitter to come up with a lot of praises for Rohit Sharma’s men and appreciated the team effort of the five-time champions in their fifth match of IPL 2023 against the Sunrisers.
Here’s how fans reacted:
3rd consecutive win for Mumbai Indians . Vintage Mumbai Indians is back 😭❤️ pic.twitter.com/g8aK6zCdSj
— Asha (@ashaa_45) April 18, 2023
Winning Moment @mipaltan ❤️🔥🥺#MivsSRH pic.twitter.com/a5gL0hypDL
— LEO 🦁Gilli Bala ✨🤹 (@itz_gillitwittz) April 18, 2023
Hat-trick of win 💙💙💙
— Nisha (@NishaRo45_) April 18, 2023
This is Rohit Indians , this is Mumbai Indians 🔥💙
Vintage @mipaltan #SRHvsMI pic.twitter.com/cFbVan4A3N
No Bumrah..
— Keerthan Reddy (@Keerthanro45) April 18, 2023
No Archer..
No Malinga..
No Boult..
No Hardik..
No Pollard..
Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians is still winning..👊
Goat captain Rohit Sharma 💙#RohitSharma𓃵 #SRHvsMI
Yo Yo Mumbai Indians ❤💙🥳#SRHvsMI
— Jintu Moni Barman (@im_jintumoni) April 18, 2023
God is happy 😊😁💙#MIvsSRH #SRHvsMI pic.twitter.com/lIM41yRghp
— AsifAli (@DargaAsif4503) April 18, 2023
Congratulations to @mipaltan for winning against Hyderabad. Well done #Arjuntendulkar for excellent bowling. Worthy son of a worthy father. @sachin_rt . #SRHvsMI
— Dr Ajit Ojha INC-अजीत ओझा (अमेठी) (@ajitojha2424) April 18, 2023
Good night prends @SunRisers #SRHvsMI #MIvSRH #IPL23 #IPL pic.twitter.com/q9UbETUHaS
— chillaraga (@chillaraga) April 18, 2023
Best moment of the day.💙 💙
— Anand Mohan (@AnandMohanchou8) April 18, 2023
The smile on Arjun Tendulkar's face and the hug from the captain Rohit Sharma.#SRHvsMI pic.twitter.com/JA52VCS2ix
Talking about the entire action of the match, the young batter Cameron Green smashed an amazing knock of 64 runs off just 40 balls with six boundaries and two sixes to his name. Other than him, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan and young middle-order batter Tilak Varma scored 38 and 37 runs off just 31 and just 17 balls respectively.
Apart from this skipper Rohit Sharma also played a quick cameo of 28 runs with six boundaries with the wood. On the back of these knocks, the visitors piled up a total of 192 runs for the loss of five wickets in the first 20 overs of the game. Marco Jansen scalped two wickets for SRH alongside one wicket each by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan.
While defending the target, the MI bowling attack bundled up the hosts on a total of 178 runs in 19.5 overs to win the match by 14 runs. It was only Mayank Agarwal who played a struggling knock of 48 runs with four boundaries and a six to his name followed by a 36-run knock by Heinrich Klassen off just 16 balls.