Mumbai Indians (MI) rode on Cameron Green's maiden IPL century to bulldoze Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday (May 21) to inch closer to the playoff race.
Notably, Green cracked the fastest century of the ongoing IPL 2023 as he touched the three-figure mark in 47 balls. Green (100 off 47), who hit the winning runs for MI, surpassed Venkatesh Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav who struck the fastest century in IPL 2023 before him.
Before smoking his maiden century, Green scored just 281 runs in 13 matches at an average of 40.14 riding on two half-centuries. But thanks to blistering century, Green has now has amassed more than 350 runs in the tournament. Green justified the Rs 17.50 crore windfall in IPL auction 2023 by MI and proved his batting prowess. Green's lightning knock was studded with eight fours and as many sixes at a strike rate above 200.
Fastest century in IPL 2023
Cameron Green - 47
Suryakumar Yadav - 49
Venkatesh Iyer - 49
Heinrich Klaasen - 49
Yashasvi Jaiswal - 53
Harry Brook - 55
Shubman Gill - 56
Prabhsimran Singh - 61
Virat Kohli - 62
Green also whacked the second fastest century for MI.
Fastest century for MI
Sanath Jayasuriya - 45
Cameron Green - 47
Rohit Sharma - 52
Lendl Simmons - 61
Sachin Tendulkar - 66
Not just this, the star Australian all-rounder also notched the fourth highest individual score for MI.
Highest individual scores for MI
114* - Sanath Jayasuriya vs CSK, Mumbai, Wankhede, 2008
109* - Rohit Sharma vs KKR, Kolkata, 2012
103* - Suryakumar Yadav vs GT, Mumbai, Wankhede, IPL 2023
100*- Cameron Green vs SRH, Mumbai, Wankhede, IPL 2023
100* - Sachin Tendulkar vs KTK, Mumbai, Wankhede, 2011
100* - Lendl Simmons vs PBKS, Mohali, 2014
While chasing a colossal target of 201, Green walked down into the middle after the dismissal of Ishan Kishan (14 off 12). He joined his skipper Rohit and steadied MI's boat and stitched together a 128-run partnership. Rohit was dismissed by Mayank Dagar after belting his first half century in the ongoing IPL (56 off 37) and in the process become only the second Indian after Virat Kohli to amass 11000 runs in T20s. Green continued his blitzkrieg after Rohit's dismissal. He reached his fifty in just 20 balls and then continued to hammer the opposition and stayed till the end with Suryakumar Yadav (25 off 16) to win the match for MI.
Earlier, SRH rode on splendid knocks from Mayank Agarwal and Vivrant Sharma to post a huge total of 200/5. Akash Madhwal was pick of the bowlers for MI as he bowled an impressive spell of 4/37.
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