*MI VS SRH REVIEW- MATCH 70*
*BIG MUSCLE GREEN JUSTIFIES HIS PRICE TAG:*
MI started slowly, accumulating 17 off the first two but were dented in the form of left handed batter Kishan as their score read 24/1 at the end of 3. Then Green joined hands with Rohit and the carnage began. The two of them, who are excellent pullers of the cricket ball and can make the ball sail deep smashed 9 sixes in total. MI despite a tentative start raced away to 60 within the first six. They were casually marching towards the big target at hand. SRH could catch a break only by the 14th over, when Rohit was finally dismissed for a well made 37 ball 56. Green continued, now partnered by Surya and the two of them turned out to be nightmare for SRH as the partnership lasted till the end of the match, sealing the deal for MI and burying SRH as they lost their last match of the season, disappointing their fans all around the globe. While Surya played a casual cameo of 25 runs off 16, it was truly the damage that Green did throughout the chase that impacted MI the most. He finished with an exact 100 off a mere 47 balls, striking at a mammoth 212 and smashing 8 sixes in the process. Barring Bhuvi and Dagar, all bowlers were treated like club level cricketers not getting any respite and being taken to the cleaners.
*BANGALORE BOY GETS A CHANCE AND DELIVERS BIGTIME:*
Mayank had been on the sidelines for long, struggling with form and not getting enough chances after a tough return. But today, as SRH marked their last game of the season, he was given a chance and was sent at the top to open alongside Vivrant Sharma. The opening duo were slow to begin with, but took the attack to the MI bowlers later and were quick to built a score of 53 after 6. Rohit was under the pump, taken by surprise by this new opening partnership dominating the proceedings, and his bowlers could get some sort of a relief only by the 14th over when Vivrant was sent back to the pavilion having scored an impressive 69 off 47, adding to his tally of impact made this year. Mayank and Klaasen, who walked out to bat at 3 today, continued and the former was depositing the spin bowlers into the stands with ease. He was calm, calculated and not in a mood to stop. He was only dismissed at the death trying to up the ante of the side and it’s by that time that SRH got under the pump again. In the 17th and the 18th over, they lost the plot and lost wickets as well. Inform Mayank was out, Klaasen followed suit having failed to connect a length ball for a six and Akash Madhwal was breathing fire. He picked up 4 and is one for the future for not just MI but for the national team as well. It was only a six at the end by Markram that helped SRH get to an exact 200 in an otherwise openers driven innings. MI made a remarkable comeback at the death and it proved to be the difference afterall.