Mumbai Indians pacer Akash Madhwal pulled off a brilliant bowling performance against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, May 21 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in the 2023 Indian Premier League. He bowled a stunning delivery in the match to send Harry Brook back into the hut, which helped the Mumbai Indians to curtail the score.

Sunrisers Hyderabad started great, with the openers, Vivrant Sharma and Mayank Agarwal putting up a 140 runs stand. Vivrant smashed 69 runs off 47 deliveries, while Mayank Agarwal scored 83 runs, with eight boundaries and four sixes. Madhwal dismissed both openers to curtail the run-scoring. He also sent Heinrich Klaasen back to the hut.

Akash Madhwal bowled Yorker in the nineteenth over, which rattled Harry Brook’s stumps. The ball swirled in a little bit to clean up the batter. The Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketer had to return to the pavilion for a duck. This was his third duck of the 2023 Indian Premier League.

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Rohit Sharma has backed me a lot: Akash Madhwal

Akash Madhwal finished with bowling figures of four for 37 runs in his spell. Overall, he has picked up eight wickets in six matches for the Mumbai Indians in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The pacer opened up on his performance in the match and acknowledged the backing he has received from the skipper Rohit Sharma. He said,

“I was thinking just about the execution, whatever we have learned during the practice session. Bhaiya [Rohit] has backed me a lot, he has been helpful. Practice is the main thing. Even in the domestic, I practice a lot to bowl the Yorkers. I would bowl to my strength against Vivrant too.” 

The Mumbai Indians registered their eighth win of the 2023 Indian Premier League. They chased down 201 runs comfortably with two overs to spare on the back of Cameron Green’s century. With this win, they have kept themselves alive in the playoff race of the competition.

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