Australia's Cameron Green hit his first-ever T20 century to lead the Mumbai Indians to a crushing eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad and keep their IPL play-off hopes alive on Sunday.

It's almost two decades since a teenage Piyush Chawla bowled the mighty Sachin Tendulkar, his last game for India was in 2012 and at 34 he is no longer the lithe young spinner of yesteryear.

Batting great Sunil Gavaskar feels the woefully out-of-form India and Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma should take a break from the IPL and instead prepare in earnest for the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia.

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma, dismissed for a three-ball duck during the side’s match against Chennai Super Kings on Saturday, recorded his 16th naught in the Indian Premier League.

Indian stars Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav smashed blistering half-centuries to help Mumbai Indians chase down 215 in a six-wicket IPL win over Punjab Kings on Wednesday.

Tendulkar cut a cake near the Mumbai Indians’ dugout during the second strategic break in the first innings

It was however death overs specialist Arshdeep, who struck a decisive blow in the 18th over to dismiss an on-song Suryakumar with Mumbai needing another 33 from 15 balls, and bowled an impressive final over while accounting for Tilak Varma ((3) and Nehal Wadhera (0) to return with figures of 4-0-29-4.

Rising talent Tilak Varma has earned predictions that he is destined to play for his country after lighting up the Indian Premier League with his fearless batting.

Needing 20 in the final over, Mumbai handed the ball to Arjun and the left-arm quick bowled a perfect over and got his maiden IPL wicket to seal the match

Australia's Cameron Green hit his maiden half-century in the Indian Premier League and took one wicket to lead Mumbai Indians to a 14-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Suryakumar, the world's top-ranked T20 batter, is expected to play a key role in India's campaign at the 50-overs tournament in October-November but the runs had dried up for the 32-year-old over the last couple of months

"As your father, someone who loves you and is passionate about the game, I know you will continue to give the game the respect it deserves and the game will love you back."

Indian batsman Venkatesh Iyer struck his maiden T20 century on Sunday, but it was not enough to stop Kolkata Knight Riders losing to IPL heavyweights Mumbai Indians by five wickets.

The chance was there for Delhi Capitals to register their first win in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) but skipper David Warner said, despite a brilliant effort, two deliveries from Mustafizur Rahman eventually saw the match go Mumbai Indians’ favour at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi yesterday.

Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav needs to be a little more patient early on in his knock if he is to find a way out of his slump in the Indian Premier League (IPL), former India head coach Ravi Shastri said.

The 16th edition also returns to its pre-Covid glory days, with 74 matches scheduled at 12 venues over eight weeks

"Over the moon," Mumbai coach and former England captain Charlotte Edwards said when asked for her reaction

India and Mumbai captain Harmanpreet Kaur got the tournament off to a rollicking start, scoring 65 off 30 balls to power her side to a total of 207, before Saika Ishaque took four wickets as Gujarat were skittled out for 64.

Mumbai Indians on Saturday announced that former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has been named the head coach of their MI Emirates team in the United Arab Emirates-based International League T20 (ILT20) competition.

Mahela Jayawardene will step down as Mumbai Indians head coach and take on a bigger role at the franchise due to its increasing international presence, the Indian Premier League side said on Wednesday.