Mumbai, April 30 -- Following the Mumbai Indians (MI) loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), former Indian cricketer Saba Karim hailed opener Ryan Rickelton's century, saying that the left-hander's presence was important for the five-time champions in the middle-overs as they lost wickets.

Rickelton slammed MI's fastest century of just 44 balls and registered franchise's all-time highest individual score of 123* in 55 balls, with 10 fours and eight sixes against SRH, carrying his bat with the team total being 243/5. However, a 129-run opening stand from Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head and a fifty from Heinrich Klaasen rendered his century useless, joining Quinton de Kock, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sai Sudharsan, KL Rahul and Tilak Varma in an un...