How to make a spotlight effect in Illustrator

Can someone please help me as to how to make this effect below show in the green box.
See how it is lighter in the middle....darker around the edges...it lokos like the bonnet of a machine...
I have tried a gradient but nothing works...!
Any suggesitons??

Radial Gradient? Linear Gradient + Inner Glow? Gradient Mesh? Two gradients stacked with trtansparency/ blending modes? I could think of a million ways...
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