Mumbai Indians (MI) batter Rohit Sharma yet again played a decent knock for his team with the bat in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The 25th game of the tournament between the Hardik Pandya-led side and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru is taking place at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Rohit Sharma, who opened the innings for Mumbai Indians, gave a valiant start to his team with the bat. In the chase of 197, the opening batter played some magnificent shots in his innings and added a 101-run partnership with Ishan Kishan, who slammed a brutal half-century and ended with 69 runs.
After Ishan Kishan got out, Rohit Sharma was looking to decimate the Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowlers. With the way, he was batting, it required something special to remove him and Reece Topley did exactly that at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
During the 2nd ball of the 12th over, Will Jacks bowled a full ball around the middle. Rohit Sharma tried to sweep it and dragged it behind the square. The RCB bowler Reece Topley took an absolute screamer at short fine leg, diving across to his left. He reached out with one hand and clutched it right at the end of his fingers.
Here’s the video:
WHAT A CATCH!
Reece Topley takes a blinder to dismiss Rohit Sharma.
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Rohit Sharma played a vital innings for his team and ended with a knock of 38 runs off 24 balls. He batted with a strike rate of over 158 and also hit 3 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. His vital innings at the top set up the chase for the team and outplayed opposition in the game.
After Rohit Sharma got out, Suryakumar Yadav set the stage on fire with the bat. He played an innings of 52 runs off just 19 balls and took his team close to the target. In the end, Hardik Pandya (21*) and Tilak Varma (16*) made sure that they took their home with ease.
Mumbai Indians chased the target with 7 wickets in hand. They closed the game in just 15.3 overs and registered their second win of the Indian Premier League. They now are 7th on the points table with 4 points under their belt.
The way Ro and Kishan batted, giving the platform, it was important for us – Hardik Pandya
Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya was in awe of his team’s performance in the game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He lauded Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma for setting up the chase and stated that he is blessed to have Jasprit Bumrah in his team. Speaking after the game, he explained:
“Always good to win. The way we have won – it’s quite impressive. The impact player has been given the opportunity to use an extra bowler if we require it. It gives me a cushion as well.
“The way Ro and Kishan batted, giving the platform, it was important for us to finish it early. We didn’t speak about it. That’s the beauty of this team, players know what to do. Blessed to have Bumrah in my side.”
Mumbai Indians will be next seen in action when they will take on Chennai Super Kings in their next game on 14th April at Wankhede Stadium.
