‘Par bhai Rohit ko to team carry karti hai’ – Fans react to Rohit Sharma completing 6000 runs in IPL
Rohit Sharma scored 28 runs in 18 balls against SRH in match number 25 of IPL 2023.
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Apr 18, 2023 10:00 pm
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Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma achieved another milestone in the Indian Premier League during the ongoing match with Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium. The 35-year-old completed 6000 runs in the tournament and has now 6014 runs in 232 games played so far in IPL at an average of 30.22 with 41 fifties and a hundred. He is also fourth on the list of leading run-scorers in the history of the tournament.
Talking about the match, SRH won the toss and elected to bowl first in match number 25 of the season. Batting first, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave a fine start to MI by adding 41 runs for the first wicket in 4.4 overs. Rohit again lost his wicket after a good start as he was dismissed by T. Natarajan for 28 off 18. After that, Kishan and Cameron Green took the innings further with a partnership of 46 runs for the second wicket.
Cameron Green’s maiden half-century helped MI post 192
Kishan got out after scoring 38 runs off 31 balls with three fours and two sixes. He tried to take on Marco Jansen in the first ball of the 12th over but the skipper Aiden Markram took a flying catch at mid-off to give his team a second breakthrough.
A couple of deliveries later, Suryakumar Yadav also lost his wicket to Jansen followed by another brilliant fielding effort by Markram. After that, Green and Tilak Verma put up a partnership of 56 runs for the fourth wicket.
Tilak got out after smashing 37 runs off 17 balls with two fours and five sixes. On the other hand, Green went on to score his maiden IPL half-century. The Australian batter remained unbeaten on 64 off 40 hitting six fours and two sixes as MI scored 192 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their 20 overs.
For SRH, Marco Jansen scalped 2 wickets conceding 43 runs in his four overs, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T. Natarajan shared a wicket each. SRH now require 193 runs to register third consecutive win of the season.
Here’s a look at how fans reacted to Rohit Sharma achieving a huge milestone:
