Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma complete a major landmark with the bat as he became the 4th IPL batter to reach 6,000 runs. The right-handed batter joined Virat Kohli, David Warner, and Shikhar Dhawan in the current clash against the SunRisers Hyderabad(SRH) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Rohit is previously the most successful skipper in the IPL, winning 5 titles for the Mumbai Indians(MI), the primary of which came in 2013. The 35-year-old also achieved a crown as a performer in 2009 with the Deccan Chargers and joined Mumbai in 2011.
Milestone 🚨 – 6000 runs and counting for @ImRo45 in #TATAIPL
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Rohit didn’t skipper in the past game against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), which the Mumbai Indians(MI) earned by 5 wickets, chasing down 185 effectively. Suryakumar Yadav led them, but the right-hander come back to open side by side with Ishan Kishan and secured 20.
T Natarajan Eliminate Rohit Sharma as SunRisers Hyderabad gets their initial breakthrough
Left-arm cricketer seamer T Natarajan struck in his initial over of the innings as the visiting skipper got a leading edge to mid-off, giving an easy catch to his opposite number Aiden Markram. The right-hander had secured 6 boundaries before his dismissal to race to 28.
After beginning IPL 2023 slowly with the bat, the Indian caption secured a match-winning 45-ball 65 against the DC at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. His half-century permitted Mumbai to ace a tricky 173 on the final ball with 6 wickets to spare. After some below-par IPL seasons, the veteran player will be keen to have a powerful one.
T Natarajan gets the first breakthrough and the big wicket of Rohit Sharma, who departs after scoring 28 runs.
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