Watch: Ritika Sajdeh's Expression Says It All As Ishan Kishan's Powerful Shot Hits Rohit Sharma In SRH vs MI IPL 2023 Game

19.04.2023 - 07:31 sports.ndtv.com

In Mumbai Indians' Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 game SunRisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad on Tuesday, Rohit Sharma joined an elite club as he became only the fourth batter to score over 6000 runs in the league.

Only Virat Kohli, David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan are the other batters to have scored over 6000 runs in the IPL. The match was also witness to a strange incident.

In the fourth over by Marco Jansen, Ishan Kishan smashed the fourth ball straight at the non-striker's end where Rohit was standing.

It hit Rohit's pad and the MI skipper looked to be trouble. Even his wife Ritika Sajdeh looked concerned, however, Rohit was back on his feet in no time. Watch: Ritika's Expression Says It All As Ishan's Powerful Shot Hits Rohit pic.twitter.com/dIyCl1TPuN Talking about the game, Cameron Green's maiden IPL fifty and Tilak Varma's impactful cameo fired Mumbai Indians to a challenging 192 for five against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Tuesday.

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Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma is suffering from a "mental block" and there is no technical problem with his batting, said former India opener Virender Sehwag. Rohit has been struggling for runs this IPL season, having scored just 184 runs at 18.39 and a strike rate of 126.89. In the last two games, he couldn't open his account. In fact, Rohit got his 16th duck, the most in IPL history, during the last match against Chennai Super Kings.

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Watch: How MS Dhoni's Shrewd Planning Led To Rohit Sharma's 16th Duck In IPL History

MS Dhoni is considered to be one of the master tacticians of cricket and his brilliance was in full display as he carefully orchestrated the dismissal of Rohit Sharma during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 encounter between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians on Saturday. Rohit demoted himself to No 3 in a bid to find form and as soon as the MI skipper came out to bat, Dhoni had a specific plan for him. He came up to the stumps in order to stop Rohit from stepping out of the crease and kept the third-man fielder inside the circle to put extra pressure. It worked instantly as Rohit ended up top-edging the third ball to Ravindra Jadeja off the bowling of Deepak Chahar.

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Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma registered an unwanted batting record during his team's Indian Premier League (IPL) match against MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings on Saturday. In the match, which is often called the El Clasico of IPL, Sharma was dismissed on the fifth ball of the third over by Deepak Chahar. In an attempt to go for the lap shot, he gave an easy catch to Ravindra Jadej who came in from backward point. It was the 16th time that Rohit was out for 0 in the IPL. He now has the most number of ducks in IPL history.

"10 IPL Trophies In 1 Frame": Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni Bat In Nets Ahead Of IPL 2023 Game. Watch

Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni are two of the most loved cricketers in India and the two legendary figures command a massive fan base when it comes to the Indian Premier League (IPL). While Dhoni has led Chennai Super Kings to four IPL titles, Rohit holds the record with five trophies. Ahead of the match between the two most successful sides in the competition, the MI Twitter handle posted a video of Rohit and Dhoni practicing side-by-side at the nets. The video quickly went viral and people could not stop praising the two stalwarts for their contribution to the franchises over the years.

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Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma registered an unwanted batting record during his Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Punjab Kings.In the match, which was also his 200th match for MI, Rohit was dismissed for a three-ball duck, taking his tally of ducks in IPL to a total of 15. He now has the most number of ducks in IPL history. He is tied with three other players who have also registered 15 IPL ducks. These players are Dinesh Karthik, Mandeep Singh and West Indies all-rounder Sunil Narine. Indian batter Ambati Rayudu is in fifth position with 14 ducks in his IPL history.