Fielders usually celebrate after taking a catch but the Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper, Rohit Sharma produced a hilarious moment when he celebrated a bumped catch. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) batter, Manish Pandey mistimed his cover drive which came off the toe end of the bat, and went at covers to Rohit who celebrated the once bounce catch to entertain the crowd.
After losing all the five matches they have played so far, MI had a disappointing start against Lucknow Super Giants as well. MI won the toss and asked the opposition to bat first. LSG started very well as they were on 57/1 at the end of the power play. However, Rohit Sharma managed to find a hilarious moment to entertain the fans.
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Murugan Ashwin was bowling the seventh over of the innings and he bowled a full and wide delivery on the last ball of the over. Manish Pandey was on the strike and he tried to play a cover drive. However, the batter missed the shot and the ball came off the toe end of the bat. Rohit Sharma was fielding at covers and he grabbed the ball on one bounce. Rohit started celebrating the take like a wicket in a hilarious manner. The crowd also responded to the celebration and they cheered him.
Here is the video of Rohit Sharm and his on-field antics:
https://twitter.com/JamesTyler_99/status/1515278521979269140?s=20&t=BcEU7N2mhl6iK06hqWoWfQ
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills
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Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Jason Holder, Krunal Pandya, Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
Here is how Twitter reacted to the incident.
Rohit Sharma after taking that Bump catch of Manish Pandey :#MIvsLSG pic.twitter.com/tdBpWTGXkf
— Anshuman🍕 (@Anshuman84m2) April 16, 2022
Honestly, how can you not love Rohit Sharma's antics? 😂
He fooled the Brabourne spectators into cheering a wicket by taking an obvious bump ball at cover before hurling the ball into the air and celebrating 🤣 #IPL2022 #MIvLSG pic.twitter.com/LUJw0H76m7
— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) April 16, 2022
Just Rohit things 😂 @ImRo45 https://t.co/geYvf5apOm
— Bhavik Khurana (@BHAVIK1223) April 16, 2022
Rohit Sharma to crowd after this: pic.twitter.com/xiUSvR0ku8
— RUSHIRAJ (@rushirajmusic) April 16, 2022
Rohit Sharma is such an entertainer. Caught the ball and started celebrating on a crowd's catch.#MIvsLSG pic.twitter.com/yMz84Q0XWs
— Kumar Gourav (@TheKumarGourav9) April 16, 2022