IPL 2018
IPL 2018: Rohit Sharma wins it for Mumbai Indians
By B Dixit - Apr 29, 2018 12:10 am
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During the 27th match of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at Pune, Rohit Sharma, captain of Mumbai Indians, played an archetype captain’s innings as he guided his team to an 8-wicket victory.

After Rohit Sharma won the toss and put the home team in to bat, Chennai Super Kings scored 169-5 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Their innings was powered by Suresh Raina’s 33rd IPL half-century, 75* (47), with the help of six fours and four sixes.

Rohit Sharma, who came in to bat at No. 3 in the 10th over, cautiously played his first over. Once settled, he took on the opposition bowlers to the extent that he looked unstoppable after that. After Evin Lewis (47) was dismissed, Sharma took the onus onto him, sealing the chase for his team.

Sharma scored an unbeaten half-century.

Before the start of the penultimate over, Mumbai Indians required 22 runs to win the match. It was at this point in time that Sharma stood the tallest, scoring 17 runs in a Shardul Thakur over. On the second delivery of the over, Sharma sliced a full and wide delivery over Harbhajan Singh for a four. On the following delivery, he walked across to hit another four through the fine leg area.

It wasn’t only about the brutal hits as Sharma found the gap between the point fielder and the short third-man on the next ball to score another four. On the last ball of the over, Sharma swept the right-arm medium-fast bowler for another four through the deep square leg region. The shot also brought up his 34th IPL half-century.

Mumbai Indians sealed the chase in the next over. Sharma ended up scoring 56* (33) with the help of six fours and two sixes. Watch the full video of the penultimate over of Mumbai’s innings:

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