During a recent practice session of Mumbai Indians (MI), skipper, Rohit Sharma was seen imitating former legends and Mumbai Indians players Sachin Tendulkar, Mahela Jayawardene, and Harbhajan Singh. In a video posted on the official Instagram account of Rohit, he was seen asking his fans to guess the players he is emulating.
Captioning the video on Instagram, Rohit Sharma wrote: βπ΅ππππππ. ππππ πππππ. π»ππππππ! Letβs see if you can guess all 3 cricketers in this Reel. Stay tuned for part 2.” Rohit starts with Tendulkar, as he first copies his stance and follows that with a shadow straight drive. The player Rohit imitated was Jayawardeneβs stance before copying the bowling action of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and appealing to the umpire in his trademark style.
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Mumbai has not had the best of campaigns in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and is still reliant on plenty of things to fall their way in order to qualify for the playoffs. They will be locking horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in a must-win encounter, which is also is also going to be the final league fixture of the season.
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The team is coming fresh after a thumping win over Rajasthan Royals in the previous encounter, as they first restricted their opponents for a paltry total of 90/9 before chasing down the target with eight wickets and a massive 70 balls to spare on the back of 25-ball 50 from Ishan Kishan.Β
Talking after the win, Rohit Sharma said, βWe had to come here and do what we had to do, which was to get the two pointsβ¦ It was a chance to improve our run rate as well. We got off to a flier, and we said there is a chance for us to up the run rate. It was the perfect game for us to do that.”
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He further added, βWe have been doing well and preparing well. All the bowlers came together and used the conditions well. [On playing SRH in the end] All eight teams are capable of beating each other. But the good thing is that KKR play before us, so we know what to do.”
