The 15th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) started on March 26, Saturday. The league will be witnessing 74 games including the playoffs. The final is set to be played on May 29 in Ahmedabad. Mumbai Indians (MI) under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma played their first game of the season against the Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals (DC). The Mumbai-based franchise posted a total of 178 but unfortunately ended up on the losing side after cameos by DC’s Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav.
Ishan Kishan, Basil Thampi, and Murugan Ashwin were the players who gave MI a chance to win in their season opener. However, after the loss, MI skipper, Rohit Sharma said, “I am disappointed after the loss against Delhi but this is not the end of the season. “
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The three grounds in Mumbai are hosting most parts of the league phase of the tournament, while 4th venue is in Pune. The decision was taken keeping Covid in mind. The venues are – Wankhede, DY Patil, MCA Pune, and Brabourne stadium.
A few days before the tournament had started, there were several media reports reporting that many other franchises have raised objections over MI getting the home advantage as most of the matches will be played in Mumbai itself. Just before the game against Delhi Capitals on March 27, Captain Rohit Sharma was asked about the same and he came up with a hilarious way to answer the question.
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Rohit Sharma asserted, “Many franchises objected that how can Mumbai play in Mumbai. They should try to build 3-4 Stadiums in their cities then.”
Here is the video of Rohit Sharma giving a savage reply:
https://twitter.com/Ishant45_/status/1507985507464011778?s=20&t=v7ipUQKLJ-kWtmcxi63BUQ
Here is how the fans reacted to the reply:
https://twitter.com/Dino_Prats/status/1508351355894865920?s=20&t=_zZMkMHUQ7VsRA1CXPUl2w
Savage ? …I think you don't know wankhede was built for this kind of behaviour too…might be possible somewhere a SK wankhede is watching ..
— Ajeet (@ajeet_kr_MISHRA) March 27, 2022
Not savage, Chennai m last year khel thi 4-5 match kya hua tha?
— vishal (@vishal_7077) March 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/UJayceon/status/1508130096019750912?s=20&t=1-icldO9Qmi72-Ul6PrnfQ
🔥🤣🤣🤣
— Samyak Jain (@samguy3103) March 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/VijaiSharma11/status/1508065448042336256?s=20&t=clzXhemIsTb9-BgDHWZYCQ
