Mumbai Indians (MI) is locking horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 65th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. MI skipper, Rohit Sharma went on one knee against T Natarajan and flicked him for six over the fine leg in the fifth over of the second innings.
MI skipper, Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Both teams made a couple of changes as Priyam Garg comes in for Shashank Singh and Fazal Farooqi comes in for Marco Jansen for SRH. On the other hand, for MI, Mayank Markande and Sanjay Yadav came in to replace Hrithik Shokeen and Kumar Kartikeya.
WATCH – Mayank Markande Took A Brilliant Catch To Send Back Nicholas Pooran
SRH got off to an excellent start against MI as they were cruising at 57/1 at the end of Powerplay after Rohit Sharma won the toss and asked them to bat. They lost the wicket of Abhishek Sharma early in the innings but Priyam Garg along with Rahul Tripathi steadied the innings. Nicholas Pooran walked in to bat after the dismissal of Garg and he also started power hitting. Tripathi has scored a fifty and SRH is heading towards a big total.
In the second innings, MI got off to a solid start against SRH after coming to chase a tough target of 194. They had raced to 51/0 at the end of Powerplay, with Ishan Kishan playing a decent knock of 22 off 14 balls, alongside Rohit Sharma, who was on 27 off 22 balls. The most highlighted shot of MI’s innings came on the last ball of the fifth over, bowled by T Natarajan.
WATCH – Rahul Tripathi Smashes A Huge 104 Metre Six Against MI
Natarajan bowled a length ball around the fourth stump, which Rohit, after going on one knee, flicked it over fine leg. He managed to time the ball so perfectly that it went for maximum. The fans at Wankhede went berserk after that audacious hitting, which could be termed as the ‘shot of the day.’
Here is the video of the six from Rohit Sharma:
Here’s social media reactions after Rohit’s flick:
Dealing only sixes at the moment @ImRo45 💙💙
— ArunKumar ✨ (@VD_arun45) May 17, 2022
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My wife Cheering for Rohit Sharma's Brilliant six.
— ⩎៩ƬϦ♬ɉɨ 💙 (@NethajiNagu) May 17, 2022
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