Currently, the Mumbai Indians (MI) are locking horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. After winning the toss, the RR skipper, Ajinya Rahane asked the hosts to bat first citing the batting-friendly conditions. However, the hosts started their innings brilliantly as their openers, Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock almost smashed all the Rajasthan bowlers in the powerplay. 

During the toss, the MI skipper, Rohit revealed that they have made just one change as Siddhesh Lad made way for him in the squad. On the other hand, RR made a couple of changes to their squad as Ben Stokes and Riyan Parag made way for Liam Livingston and Krishnappa Gowtham.

Rohit and De Kock amassed as many as 57 runs in the first six overs without losing a wicket which gave Mumbai the much-needed momentum. For the opening wicket, they both added as many as 97 runs in 11 overs. 

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However, during the partnership, in the 10th over of the innings, something unusual took place which left fans as well as the players on the ground amused. Kirshnappa was bowling the over and on the penultimate ball of the over, Sharma chared down early and the bowler bowled a full toss down the leg and in order to save himself from getting stumped, Rohit, stick out his pad and kicked the ball. It was a clever tactic from Sharma as he used his gully cricket skills to save himself.

Here is the video of the incident:

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