Mumbai Indians and India skipper Rohit Sharma on Tuesday reached the 6000-run mark within the Indian Premier League (IPL) throughout a match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
He is now solely the fourth batter to enter the elite membership after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s talisman Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, skipper of Punjab Kings, and Delhi Capitals captain David Warner. The burly Australian, in actual fact, climbed Mt. 6k in IPL 2023 throughout a match towards Rajasthan Royals on April 8.
Rohit is the slowest of the 4 to the mark, having taken 227 innings. Warner took 165 innings, whereas Kohli and Dhawan had taken 188 and 199 respectively to realize the identical.
Rohit, who has received the IPL title on six events (5 occasions with Mumbai Indians and as soon as with the Deccan Chargers) obtained to the milestone with two back-to-back boundaries – one over brief high-quality, the second by way of backward sq. leg – off the bowling of spinner Washington Sundar. Incidentally, the supply that adopted additionally went for 4 runs. He was later dismissed by T. Natarajan for 28.
Rohit’s Mumbai hasn’t had the brightest of begins this season, shedding two and successful as many to linger on the backside half of the desk.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com