SRH vs MI: Rohit Sharma Joined an Elite List; Becomes Only Fourth Player to Achieve a Huge Milestone in IPL

SRH vs MI: The 25th game of the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League saw Mumbai Indians lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. This game also ended in the very last over, with Rohit Sharma and his team coming out victorious by 14 runs to register their third win of the season. It was a high-scoring game, with MI scoring a challenging total of 192/5 in 20 overs.

Cameron Green was the top scorer, scoring his maiden IPL half-century. He remained unbeaten on 64 off 40, with six fours and two sixes. Tilak Varma (67 off 17), Ishan Kishan (38 off 31), and Rohit Sharma (28 off 18) also made good contributions in the middle. Marco Jansen took two wickets (2/43) for the home side. Notably, with his inning, the MI skipper registered his name in the record books in the IPL.

SRH vs MI: Rohit Sharma completes 6000 runs in the IPL’s history

Rohit gave his team a quick start and added 41 runs with Ishan in 4.4 overs. With his 28-run knock, he completed 6,000 runs in his IPL career. He joined an elite list of batters in the league and became only the fourth batter to do so. Virat Kohli is at the top with 6844 runs, while Shikhar Dhawan (6477) and David Warner (6109) are the other three batters with 6000 or more runs in the league.

Rohit has played 227 innings and scored 6014 runs at an average of 30.22 and a strike rate of 130.03, with 535 fours and 247 sixes. He has also scored one century and 41 half-centuries. His best of 109 not out, which came against the Kolkata Knight Riders. The MI skipper got dismissed by SRH left-arm pacer Natarajan in the 5th over.

Speaking of the gams, chasing the big target, SRH had a poor start, losing Harry Brook (9) and Rahul Tripathi (7) early. Mayank Agarwal stayed for a while but couldn’t score quickly. He got out for 48 off 41. Aiden Markam (22 off 17) and Heinrich Klaasen (36 off 16) also tried but couldn’t get going for a long time. In the end, SRH got dismissed for 178 runs in 19.5 overs and lost the game by 14 runs. With this win, MI moved up to the 6th spot with six points on the table.