Even although it wasn’t an important outing for Mumbai Indians, in opposition to Delhi Capitals on Tuesday, however skipper Rohit Sharma appeared in chic type and good for a giant one. Unfortunately, he obtained for 44 from simply 30 balls, however not earlier than he handled followers with three sixes. The hitman additionally managed to play an outrageous single-handed shot off R Ashwin, that went by the covers for a six.
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Rohit was fined Rs 12 lakh for sustaining a sluggish over-fee. An IPL media advisory learn, “Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 match against Delhi Capitals at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on April 20.
Meanwhile, Rohit admitted that batting has led to the downfall of the team. “After the start we got, we should have batted better in the middle overs. It is happening time and again. We aren’t able to capitalise on our starts and we need to understand that as a batting unit,” mentioned Sharma after the match.
MI have struggled in the center overs of the earlier matches additionally however their bowling in addition to rash batting from their opposition had helped them win two of the final three matches.
Sharma, nonetheless, refused in charge dew.
“Dew isn’t the factor. We need to play smart cricket to win games which we didn’t do today. We knew dew would come in but we have seen that it’s not all that difficult to grip the ball in the last few games,” he mentioned.
DC batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 45 to high-rating in the match, mentioned dew did play a job.
“We knew that it would be tough for them when the ball gets wet, the spinners would find it hard, wanted to keep the partnerships going,” mentioned Dhawan.
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