Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians (MI) faced off against Virat Kohli starrer Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in both of their first matches in the IPL 2023 on Sunday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Faf Du Plessis won the toss and chose to bowl first. And his bowlers proved his decision right as only Tilak Varma’s 84* with 9 fours and 4 sixes was the innings of notice in a poor MI batting performance as they managed 171/7 in 20 overs.
In reply, RCB chased down the total in 16.2 overs with Faf du Plessis making 73 in 43 balls and Virat Kohli remaining unbeaten on 82 in 49 balls with 5 sixes and 6 fours and won the match by 8 wickets in hand.
MI skipper Rohit had a disastrous outing as he was dismissed after scoring a solitary run in 10 balls, as he edged to wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik off Akash Deep's delivery.
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Now a video has emerged of Rohit Sharma which has set fans’ tongues wagging. In the video, Rohit can be seen flicking the Mohammed Siraj delivery off his hips towards the leg side and taking a single.
"Maar, helmet pe maar iske," a player was heard as saying.
Here is the video:
While some feel it's Kohli, others refuted to the claim. Secondly, it was not clear as to whom the player was asking the bowler to target -- Rohit or Ishan Kishan.
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