SRH vs MI: Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma scaled a new height in his IPL career after his team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in match 25 of IPL 2023. at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Meanwhile, the MI skipper achieved a major milestone in his IPL career.
Rohit Sharma has achieved the feat of scoring 6000 runs in IPL and has become the fourth batsman in the history of the tournament to reach the milestone. Sharma was 14 runs away from this feat and was on 5986 runs before the game. Meanwhile, his three fours in the third over off Washington Sundar took him past the 6000-mark. He was hitting the bowlers well but a slower delivery from T Natarajan cost him his wicket.
Highest run scorer in IPL history:
Virat Kohli – 6844 runs in 220 innings
Shikhar Dhawan – 6477 runs in 209 innings
David Warner – 6109 runs in 167 innings
Rohit Sharma – 6014 runs in 227 innings
Suresh Raina – 5528 runs in 200 innings
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians both have 2 wins from 4 matches. They started their campaign with two losses and made a good comeback and won the next two games. While Mumbai’s batsmen have started on fire, Hyderabad is also looking to find the right combination for the tournament. Both teams are also looking to move into the top half of the points table.
Playing XI of SRH:
Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Marco Johnson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
MI’s playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (w), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Cameron Green, Arjun Tendulkar, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff