Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma surpassed AB de Villiers on Friday, turning into the batter with the second-highest variety of sixes within the historical past of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He completed this feat throughout his aspect’s IPL 2023 in opposition to Gujarat Titans at Wankhede Stadium. Under hearth because of lack of kind in current matches, shades of ‘Vintage Hitman’ had been seen in Rohit’s batting. In 18 balls, Rohit scored 29 runs at a strike price of 161.11. His knock consisted of three fours and two sixes. With this, Rohit’s six tally in IPL went to 252, surpassing de Villiers’ tally of 251 sixes. The most sixes within the historical past of IPL are hit by West Indies legend Chris Gayle, who has smashed 357 sixes in his profession.

This season, Rohit has scored 220 runs at a mean of 18.33 in 12 matches. His runs have come at a strike price of 128.65, with a half-century. His greatest rating this season is 65.

Being put to bat first by GT, MI put up 218/5 on the board of their 20 overs. Openers Ishan Kishan (31 off 20 balls) and skipper Rohit Sharma (29 off 18 balls) offered a fast begin with a fast 61-run opening stand.

However, Rashid Khan eliminated the openers and Nehal Wadhera (15) to scale back MI to 88/3. From there, it was a ‘Suryakukar Yadav present’. He placed on a 65-run stand for the fourth wicket with Vishnu Vinod (30 off 20 balls). Suryakumar ended up scoring his maiden IPL century, a knock of 103* in 49 balls with 11 fours and 6 sixes.

Rashid Khan (4/30) was the decide of the bowlers for GT. Mohit Sharma received a wicket as effectively.

Chasing 219, GT misplaced wickets proper from the beginning. They had been decreased to 55/5, regardless of a knock of 29 runs from Vijay Shankar. But a partnership of 45 runs between David Miller (41 in 26 balls) and Rahul Tewatia (14 in 13 balls) helped GT attain three figures.

Following their dismissal, it was Rashid Khan who stored the combat going. Even if the aspect regarded out of the competition, his sixes helped in decreasing the margin and didn’t let his aspect’s web run price take a success.

The Afghan all-rounder slammed 79* in simply 32 balls, consisting of three fours and 10 sixes. He placed on an 88-run stand for the ninth wicket with Alzarri Joseph (7*) to take GT to 191/8 of their 20 overs. MI gained the match by 27 runs.

Akash Madhwal (3/31) was the decide of the bowlers for MI. Piyush Chawla (2/36) additionally continued his spectacular run in IPL 2023. Jason Behrendorff received a wicket as effectively.

Suryakumar gained the ‘Man of the Match’ award for his match-winning century.

With this win, MI is within the third place within the factors desk with seven wins and 5 losses. They have a complete of 12 factors. GT continues to be on the prime with eight wins and 4 losses. They have a complete of 16 factors.

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