Rohit Sharma tore into Mayank Yadav by launching consecutive deliveries into the stands through the ongoing conflict between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Tremendous Giants on the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, April 27. The 2 maximums got here after the primary supply was a bumper drifting down leg aspect which the ace batter was unable to attach.
The primary shot was extra of a swivel by Rohit, as he guided the 141 kph supply over the lengthy leg fence. Mayank endured with an analogous channel and copped comparable destiny as the previous MI skipper introduced out the classical pull to dispatch the ball for a 77-metre most over deep sq. leg.
Mayank, who was enjoying his first recreation of IPL 2025, had the final chortle although. The speedster’s slower ball produced the wicket of the dangerous-looking Rohit. Rohit was aiming to steer the slower supply in direction of the off aspect. Nevertheless, all he might handle was skewing the ball to the fielder at brief third man. The opening batter needed to stroll again for 12 off 5.
With this, Rohit turned solely the third opener in IPL historical past to slam two sixes of his first two balls in an IPL innings. The elusive feat has been achieved solely by his compatriots Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal prevuously.
Openers to hit two sixes off their first two balls in an IPL innings
- Virat Kohli vs RR, Bengaluru, 2019
- Yashasvi Jaiswal vs KKR, Kolkata, 2023
- Rohit Sharma vs LSG, Mumbai, 2025
Earlier within the afternoon, the guests received the toss and despatched MI in with the bat. The joint-most profitable franchise made a few adjustments to their XI. Karn Sharma and Corbin Bosch got here in for Mitchell Santner and Vignesh Puthur. As for LSG, Mayank got here in for Shardul Thakur.
LSG obtained the higher of MI when the perimeters had met in Lucknow earlier within the season. The hosts claimed victory by 12 runs in a recreation the place MI failed to trace down the 204-run goal. Digvesh Rathi was awared the Participant of the Match accolade for his miserly four-over spell of 1/21. Apparently, Rohit didn’t function on this recreation.