By India Today Sports Desk: Rohit Sharma, on Tuesday, April 18, turned the fourth batter throughout the historic previous of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to realize 6000 runs. The right-handed batter achieved the feat throughout the Mumbai Indians’ (MI) match in direction of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Rohit joined an elite file of batters after reaching the 6000-run mark. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) Virat Kohli, Delhi Capitals’ (DC) David Warner and Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) Shikhar Dhawan are the alternative batters throughout the elite membership.
Rohit needed 14 runs to get to the milestone and he achieved it after the Mumbai-based employees was put in to bat first after worthwhile the toss. He moreover turned the slowest batter to get to the feat in his 227th IPL innings.
The right-handed batter started his knock with a single, after which he hit Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a 4 through the covers. Thereafter, Rohit swept Washington Sundar for a 4 throughout the space between advantageous leg and sq. leg.
The veteran reached 6000 IPL runs with a pull shot for a 4 off Sundar. In the very subsequent ball, Rohit churned out a fierce decrease shot to assemble a hat-trick of fours throughout the third over of MI’s innings. Rohit scored 28 runs off 18 balls sooner than T Natarajan accounted for his wicket throughout the fifth over.
Rohit has struggled for runs throughout the IPL over the previous three seasons. Recently, he scored his first IPL half-century in virtually two years. Rohit notched a fifty in direction of the Capitals and it occurred to be his maiden IPL fifty after 24 matches.
Rohit stays an iconic participant for the Mumbai-based franchise. From 2013 to 2020, Rohit led MI to five IPL titles and made them most likely essentially the most worthwhile employees throughout the historic previous of the T20 league.
