IPL 2024 – Rohit brilliant-unbeaten century went in vain, Chennai defeated Mumbai by 20 runs

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Mumbai, , Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant century, his second in 17 years of the Indian Premier League, in the 29th match of IPL 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday, but his effort went in vain as Mumbai Indians lost to Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs. Went.

Rohit scored an unbeaten 105 off 63 balls and brought up his century in 61 balls, but his brilliant innings studded with 11 fours and five sixes was not enough as CSK ended Mumbai Indians’ two-match winning streak, taking They were left with four points from six matches.

It was Super Sunday, not for the host team but for the spectators. With the help of brilliant half-centuries from Ruturaj Gaikwad (69) and Shivam Dubey (66 not out), Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s sensational inning of 20 runs in four balls and a brilliant 4-28 from Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana, CSK defeated Mumbai Indians. Stopped at 186/6 in 20 overs.

Rohit and Ishan Kishan gave a good start to Mumbai by making another brilliant partnership and reached 63 runs in the power-play. Kishan started aggressively and hit a four on the second ball of Tushar Deshpande and then hit a four on the second ball of Shardul Thakur in the third over. But hit sixes and fours continuously. Rohit Sharma continued his brilliant batting and completed his half-century in 30 balls, hitting seven fours and two sixes. The India captain started his first over by hitting a four off the fifth ball of his Mumbai teammate Deshpande and treated Mustafizur Rahman in the same manner in the next over. Rohit dismissed Shardul Thakur before hitting a four and a six off Jadeja. And when Ravindra Jadeja hit two fours each, Deshpande hit a six. He and Tilak Verma added 60 runs for the third wicket partnership, before which Verma was out after scoring 31 runs in 20 balls with the help of five fours. .With the run rate rising, Mumbai suffered defeat in the death overs as Shardul Thakur and Tushar Deshpande bowled brilliant overs and conceded three and two runs respectively. Hardik Pandya, who was dismissed for a hat-trick of sixes by MS Dhoni in the final over Rohit spoiled his day by scoring two runs in six balls, while Tim David could only score 13 runs in six balls. Rohit continued to score quickly from the other end, completing his century in 61 balls. And hit back-to-back boundaries off Pathirana in the final over. When Mumbai needed 41 runs from 12 balls, Romario Shepherd was bowled by Pathirana for one run. Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten after scoring 105 runs, but he did not get support from the other end. Mumbai Indians succumbed to scoreboard pressure and some good bowling in the death overs from Chennai Super Kings. Pathirana was the best bowler with 4 wickets for 28 runs in four overs. Although Mumbai Indians outscored CSK in the power play (63 to 48), they could not score enough runs in the middle and death overs. Ironically, their captain Hardik Pandya scored 20 runs off the last four balls of MS Dhoni and they lost by the same margin. Brief scores: Chennai Super Kings 206/4 in 20 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 69, Shivam Dubey 66 not out, MS Dhoni 20 not out, Hardik Pandya 2-43) beat Mumbai Indians 186/6 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 105 not out, Tilak Verma 31, Mathisha Pathirana 4-28).–IANS

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