New Delhi. This was only the third time in the 17-year history of the Indian Premier League, when a player scored a century while run-chasing, but it did not work for his team. Rohit Sharma also joined the unwanted club of these unlucky batsmen on Sunday night. Rohit played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs on 63 balls against Chennai Super Kings. He was not even out till the end. But when he returned from the field, there was no joy of victory on his face, but sorrow of defeat.
Chennai Super Kings scored 206 runs for 4 wickets against Mumbai Indians on Sunday. From his side, Rituraj Gaikwad scored 69 runs and Shivam Dubey scored 66 runs. MS Dhoni played an inning of 20 runs in just 4 balls. In response, Mumbai Indians team could score only 186 runs for 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
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For Mumbai Indians, opener Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs on 63 balls. He hit 11 fours and 5 sixes in this innings. Despite this he could not make his team win. This had happened only twice before in IPL history that a batsman scored a century while chasing the target, but his team lost. This unwanted record was first made by Yusuf Pathan. In the year 2010, Yusuf Pathan had scored a century in 37 balls against Mumbai Indians, but despite this his team Rajasthan Royals lost the match. Coincidentally, this happened for the second time also with the batsman of Rajasthan Royals. In the year 2021, Sanju Samson scored 119 runs in 63 balls against Punjab Kings, but his team RR lost the match.
Rohit played the biggest innings in 2012
This is only the second century of Rohit Sharma in IPL. He had earlier played an inning of 109 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012. This is Rohit’s biggest innings in IPL. The special thing is that Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten even then. Thanks to this innings of Rohit, Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 15, 2024, 08:20 IST