In the 29th match of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), after 12 years, hitman Rohit Sharma got his second century in this tournament. In this match against Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians team had a target of 207 runs in 20 overs, while chasing which Rohit Sharma played a brilliant unbeaten century but his team had to face defeat by 20 runs. Due to this, Rohit has now become a part of such a bad record in IPL history which was earlier in the name of only 2 players. Rohit also hit 11 fours and 5 sixes during his innings of 105 runs.
Rohit became the third player after Sanju Samson and Yusuf Pathan
In the history of IPL, before this match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, there were only 2 players who played century innings while chasing the target but could not succeed in leading their team to victory. Now Rohit Sharma has become the third player in this case. Rohit completed his century in the last over of this match. Before Rohit, in 2010, Yusuf Pathan had scored a century in just 37 balls while playing for Rajasthan Royals in the match against Mumbai Indians, but his team had to face defeat. After this, in the year 2021, while playing for Rajasthan Royals, Sanju Samson played an inning of 119 runs in 63 balls in the match against Punjab Kings while chasing the target, but his team could not succeed in winning.
Scored second century for Mumbai Indians in IPL
This is Rohit Sharma’s second century in his IPL career, earlier in the year 2012, when he had played an unbeaten century of 109 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders, in that match Mumbai Indians had won the match by 27 runs. Apart from this, this is the first time in IPL history that while chasing the target, Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion unbeaten and his team had to face defeat. Earlier, when Rohit had returned unbeaten in the last 18 innings, his team had ended the match with victory.
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