IPL 2026: Bowlers fly in Rohit Sharma’s tsunami! Played a stormy innings in the comeback match with a strike rate of 205.26.
Rohit Sharma Incredible Comeback: The start of IPL 2026 was a bang for Rohit Sharma. The first match of Mumbai Indians was against Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium. After 70 days, Rohit returned to the field and was seen in his old touch. As soon as he came, he hit big shots and played a stormy innings of 78 runs with a total of 12 boundaries. Mumbai Indians had a target of 221 runs and Rohit’s explosive batting made the path of victory easy for Mumbai Indians.
Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings
Rohit Sharma was last seen playing in the ODI series against New Zealand in January. Since then he was away from the cricket field. Rohit was training continuously but it had been 70 days since he played a match. The second match of the tournament was played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. Rohit Sharma along with his partner Ryan Rickelton came out to chase the big target of 221 runs.
Rohit Sharma looked in good touch from the beginning. He hit a lot of fours and sixes. He played a brilliant inning of 78 runs in 38 balls, which included a total of 6 fours and 6 sixes. Rohit’s innings with a strike rate of 205.26 made the run chase easy for Mumbai Indians. He also got good support from Ryan Rickelton, who scored 81 runs in 43 balls.
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Mumbai Indians created history
Mumbai Indians had never successfully chased a target of more than 220 in their IPL history. Finally, at the beginning of IPL 2026, MI achieved a historic feat and chased the target of 221 runs with the loss of 6 wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders. Not only this, Mumbai Indians had never won the first match of IPL in the last 14 years. Ultimately, they ended the drought of years and won the first match of the tournament.
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