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Rohit Sharma was not seen at the ground against Delhi Capitals. He revealed the reason and also spoke on the match that his side lost to the Capitals by six wickets in Chennai.
Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai by six wickets. Rohit Sharma was not available in the ground and in his absence Kieron Pollard led the side. In the post-match presentation, Rohit Sharma said that he had a niggle. “It’s just a small niggle, should be okay,” he continued, “After the start we got, I thought we could have batted well in the middle overs, which we didn’t do. We didn’t capitalise on the start in the powerplay, which we failed to do again.”
Rohit Sharma on match result
Rohit Sharma was the top run-scorer from Mumbai Indians. He chose the toss and decided to bat first. He went to make 44 off 30 but that eventually did not help much, thanks to the Capitals bowlers. Suryakumar Yadav (24), Ishan Kishan (26), and Jayant Yadav (23) were the other contributors for Mumbai Indians. Delhi Capitals chase was led by Shikhar Dhawan who scored 45 off 42. Steve Smith scored 33 and Lalit Yadav scored an unbeaten 22 to continue with the momentum. Later 9-ball 14* cameo from Shimron Hetmyer helped the Capitals complete the chase successfully.
Mumbai Indians captain went on to praise the Capitals bowlers. He also opined that dew is not the main factor, playing smart cricket in important to win. “Credit to Delhi bowlers – they kept the pressure up and kept taking wickets. We knew dew was going to come in. We saw in the last few games that it’s not that difficult to grip the ball. Dew is not really the factor. You need to play smart cricket to win which we did not do today.”
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