IPL 2021: MI’s Rohit Sharma breaks this record of CSK’s MS Dhoni

After scoring 32 runs off 25 balls against the SunRisers Hyderabad on Saturday, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma became the player with the third topmost number of sixes in the Indian Premier League, surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni of the Chennai Super Kings. The sixes tally of Rohit now stands at 217, which is one more than Dhoni.

The MI captain now stands behind Chris Gayle (351 sixes) and AB de Villiers (237) and he is at the top when it comes to Indian players. 

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MS Dhoni at 216 sixes and Virat Kohli at 201 follow Rohit Sharma in the list of most sixes in the Indian Premier League. 

The Mumbai Indians on Saturday defeated the SunRisers Hyderabad by 13 runs, a victory that was guided by Rahul Chahar’s 3/19 and Trent Boult’s 3/28.

Chasing 151 runs on the sticky Chepauk wicket, David Warner and company folded at 137 in 19.4 overs. Despite a 67-run foundation laid by Warner (36) and Jonny Bairstow (43), the orange army’s middle-order couldn’t manage 84 runs in 76 balls.

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Manish Pandey (2), Virat Singh (11), Abhishekh Sharma (2), and Abdul Samad (7) fell for cheap. Vijay Shankar’s 28-run knock in 25 balls was the only significant contribution down the order.