"Would have liked to achieve more fifties ...": Miss Rohit after winning 81 against GT in Eliminator | Mint
Mullanpur (Punjab) [India]May 31 (Ani): After the move of his team to qualifier two after a win over Gujarat Titans (GT), Rohit Sharma, Mumbai-Indiae (MI), said he wanted him to achieve more half-century in the season. The ‘Hitman’ gave another major match performance for MI, which helped them book with 20 runs in a highlight eliminator at Mullanpur on Friday to book a place with Punjab Kings (PBKS) for a place in the IPL final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). After the match, Rohit acknowledged his batting performance and talked about the role of happiness and catches in it and how he made the best of it. He won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his beat. “I only have four fifties. I would like to achieve more fifties. Good day for us as a team. I understand the importance of playing this eliminator, going through and taking the next step forward. Really proud of a full team effort. recorded an average of 31.53, with four half-century and a strike rate of 150.18. be, I have been playing in the tournament before and finding field workers. to bat. They started with a bang, with Jonny Bairstow (47 in 22 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes) and Rohit Sharma took Pacers very well. Komos of Suryakumar Yadav (33 in 20 balls, with a four and three sixes), Tilak Varma (25 in 11 balls, with three sixes) and Hardik Pandya (22* in nine balls, with three sixes), took MI to 228/5. Run Chase lost the captain Shubman Gill early. Fine death, however, prevented them from winning, as MI GT limited to 208/6 in 20 overs. For a chance on the IPL final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) while GT was eliminated.