Hyderabad: Former Australian cricketer Matthew Hayden lauded Rohit Sharma’s “well-measured” knock of 70 against Sunrisers Hyderabad and said the opener’s innings had “vision, stability, and perfect timing.”
After restricting SRH to to 143/8, MI’s chase was without any major hiccups as Rohit guided his team to victory for a second successive match with 70 (46) and MI secured victory with 4.2 overs to spare to move to the third place in the standings.
With his sublime 70 off just 46 balls, Rohit became only the second Indian after Virat Kohli to Score 12000 runs in T201s. Rohit, who smashed three sixes, also overtook batting coach Kieron Pollard as the player to hit the most sixes for Mumbai Indians. The former skipper now has 260 sixes for the team, two more than Pollard.
“It was excellent, well-measured innings. There was power, but more than anything, it was about his tempo. He knew he had a moderate total to chase. When you look at the seven-wicket victory, Mumbai Indians had plenty in the tank. It was a very emphatic and confident win, something Sunrisers Hyderabad clearly lacked. Rohit’s innings had vision, stability, and perfect timing. It made the rest of the team rocket ahead,” Hayden said on JioHotstar. (IANS)
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