Mumbai Indians are equipped with two of the most lethal players in white-ball cricket, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. The fans generally don’t get to see the two players up against each other but MI provided them with something of similar sorts in a video released by the franchise.
In the video posted by MI on their social media, Rohit is facing some express pace from Bumrah. While the right-arm pacer is seen unveiling some good fast bowling, the MI captain is hitting some good strokes.
MI who are the five-time and reigning IPL champions began this edition’s proceedings on a disappointing note after losing the opener against RCB. The Virat Kohli-led side chased down a target of 160 runs by two wickets in a close encounter in Chennai.
Mumbai Indians who batted first managed to put 159/9 in 20 overs on the board. Chris Lynn finally made his debut for MI in this match scored 49 while Suryakumar Yadav notched up 31 runs during the course.
For RCB, it was Harshal Patel who was the pick of the bowlers. The right-armer scalped a fifer to become the first bowler to achieve the feat against MI in the IPL. Later, the Bangalore franchise started the proceedings in a decent manner but a flurry of wickets in the middle overs pushed them on the backfoot before AB de Villiers came in for the rescue.
ABD struck 48 off 27 to get RCB back on track. They needed one run off the last ball and went over the line eventually.
MI will now face KKR on Tuesday in Chennai while RCb will lock horns with SRH on Wednesday at the same venue.