'Selfless' Rohit Sharma did not raise bat after hundred: Brett Lee
IPL 2024: Former fast bowler Brett Lee pointed out that MI batter Rohit Sharma did not celebrate his century vs CSK. MI lost their home game by 20 runs while chasing 206 runs.
by India Today Sports Desk · India TodayIn Short
- MI lose to CSK by 20 runs while chasing 207
- Rohit Sharma scores his 1st hundred of IPL 2024
- Rohit Sharma does not celebrate his hundred
MI lost to CSK by 20 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, 14 April. Former MI captain hit his first hundred of the Indian Premier League 2024 season but was not able to help his team to a victory in the 207 chase. Sharma reached his hundred in 61 balls, in the final over of the game, when the match had already slipped out of the hands. The opener did not celebrate his milestone, his 2nd in the IPL.
Former Australia pacer Brett Lee spotted the same and hailed Rohit Sharma for his selfless nature. Speaking on Jio Cinema after the match, Lee spoke highly of the batter's innings and said that Rohit not celebrating his century shows how much the team's win means to him.
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"Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant hundred. The fact that he went out there, scored at a good clip too. I liked it when he scored his hundred, he didn't even raise his bat. For me, it shows that the win means more than his personal milestone. You know, he played with real intent right from ball one. He played shots all around the ground, but then the power and the finesse came into play. 105 not out of 63 balls with 11 fours and 5 sixes, just unfortunately, you can't do everything on your own," Brett Lee said on Jio Cinema.
Apart from Sharma, no other Mumbai batter scored even a half-century on the day, as the MI chase crumbled in the final 7 overs of the match. Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Tim David failed to help Rohit and the opener was left with too much to do on his own.
Credit must be given to CSK, who executed their slower balls well in the final 7 overs of the match, picking wickets and stopping boundaries in regular intervals. With the loss, MI lost the chance to get to the top half of the table and remained at the 8th position with 2 wins and 4 losses from 6 games.
Published By:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published On:
Apr 15, 2024