DC Vs MI IPL 2025: No bowlers, only throwdowns: How Rohit Sharma’s struggle for runs eases with a welcome victory in Delhi | Cricket News

Rohit Sharma (Pic credit score: IPL)

NEW DELHI: “DC ke saarein khatam ho gaye hain, sahab (Sir, the DC ones are all sold out),” sighs an agitated jersey vendor outdoors the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
He wasn’t alone.
On a crowded Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, distributors echoed the identical tone as Delhi Capitals jerseys had vanished from the cabinets — a mere illustration of the crew’s unbeaten run in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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With DC jerseys in brief provide, neutrals, who had simply arrived to take pleasure in a recreation of IPL on Sunday night, opted for what hadn’t run out of inventory but: a Mumbai Indians jersey with “Rohit” embedded on the again.
Inside the stadium, when Jasprit Bumrah was instructing the enduring helicopter shot to Will Jacks, Rohit saved his warm-up gentle.
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He was seen chatting with DC physio Patrick Farhart, a acquainted face from his Team India days.
The crowd cheered the loudest when the announcer confirmed Rohit’s presence in the MI XI after Delhi received the toss and selected to bat.
Opening the innings, Rohit took strike in opposition to Mitchell Starc, who operated from the Gautam Gambhir Stand finish.

For the primary couple of overs, he centered on taking part in it with gentle palms and rotating strike, dealing with simply two balls for two runs.
But it was Ryan Rickelton’s explosive hitting that appeared to spark one thing in Rohit.
In Starc’s second over, Rohit joined the celebration, smacking 14 runs off the 19-run over — flashes of his classic T20 World Cup Super 8s innings in opposition to Australia got here to being.
However, the hearth fizzled rapidly.

While Mukesh Kumar’s tempo troubled him in the next over, and 20-year-old leggie Vipraj Nigam introduced his innings to an finish with a sharp supply that caught the previous skipper off guard.
An LBW shout and a subsequent evaluation drew the primary blood at 47. Keeping his head down, Rohit walked off with 18 off 12.
It was yet one more brief keep this season: 0, 8, 13, 17, and now 18.
There’s a sluggish upward pattern, and Rohit might be hoping to interrupt free from this streak in the video games forward.

A day earlier than the match, Rohit had saved the lights on on the Arun Jaitley nets longer than anybody else.
Mumbai Indians arrived first for coaching at round 5:30 PM, and whereas DC wound up early, Rohit had only simply begun his session.
Earlier in the night, he was principally observing, quietly going by way of health routines. With his knee strapped, many assumed he wouldn’t bat.
But he finally equipped, placed on the pads. After some solo knocking on one facet of the bottom, he headed to the nets.
Interestingly, Rohit, nonetheless, did not face any bowlers: only a 30-minute spherical of throwdown. Thus, the coaching session, which was supposed to finish at 8:30 PM, concluded thirty minutes later.
Even then, the trademark large hits had been lacking. None of his large hits cleared the boundary and reached the stands. The indicators of struggle had been clear.

Backed by robust batting shows from Rickelton (41), Suryakumar Yadav (40), Tilak (59), and Naman Dhir (38 not out), MI reached 205/5.
Rohit Sharma confirmed glimpses of agility earlier than making manner for affect sub Karn Sharma, who turned the tide with a match-defining 3/36, dismissing the in-form Karun Nair (89) and swinging momentum MI’s manner.
An edge-of-the-seat end noticed three successive run-outs as Delhi had been bowled out for 193 in 19 overs.
What adopted was the blue wave of celebration because it secured Mumbai’s second win in six video games. Now, whether or not this sparks a turnaround in their IPL season stays to be seen.