Mumbai: Rohit Sharma scored his first half-century of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, in his eighth innings, and Suryakumar Yadav blazed to a typically belligerent fifty as Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by nine wickets.
Chasing a challenging target of 177, Rohit Sharma hammered 76 off 45 balls while Suryakumar blazed to 68 off 30 balls as Mumbai Indians scampered to 177/1 in 15.4 overs to romp to a nine-wicket victory with 26 balls remaining.
Rohit has been facing questions over his repeated failures in IPL 2025. Though he struck three superb sixes in the previous match, his hopes were dashed soon. But on Sunday, the six-time IPL winner finally found his rhythm, playing some of his usual shots as he reached his half-century off 33 balls. He was a bit lucky on occasions, his shots eluded the fielders narrowly. But there was no stopping The Hitman on Sunday as he smacked four boundaries and six maximums to remind people that it was not time to write the epitaph to his illustrious career.
At the other end, Suryakumar Yadav once again proved why he is called the 360-degree batter as he struck boundaries to all corners of the ground, sweeping, slog-sweeping, pulling and ramping at will as he reached his half-century off 26 balls.
Rohit and Suryakumar Yadav shared a 114-run partnership for the second wicket off 54 balls, scoring at a blistering pace to reach 100 in 51 balls. They secured MI their fourth win of the season, which helped them move to sixth position in the standings with eight points. CSK remained at the bottom with four points from eight matches.
Brief scores:
Chennai Super Kings 176/5 in 20 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 53 not out, Shivam Dube 50, Ayush Mhatre 32; Jasprit Bumrah 2-25, Mitchell Santner 1-14) lost to Mumbai Indians 177/1 in 15.4 overs (Rohit Sharma 76 not out, Suryakumar Yadav 68 not out; Ravindra Jadeja 1-28) by nine wickets.