NEW DELHI: Former Mumbai Indians skipper
Rohit Sharma
came out all guns blazing against Delhi Capitals and gave his team a flying start in a bid to open the account of five-time champions in the
IPL 2024
after three successive defeats.
During his whirlwind knock of 49 off just 27 balls, Rohit completed 1000 runs against Delhi becoming only the second batter after RCB star
Virat Kohli
to get to the milestone against DC.
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Prior to this innings, Rohit had accumulated 977 runs across 33 innings, maintaining an average of 32.56, whereas Kohli boasted 1030 runs from 27 innings, with an impressive average of 51.50 against Delhi.
The Indian skipper Rohit also has more than 1000 runs to his name against Kolkata Knight Riders. On the other hand, Kohli has also managed to score 1000 runs against Chennai Super Kings.
DC opener David Warner achieved the feat against Punjab Kings and KKR.
Earlier, Delhi won the toss and asked MI to bat at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
World's number one T20 batter Suryakumar Yadav made a comeback to competitive cricket after four months.
Suryakumar recently got clearance from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) after undergoing rehabilitation for sports hernia surgery in December.
DC made two changes in their playing eleven with pacer Jhye Richardson replacing injured Mitchell Marsh while all-rounder Lalit Yadav came in place of Rasikh Dar.
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