6-time IPL winner Rohit Sharma registered his shocking 15th duck in the 46th match against PBKS. In the 4th highest successful run chase in the history of the IPL on Wednesday, MI chased down the huge target of 215 runs but skipper Rohit Sharma failed to open his account.
The 36-year-old veteran batter accompanies Narine, Mandeep, Dinesh Karthik and other players in the dubious list of players with the most number of ducks.
The veteran batter Rohit Sharma could not score a single run in three balls against Punjab Kings and returned to the pavilion after being dismissed for a duck. With this, Rohit Sharma has become the joint first player to get out on ducks for the most number of times in IPL. He has recorded 15 ducks in the IPL. Along with him, Mandeep Singh, Dinesh Karthik and Sunil Narine have also got out on 15 times on ducks in IPL.
Players with the most ducks in IPL history:
1. Rohit Sharma – 15 Ducks
2. Mandeep Singh – 15 Ducks
3. Dinesh Karthik – 15 Ducks
4. Sunil Narine – 15 Ducks
5. Ambati Rayudu – 14 Ducks
6. Piyush Chalwa – 13 times
7. Harbhajan Singh – 13 times
Rohit Sharma has not been able to perform as per his name in IPL 2023. Mumbai’s talisman has scored just 184 runs in 9 matches of IPL 2023, including 1 fifty. Apart from this, Rohit’s bat has not smacked much runs so far in the league. He has not been able to provide a strong start to the Mumbai team. Under his captaincy, the Mumbai Indians team has won the IPL trophy five times.
Mumbai Indians’ opening batter Rohit Sharma is playing in IPL since 2008. Hitman has so far scored 6063 runs in 236 IPL matches while playing for SRH & MI, in which a fiery century has come from his bat. At the same time, 41 half-centuries are registered in Rohit Sharma’s name and he has recorded the strike rate of 129.97 in IPL.
However, in the ongoing League, MI stands 6th in League and PBKS moved to 7th placed in the 16th edition of IPL after losing to Mumbai Indians. SKY, Ishan Kishan were the heroes for Rohit Sharma-led MI in this match to cross the line and chased down the 4th highest successful run chase in the history of IPL.