Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma received a special award in the dressing room for his batting performance against Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals in match 20 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, on April 7 (Sunday). Rohit addressed all his MI teammates and staff members present in the gathering and motivated them to give more such performances.
Rohit Sharma addresses MI dressing room
Mumbai Indians posted a video of the MI dressing room, where Rohit gave a motivating speech after receiving a special award for his batting. Rohit played a blazing knock of 49 runs off just 27 balls and joined a crucial 80-run opening partnership with Ishan Kishan that set the base for their humongous total of 234/5.
Rohit highlighted the importance of team performance over individual performance and how this is something the batting coach Kieron Pollard, Mark Boucher, and captain Hardik Pandya want from them going forward into the tournament.
“It was a wonderful batting performance. It's something that we've all been striving for from game one. It goes to show that individual performances don't matter if the whole batting group can stand up put their hand up and take a look at the team's goal, we can achieve that kind of total,” said Rohit.
“So I think that is something that we have been talking about for a long time. It's something that the batting coach (Pollard), Mark (Boucher), and the captain (Pandya) want. So it is wonderful to see and long may it continue,” Rohit added.
Mumbai Indians get first win of IPL 2024
After losing three straight games, the five-time champion MI finally opened their account after beating Delhi Capitals. Romario Shepherd was the hero of their first win after hitting 32 runs in the 20th over against Anrich Nortje. He provided the major run boost in the end which played a pivotal role in MI's 29-run win.
Shepherd even received the Player of the Match award for his 39-run knock off just 10 balls. He also picked up the wicket of David Warner early on and stunned Delhi Capitals.
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