Rohit vs Rashid: MI vs GT – Rohit Sharma is one of the greatest batters on the planet. However, how great a batter maybe, he has his nemesis. For Mumbai Indians skipper that nemesis is Gujarat Titans and Afghanistan’s spin maestro Rashid Khan. The Hitman has a terrible record against Rashid and has been dismissed 4 times in the IPL by the same bowler. In the ongoing MI vs GT clash, Rashid Khan made Rohit his bunny yet again as the MI batter was dispatched yet again. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE Updates on Insidesport.IN
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Runs and a proper form has eluded Rohit Sharma for quite sometime and particularly the Indian Premier Legaue. And in it a Rashid Khan has gone to better his matchup with the Indian skipper. He went on to dismiss Rohit for a fourth time. Within this span of time, Rohit has managed to score just 29 runs against his Afghani counterpart.
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Rohit Sharma Dismissal
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan got off to a wonderful start after MI was tasked to bat first by Hardik Pandya. The MI openers went on to amass 61 runs at the end of powerplay. Back from the strategic break, Rashid stuck on the very first ball of his spell to rock the Mumbai Indians skipper.
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A leg spin delivery with a slight spin pitched at an angle made it difficult for the batter. Rohit advanced down the track in a attempt to defend the shot by unwillingly went on to give a top edge as Rahul Tewatia took a good catch at the slip to break a crucial partnership.
Rashid Khan vs Rohit Sharma in IPL
| Year | Runs | Balls | Outs | Dots | 4s | 6s | SR | Avg |
| 2017 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 130.8 | 17 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 6 |
| Total | 29 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 111.5 | 7.2 |
It has a one way matchup between Rashid Khan vs Rohit Sharma in the IPL. For the 5 years, the duo have faced each other in 26 deliveries where Rohit has managed to just score 26 runs while Rashid has bagged 4 wickets in the process.
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