Rohit Sharma completes 1,000 IPL runs against KKR, becomes first player to achieve this milestone

Rohit Sharma completes 1,000 IPL runs against KKR, becomes first player to achieve this milestone

Rohit Sharma 1000 Runs against KKR: Rohit Sharma becomes the first IPL player to score 1,000 runs against KKR. He achieved this milestone while he was batting on 14, he reached that milestone.

Till that writing he was on 27* while MI score read as 48/0 after 5.4 over against KKR

Earlier today, Mumbai Indians (MI) team is taking on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) today.

In this match, Kolkata captain Eoin Morgan has won the toss and decided to ball first. It is a matter of relief for Mumbai that its captain Rohit Sharma has returned.

Rohit could not play the first match of the second half, he was on rest due to a knee injury in England. But the return of Hardik Pandya in the team is still not done.

Kolkata’s team defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their first match played in the UAE this season and would like to continue their winning streak here.

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On the other hand, Mumbai’s team had to face defeat against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) here. Now the team would like to return to the winning track with the return of its captain.

On the other hand, Kolkata’s team will be eager to beat Mumbai this time because when they met for the first time in India this season, KKR had to face a crushing defeat by 10 wickets at Chennai ground.

Kolkata would like to pay for this defeat here today. Talking about the playing XI of both the teams, Mumbai team has landed here with a change.

Due to the return of Rohit Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh has to sit outside. On the other hand, KKR, who won the last match, has not made any changes in their team today.

Playing XI of both the teams

Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock (WK), Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakraborty, Praneek Krishna.