Rohit would ‘love’ to play Test series against Pakistan in neutral venue
Bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan has been put on hold since Misbah-ul-Haq’s team last toured India to play a three-match ODI series way back in 2012-13.
Riding on Rashid Khan, Siddharth Kaul and Sandeep Sharma’s class bowling, Kane Williamson-led SunRisers Hyderabad crushed Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians on Tuesday at Wankhede Stadium.
Here is the stats review of Tuesday (23 April’s) match:
1- On Tuesday, for the first time in the 11th season of the league, SunRisers batted first. Five times they bowled first.
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2- Kane Williamson’s squad stunned Mumbai Indians by defending a meagre total of 118 and this is also the second lowest total defended by any team in the history of the IPL.
3- In IPL 2004, MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings had defended 116 runs in Durban against Kings XI Punjab.
4- In the 23rd match of the IPL, batting second, MI scored only 22 runs in the powerplay – the lowest total in first six overs by any team in IPL 2018.
5- The record of the second-lowest powerplay total in IPL 2018 is with Chennai Super Kings (27), playing against Sunrisers.
6- On Tuesday, Shakib Al Hasan took his T20 wicket tally to 300 and became first ever left-arm spinner to achieve this feat.
7- Shakib is also fifth bowler overall to reach the landmark of 300 wickets in T20.
8- On Tuesday, MI were bowled out at the score of 87 – their joint-lowest total in the IPL ever.
9- In IPL 2011, Kings XI Punjab had bowled MI out for 87 at Mohali.
10- In the 23rd match of IPL 2018, both the sides were bowled out (SRH at 118, MI at 87) – this happened for the third time in the IPL.
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